‘Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks’ – GBA President on CJ’s SOEs comments
President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Efua Ghartey, has invoked a biblical admonition in expressing the Bar’s disappointment with remarks attributed to Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie concerning state-owned enterprises. Mrs Ghartey said although the Bar was reluctant to interpret the Chief Justice’s comments as reflecting any underlying sentiment, the remarks had nonetheless raised…
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Efua Ghartey, has expressed the Bar's disappointment with comments attributed to the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, regarding state-owned enterprises. Although reluctant to interpret the Chief Justice's remarks as reflecting any underlying sentiment, Ghartey stated that the comments had raised concerns among legal professionals.
She referenced Matthew 12:34, which warns that a person's words reflect their inner state. In response to the Judicial Service's explanation attempting to defend the Chief Justice's comments, Ghartey criticized it as "lacklustre". She affirmed that the GBA's position is not to undermine the Judiciary's independence or autonomy but to uphold the constitutional limits governing public office holders.
Referring to Article 128(4) of the 1992 Constitution, Ghartey emphasized the Bar's commitment to protecting the independence of the Judiciary while cautioning that defenders of this principle must also ensure that persons in constitutional positions remain within the bounds of their mandated responsibilities.
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