2 w. ago If Torkornoo is cited for contempt, she brought it upon herself – Lawyer

Lawyer and entrepreneur Victoria Bright says the suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo may have knowingly breached constitutional provisions when she addressed the public over her ongoing suspension and the Article 146 proceedings against her.

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2 w. ago CJ Removal: Ansa Asare warns President Mahama, AG against responding to Torkonoo, minority

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa Asare, has advised President John Dramani Mahama and Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine to refrain from responding to calls by the Minority in Parliament concerning recent remarks by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Justice Torkornoo, in her first public address since the initiation of investigations […]

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2 w. ago Minority demands Mahama’s response to suspended Chief Justice’s concerns

The Minority in Parliament has called on President John Mahama and Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine to urgently issue a public statement addressing the concerns raised by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. During her first public address on Wednesday regarding ongoing investigations into three petitions seeking her dismissal, the Chief Justice raised several concerns. These […]

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2 w. ago Gov’t denies allegations of political persecution against Torkornoo

The government has denied allegations of political persecution against suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Government spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, insists that the judicial process follows constitutional requirements. The rebuttal came during an emergency press conference at Jubilee House on Wednesday, directly responding to Justice Torkornoo’s controversial public address barely an hour prior. Kwakye Ofosu stressed […]

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2 w. ago I may be in this alone, but its effects ripple far beyond me – Suspended Chief Justice on her ‘trial’

Suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has issued a rare public address, warning that the process to remove her from office sets a dangerous precedent for the country’s democracy and judiciary. In a televised statement on Wednesday, Chief Justice Torkornoo described the ongoing proceedings against her as deeply flawed, unlawful, and unprecedented, asserting that although she may be the only one under investigation, the implications extend far beyond her.

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2 w. ago Full statement: Suspended Chief Justice Torkornoo responds to her trial

The suspended Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo, has publicly addressed for the first time the circumstances surrounding her suspension, raising serious constitutional and procedural concerns about the process initiated to remove her from office.

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2 w. ago Livestream: Gertrude Torkornoo addresses the nation amid suspension

Suspended Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, is set to address the nation. Justice Torkornoo’s address will focus on her suspension and the petitions filed by some Ghanaians seeking her removal. Her address will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra. Her address comes on the back of the Supreme Court’s […]

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2 w. ago Playback: Gertrude Torkornoo addressed the nation amid suspension

Suspended Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, addressed the nation today. Justice Torkornoo’s address focused on her suspension and the petitions filed by some Ghanaians seeking her removal. Her address took place at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra. It came on the back of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of her supplementary affidavit.

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