Legal education advocate and former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Ansa-Asare, has accused Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin of misrepresenting facts in the ongoing debate surrounding former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s recent actions.
Speaking on the KSM Show as monitored by MyNewsGh, he stated, “I think that the honorable Afenyo-Markin was being economical with the truth, to say the least. First of all, I believe he misrepresented the factual situation.”
He suggested that Afenyo-Markin’s defence of the former CJ raises questions about her conduct while in office.
“Asking what the interest of the former Chief Justice was at the time is now giving Ghanaians what actually was her interest, to protect the government in power. That is what she is demonstrating now to keep the NPP government in power.”
Ansa-Asare criticised the speed at which a Supreme Court panel was constituted to hear a matter under her tenure.
“It would have been unthinkable before then for the Supreme Court of Ghana to be impanelled. What was the urgency? Within a very short time five justices had been composed to deal with the matter expeditiously.”
He argued that she should not influence governance decisions post-retirement. “I think she must be ignored.
The president must ignore her. She’s treating the office of Chief Justice as though it were her personal property.”
