By
Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA
Accra, Oct. 21, GNA –
The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called on all stakeholders in the
ongoing impasse between some law students and the General Legal Council, to
come together, to develop a legal educational framework that would benefit the
entire country.
A statement signed
by the Reverend Dr Cyril Fayose, General Secretary of the Christian Council of
Ghana and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday urged all the stakeholders
to detach themselves from their prejudices and find solutions to the current
challenges confronting legal education in the country.
According to the
CCG, it had followed with much interest, the challenges confronting legal
education in the nation, and cautioned especially, the General Legal Council,
that the current impasse between the student body and the General Legal Council
could have serious negative impact on the future of Ghana’s legal system if not
resolved quickly.
“The CCG believes
that our nation needs to improve access to legal education and training in
order to produce more legal practitioners for the many sectors of our economy.
“However, we need to
state emphatically that as people of God, we believe in quality, integrity,
excellence and professionalism and advocate that these traits should not be
compromised in our legal education.
“To this end, we
call on the Chief Justice of the Republic and the entire General Legal Council
and the leadership of the National Association of Law Students to go back to
the discourse table to try to find a lasting solution to the impasse and to restore
the confidence of the general public in our legal education,” the CCG stated.
The CCG noted that
the students themselves were the most important stakeholders of legal education
in Ghana and so their concerns should highly be considered and not be brushed
aside.
“We also appeal to
the student body to use all means that are legal and appropriate to make their
concerns heard.”
The CCG said it was
hopeful that in a very short while, the General Legal Council would propose
measures that would be accepted by all, and that would improve access to
quality legal education in the country.
Meanwhile, the CCG
has also expressed worry over the police brutalities meted out to members of
the National Association of Law Students a few weeks ago by the Ghana Police
Service when they sought to present a petition to the President.
“Having followed the
conversation and having watched some videos of the demonstration, it seems to
the CCG that the Police Service went quite overboard in their bid to ensure
security.
“We, therefore, call
on the Inspector General of Police to initiate a thorough investigation into
the matter to ensure that the law takes its course.”
GNA
