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Afenyo-Markin, another Tarzan?
When, as Minority leader, he filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Ghana on October 15, 2024, to challenge and block a ruling by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin regarding vacant parliamentary seats, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo promptly took up the matter.
But there is a difference between criticism and personal insults, and to my mind, Afenyo-Markin’s remarks against judges who have ruled against the NPP and former Chief Justice Torkonoo have been nothing but insults, impugning the integrity of Justices.
On Atinka TV on Monday, August 17, the Minority Leader accused the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, of being part of what he describes as a “grand conspiracy” that led to the removal of his predecessor, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, because he wanted the CJ position for himself.
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