Edmund Kyei, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) communication team, has expressed confusion over former President John Dramani Mahama’s recent comments on the Judicial Service.
Mr. Kyei described the former president’s remarks as “unfortunate” and a threat to the judiciary.
According to John Dramani Mahama, the image of Ghana’s judiciary is “broken” under the leadership of Justice Anin-Yeboah.
As a result, he hopes that a new Chief Justice will lead an image-cleansing crusade shortly, as the current Chief Justice is incapable of doing so.
On Sunday, August 28, 2022, he told a conference of lawyers from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the judiciary has become the butt of jokes due to its biased rulings and decisions on cases with a political tinge.
Since then, there have been two schools of thought: those who believe the former president’s comment should be taken as advice and those who believe it is an indictment of the Service.
However, on Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo morning show on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, the NPP communicator called Mr. Mahama’s remark “inappropriate” due to the latter’s political status.
“First and foremost, it is unfortunate for a former Ghanaian president to claim that the Apex Court is politically biased. Such words should not have come from the mouth of a former president.
“Let me tell you something, my brother, because if you carefully analyze the statement, it is an indirect threat to the Chief Justice. “Even this is a threat to the judiciary because NDC lawyers will not be pleased to hear such remarks,” he told host Kwamina Sam Biney in Twi.
According to Edmund Kyei, the former President’s statement is “unjustifiable and distasteful,” and it should not be considered because the basis for his assertion is questionable.
Mr. Kyei, who also serves as the first Vice Chairman of the Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region, called the NDC’s Supreme Court challenge of the Electoral Commission following the 2020 elections a “waste of time” because their exhibits were “untallied,” indicating that they were unprepared.
He urged Mr. Mahama to exercise caution in making such remarks, given that he is a former head of state.
He also requested that he apologize to the Judicial Service for dragging their reputation into the “gutters.” He claims that the comments not only bring the judicial system’s image into disrepute but also cause the general public to “lose faith” in it.
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