Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has strongly criticized suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for attempting to block the constitutional process leading to her possible removal from office.
Ansa-Asare described Justice Torkornoo’s legal challenge as unconstitutional, insisting that it undermines the integrity of Ghana’s legal framework.
Justice Torkornoo was suspended by President John Dramani Mahama under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution after three separate petitions were filed seeking her removal. In response, she filed an application at the Supreme Court, seeking to bar Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Asiedu from participating in the committee investigating her. The application alleges the two justices held private meetings with a lawyer connected to the case.
Additionally, she is requesting an interlocutory injunction to halt the committee’s work entirely. The application was filed on her behalf by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame.
But Ansa-Asare dismissed the move, stating:
“This is a very worrying development. For the Chief Justice to attempt to stop a constitutional process is itself unconstitutional. She is barking but cannot bite.”
He emphasized that the President acted within the Constitution and urged that the investigative process be allowed to proceed without obstruction.
Ansa-Asare warned that if such actions are tolerated, it could set a dangerous precedent for public officeholders seeking to avoid accountability through legal maneuvering.
