NPP demands withdrawal of warrants for vacation court trials

The party said lawyers representing the affected accused persons had informed the Chief Justice on August 5 that they would be unavailable during the vacation and had requested that the warrants be withdrawn.

According to the NPP, the Ghana Bar Association subsequently wrote to the Chief Justice on August 10, reminding him that vacation courts do not ordinarily conduct substantive trials and that proceedings should not fairly continue where defence counsel had notified the court of their unavailability.

Essential service providers don't halt operations - Prof Azar backs continuous criminal trials The party also accused the Chief Justice of selectively facilitating the continuation of cases involving NPP personalities, citing the recent trial and conviction of Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, as an example of what it described as undue haste.