The Majority in Parliament has called on suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to submit to the constitutional process governing her potential removal from office, asserting that no individual is above the law.
Addressing the press, Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga questioned Justice Torkornoo’s apparent resistance to the very procedures that empowered her rise to the judiciary’s highest seat.
“You enjoyed the perks, now respect the process,” Ayariga stated, emphasizing that the 1992 Constitution provides unambiguous pathways for the accountability of public officers, including the Chief Justice.
The Majority stressed that all constitutional officeholders must respect the laws they swore to uphold.
This political challenge comes in the wake of a unanimous Supreme Court decision that dismissed an interlocutory injunction application filed by Justice Torkornoo.
The five-member panel, led by Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, ruled that her application lacked merit.
Justice Torkornoo had sought to halt both her suspension and the impeachment proceedings against her while the court considers her main suit challenging the legality of those proceedings.
Her legal counsel, Godfred Yeboah Dame, responded to the court’s verdict but did not immediately comment on the next steps
