Petition to remove CJ: Supreme Court adjourns hearing of injunction suits again

The Supreme Court has set May 6 to hear the injunction applications against the petition to remove Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo from office.

The panel of four sitting instead of five, chaired by Justice Osei Bonsu, noted that the adjournment had been occasioned due to “unavoidable reason”.

Justice Samuel Asiedu, the fifth member of the panel, was absent when the case was called on Wednesday, April 16.

At the last adjourned date, former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame, representing Old Tafo Member of Parliament as a plaintiff in one of the injunction suits, averred that the president ought to hold on with the consultation processes with the Council of State.

He noted that the law prohibits the continuation of court processes when there’s an injunction application.

But reacting to his assertion, Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine indicated that no law prohibits the President from carrying out his constitutional mandate.

“He needs to understand that this is the performance of a constitutional duty and the law is very clear that you cannot enjoin the performance of a constitutional or public obligation,” the A-G noted.

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