The Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has criticized the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) for demanding the revocation of the Chief Justice’s suspension, calling it an attempt to circumvent the constitution.
The GBA had issued a communiqué at its 2025 Mid-Year conference in Accra, arguing that the suspension was unconstitutional under Article 146 (10). According to the association’s PRO, Saviour Kudze, the demand aims to prevent the abuse of discretionary powers.
However, Justice Srem-Sai disagreed, stating that the GBA’s demand is untenable. “If a group of lawyers meet at an event and decide that the best call they can make is that the president unmakes that which the constitution says should be private, be made public, what does that tell you? It tells you that it is a group who are trying to subvert the constitution.”
Meanwhile, the Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress, Edudzi Tamakloe, supports the President’s decision, arguing that the President acted within the law and did not err in suspending the Chief Justice. “A prima facie determination is derived from the validity of the petition, and that duty, the terms of the constitution prevail on the chief justice, has been performed,” he said.
