Mr Bright Akoande, a District Magistrate in Afigya-Kwabre, said
this was necessary to safeguard Ghana’s democracy and protect the
rights and freedoms of the people.
He was speaking at a forum held by the National Commission for Civic
Education (NCCE) to mark the 11th annual constitution week celebration
at Kodie.
It was held under the theme: “The state of Ghana’s democracy,
2011” and focused on the justice system, corruption, political parties
and the media.
The event brought together chiefs and religious leaders, heads of
department, assembly and unit committee members and civil society
groups.
Mr Akoande expressed worry about the harsh criticism of the
judiciary by sections of the population, describing most of these as
misplaced and frivolous – resulting from the lack of understanding of
how the justice system worked.
He said being a human institution nobody should pretend that the
judiciary was infallible but the hard fact was that many of the judges
were people of integrity.
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