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NPP accuses Chief Justice of partisan bias over vacation trial warrants
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie of exhibiting a “partisan disposition” and facilitating “selective justice” by issuing special warrants for two High Court judges to conduct substantive criminal trials during the legal vacation.
In a statement dated Tuesday, August 11, and signed by General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, the party said it was “deeply troubled” by the Chief Justice’s defence of the warrants granted to Justices Francis Achibonga and Audrey Kocuvie-Tay.
It said the Ghana Bar Association subsequently petitioned the Chief Justice on August 10, reminding him of what it considers the established practice that Vacation Courts do not conduct substantive trials.
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