{
  "id": 3754790,
  "title": "‘You called it court packing under Akufo-Addo; what has changed?’ — Afenyo-Markin slams NDC gov’t over new SC justices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/you-called-it-court-packing-under-akufo-addo-what-has-changed-afenyo",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T14:29:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/you-called-it-court-packing-under-akufo-addo-what-has-changed-afenyo-markin-slams-ndc-govt-over-new-sc-justices/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has criticized the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) for changing its stance on what it termed as the \"packing\" of the Supreme Court following President John Dramani Mahama's nomination of three additional justices. This accusation came during the Parliamentary Appointments Committee's preparation to vet the three nominees, a process that was delayed due to the Minority's objections to the manner and timing of the exercise. Afenyo-Markin clarified that his party's opposition was not against the nominees themselves, but at the inconsistency in the governing party's position on the size of the Supreme Court. He pointed out that the three nominees, described as two men and a woman with a long record of service to Ghana and the sub-region, have not been rejected by his caucus. He questioned the NDC's principle, asking where it lies when the previous administration's attempt to add three justices to the court was seen as problematic. Afenyo-Markin highlighted that Parliament had already approved seven nominees under Mahama, and the addition of the three new nominees would bring the total to 10. He asked, \"So as we speak today, you have nominated seven; Parliament has passed them, and these three added to it make it 10. So what has changed? Where is your principle?\" The Minority Leader concluded by asserting that the current composition of the court would be larger than it would have been if Akufo-Addo's three nominees had been approved by Parliament, thus questioning the NDC's principle of court packing.",
  "summary": "Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of abandoning its previous opposition to what it described as the “packing” of the Supreme Court following President John Dramani Mahama’s nomination of three additional justices.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}