Private legal practitioner Abraham Amaliba has questioned the integrity of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) following its recent call for the reinstatement of suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.
Speaking on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey, Amaliba expressed deep skepticism over the Bar’s shifting stance, suggesting it no longer represents the voiceless or speaks with moral authority.
“Yes so I’m also making these comments from what is available within the public domain which is that they are urging President Mahama to do this and that,” he said. “When in their earlier statement they asked all of us to await the final outcome.
Now the question is what has changed such that we no longer want to wait for the final outcome. It betrays their mindset. It puts them in bad light.
“It makes them look you know an association that can be tossed around so after the bar it’s no longer an association that speaks for the voiceless so once it is no longer that way I have shut my ears at whatever they do.”
Amaliba’s comments follow a resolution passed by 43 members of the Ghana Bar Association at its mid-year conference in Accra on April 26, 2025.
The resolution described the presidential suspension of the Chief Justice as unfair and unjustified, claiming that the petitions against her lacked sufficient evidence.
The GBA also expressed concern over what it called an erosion of judicial independence. Reviewing the five petitions and the Chief Justice’s responses, the Bar concluded there was no cause for such a drastic measure.
President John Dramani Mahama had announced the suspension on April 22, 2025, after determining there was a prima facie case, as stipulated under Article 146(10) of the 1992 Constitution.
The decision followed consultation with the Council of State and the appointment of a committee to investigate the allegations.
GBA President Efua Ghartey, addressing members at the conference, stressed that transparency was essential in protecting the sanctity of the judiciary. She assured the legal community and the public that the Association would closely monitor developments to ensure fairness and accountability.
