The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has accused suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo of committing contempt against the Supreme Court following her recent public press conference addressing her removal process.
Taking to social media, the lawmaker, who is also a legal practitioner, expressed strong disapproval of the Chief Justice's public commentary while her case is still pending before the apex court. "The law is trite that when a party is aggrieved by a decision of a Court or a quasi-judicial body, you don't hold a press conference to ventilate," Dafeamekpor wrote. "You simply take remediable steps provided under law.
You appeal, if it's a Court, and if it's an admin body, you file an application in Judicial Review." He cited established legal precedent, referencing the Boyefio vs.
NTHC [1997-98] SC case to emphasize that once the law provides a procedure for redress, it is that path - and no other - that must be followed. "In effect, where a procedure is provided under law for a right to be exercised, it's only that procedure that must be followed," he added.
