The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has reiterated its call for a review of the decision to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
The appeal was made during the 43rd commemoration of Martyrs’ Day — an event that honours the memory of three High Court judges, Justices Frederick Opoku Sarkodie, Cecilia Koranteng-Addow, and Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong, who were abducted and murdered on June 30, 1982.
Their killing is widely considered a politically motivated and senseless act of violence.
Speaking at the ceremony, President of the GBA, Effua Ghartey, expressed concern over the implications of the Chief Justice’s suspension, warning that it could set a dangerous precedent for the country’s judiciary.
She called for a reconsideration of the decision, stressing the need to protect the independence and integrity of Ghana’s judicial system.
“In the spirit of reconciliation, all the various calls made for a reconsideration of the suspension of the Chief Justice in the circumstances, as it sets a poor precedent, will not go unheeded. We yearn for peace and strive for peace,” he said.
