MAHAMA’S CRITICISM OF THE JUDICIARY IS UNFAIR – JUSAG PRESIDENT

Former President; John Dramani Mahama was said to have raised criticisms against the Judiciary and Chief. He criticized that the Judiciary and Chief Justice is broken and need new leadership.

However, the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) President, Alex Nartey, thinks the criticisms from Mahama on the Judiciary and Chief Justice is unfair.

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“I think that such a statement is not fair to the judiciary… and I think he must be fair to the Chief Justice,” Mr. Nartey said on The Point of View.
“He [Chief Justice] has not changed any of the procedures. He has not altered any of the laws based upon which these decisions are taken,” he added.

Alex Nartey said Mahama should not be in a state of confusion by comparing his disagreement with a court judgment by a biased judge.

“The fact that you disagree with the judgment does not mean the judge who rendered that decision has no integrity,” Mr. Nartey said.
The JUSAG President added that the law provided avenues to challenge judgments from courts.
“When nobody has prevented you from resorting to legally prescribed means to capsize of turn the designs of the court that are made based on the laws of the land… you are being unfair.”
“The mere fact that the parties before the court disagree on the decision of the court does not mean something wrong has been done that cannot be cured by law,” Mr. Nartey added.

Contrarily, Victor Adawudu, a member of the NDC legal team, who was on the show is of opposing view to Mr. Alex Nartey. He mentioned that there was nothing wrong in criticizing the Judiciary.

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“It is when you are criticised that you will make you refined or fine-tune what you do,” Victor said.

Coupled with this, Victor Adawudu added that in the discussion of Mahama’s remarks, there was much attention given to the Chief Justice.

“They are trying to draw that wedge between the Chief Justice. When we talk about the judiciary, it is not about the Chief Justice, but that is the kind of thing they always want to bring up,” he added.