Supreme Court nominee Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei says Ghana's presidential succession must be strictly limited to the President, Vice President, and Speaker of Parliament, excluding the Chief Justice.
His argument, framed as "capping legitimacy," was communicated during his parliamentary vetting on Monday, June 16.
Appearing before Parliament's Appointments Committee on Monday, Justice Adjei stressed that the 1992 Constitution intentionally restricts presidential succession to three key figures to ensure orderly transitions. "When we talk about the absence of the President, there is something in interpretation, which we call capping legitimacy, meaning that whenever you are interpreting or wherever you are providing events, it should end somewhere." "So if you look at the intention of the lawmaker or the purpose of the law at any point in time, one of the three must be in Ghana.
You cannot extend it to the Chief Justice, because the law does not say so." His remarks directly countered suggestions from past legal opinions, including obiter dicta in the 2003-2004 Asare v.
