Member of Parliament for Old Tafo in the Ashanti Region, Ekow Vincent Assafuah Esq
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo in the Ashanti Region, Ekow Vincent Assafuah Esq is of the view that the committee set up by the government to probe petitions presented against the Chief Justice is partisan and clearly reflects the intention of the President.
According to a statement he issued on April 22, 2025, three of the five members of the committee are persons whose political coloration is known and therefore not fit to provide an objective assessment of the petitions presented against the chief justice.
“Let’s not feign ignorance. This is a calculated orchestration. Out of the five-member committee appointed to investigate the Chief Justice, three carry visible partisan footprints,” he said, listing Daniel Yaw Domelevo, Justice Gabriel Pwamang and Professor James Sefah Dzisah as partisan persons.
To Assafuah, the decision to suspend the Chief Justice just because she is believed to belong to another political leaning is worrying for the people of Ghana and must not be countenanced.
“If one government can suspend a chief justice and install a politically sympathetic panel to oversee her fate, what will stop future governments from doing worse? What precedent are we setting for our children?”
He holds the view that this is not accountability but rather vengeance being sought by the president.
“We welcome accountability. But when accountability becomes selective, targeted, and politically motivated, it ceases to be justice. It becomes revenge. Today, it is the Chief Justice.
“Tomorrow, it could be an Electoral Commissioner, a journalist, or a civil servant who refuses to bow to partisan pressure. What we are witnessing is not a pursuit of truth, it is an attempt to weaken the judiciary and embolden executive overreach.”
