Tag Archives: JUDICIARY

The Founder of the Diaspora Progressive Movement in the (USA)Dr Lawrence Appiah has disclosed that Ghanaians are losing confidence and hope in the ability of the court to admister justice in the country. He accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of appointing cronies to the judiciary. In an interview …

The U.S Department of State’s 2021 Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on 12 April 2022 has said: “While the constitution and law provide for an independent judiciary, the judiciary was subject to unlawful influence and corruption”. “Judicial officials reportedly accepted bribes to expedite or postpone cases, ‘lose’ …

Francis-Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament for Medina Constituency, has cautioned the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame to desist from any involvement with the Judicial arm of government. The MP in an open letter asserted that the recent public statements from the Attorney General suggest that the AG is “in bed with …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has reacted to comments made by former President John Dramani Mahama against the Judiciary, describing them as ‘politicized’. Addressing the US Chapter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Bentley University over the weekend, John Mahama said governance institutions including the judiciary …

For the first time after the 2020 election petition at the Supreme Court, the former President, John Dramani Mahama, has spoken about the problems the NDC had with the judiciary. He, has, however, called for urgent internal reforms from the judiciary when he addressed the United States Chapter of the NDC …

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directly replied a comment by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to the effect that Parliament was not above the law. Akufo-Addo in responding to a ruling by the Justice Jones Dotse-led bench that affirmed that Deputy Speakers can vote while presiding dismissed opposition opinion …