Private legal practitioner, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, has responded to calls by two foreign legal bodies, the Bar Council of England and Wales (BCEW) and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), for the reinstatement of suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Torkornoo.
Sharing his views on the development, Kwaku Azar, as he is popularly known, criticised the legal bodies, asserting that their calls and their intervention in the Chief Justice's impeachment process does not respect the country's constitutional independence.
According to him, while the country welcomes constructive criticisms and dialogues from its international partners, the actions of the two legal bodies, as well as public calls for executive intervention, pose a grave danger.
He explained that such calls could lead to political interference in the country's constitutional processes if care is not taken. "… while we welcome constructive dialogue from Commonwealth partners, we urge that such engagement be conducted in a manner that respects our constitutional independence, the separation of powers, and the integrity of our domestic legal processes.
