CJ Suspension: We’re following the constitution, NPP overreacting – Fifi Kwetey
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has dismissed concerns raised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the ongoing process for the possible removal of the Chief Justice, describing their reaction as unwarranted panic.
In an interview on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday May 6, he stressed that the process is entirely constitutional and cautioned the opposition party against creating unnecessary fear and suspicion around what he insists is a legitimate legal procedure.
“Our friends in NPP are panicking too much,” he remarked. “If you really know you have nothing to fear, then you shouldn’t worry too much.”
Kwetey reaffirmed that every step being taken complies with the laws of the land, noting that if the process were unconstitutional, it would have already been challenged in court by interested parties.
“The procedures are fully according to the Constitution. Because if they are not, anybody at all would have taken the legal route to ensure that the systems are checkmated for the right thing to be done,” he stated.
He added that no credible argument has been made by the NPP or any other actor to suggest that the process is outside the bounds of the Constitution.
“I don’t think any of them can say that anything that is being done is against the Constitution,” he said.
Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has hinted at a possible review of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Chief Justice removal case, should the Court’s legal reasoning fail to convince him.
The Supreme Court, in a narrow 3-2 majority decision on Tuesday, May 6, dismissed Assafuah’s application seeking to halt the process for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo and revoke her suspension from office
Acting Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, along with Justices Yonny Kulendi and Amadu Tanko, ruled to dismiss the injunction request. Justices Henrietta Mensah Bonsu and Ernest Gaewu dissented, opposing the majority decision. The court indicated that the full reasons for its decision will be made public on May 21, 2025.
By: Abigail Arthur
