Retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba, has rubbished suggestions that the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo was politically engineered, describing such claims are "nonsense." In an interview on JoyNews' The Pulse on Tuesday, September 9, Justice Atuguba said reducing every state action to partisan politics undermines national progress and weakens public institutions. "That is why I say it is the politics that has harmed this country very gravely.
Why should somebody have that mindset?
Somebody has been removed; therefore, when we come, we must remove irrespective of merit.
Let us be a bit serious here." His comment comes after some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) suggested that the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo was influenced more by politics than by law.
