{"id":395597,"date":"2017-06-14T01:06:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T01:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/14\/parliament-moves-date-for-sophia-akuffo-vetting-forward\/"},"modified":"2017-06-14T01:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T01:06:45","slug":"parliament-moves-date-for-sophia-akuffo-vetting-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/14\/parliament-moves-date-for-sophia-akuffo-vetting-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament moves date for Sophia Akuffo vetting forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Parliament has set Friday, June 16 to vet nominee for Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo, instead of previously scheduled date of Monday, June 19, Second Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has said.<\/p>\n<p>At a presser on Tuesday, Chairman of the Appointments Committee Joseph Osei-Owusu said the committee considered a number of factors before deciding on the date change.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is vacancy already as retired Chief Justice Wood has already been appointed\u00a0to\u00a0the Council of State.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>According to him, members of the Committee, reached a consensus to abridge the 14-day interval for receiving complaints on nominees, especially when there was no petition against Justice Akuffo<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is already assessing past judgments of Justice Akuffo and her publications to be better informed about her performance at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo appointed Justice Akuffo to replace Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood who retired on June 7, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Before she assumes office, Justice Akuffo would have to get the approval of Parliament as per the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Osei-Owusu stated that each member of the committee will be allocated 20 minutes each to question Chief Justice nominee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament has set Friday, June 16 to vet nominee for Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo, instead of previously scheduled date of Monday, June 19, Second Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has said. 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