Stop touring state agencies and focus on the Judiciary’s problems – Arthur Kennedy to CJ
Political activist and social commentator Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy has urged Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to stop touring state-owned enterprises and instead channel his energies into addressing challenges confronting Ghana’s Judiciary. Dr Kennedy said the Chief Justice’s recent engagements with state institutions and comments on their performance were outside what he considered the proper…
Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy has advised Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to shift his focus away from touring state-owned enterprises and instead concentrate on tackling issues within Ghana's Judiciary. Kennedy criticized Baffoe-Bonnie's recent interactions with state institutions and his comments on their performance, deeming them inappropriate for the Chief Justice's role.
These comments came after Baffoe-Bonnie's visit to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) on September 2, where he praised SSNIT's performance and questioned the country's actions over the past eight years. The Chief Justice's remarks sparked criticism for potentially being interpreted as political commentary.
Kennedy urged Baffoe-Bonnie to prioritize concerns such as the "serpentine appellate process," prolonged custody of prisoners, judicial corruption, and panel assignments. He also expressed concerns about the public's perception of judicial corruption based on Afrobarometer reports. Kennedy deemed Baffoe-Bonnie's actions contradictory to the dignity expected of his position and criticized the decision to make such visits, fearing they might blur the line between the Judiciary and political branches of government.
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