{"id":1198167,"date":"2022-09-04T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T10:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/04\/mahama-wants-to-be-popular-to-remain-afloat-kabila-fires-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T10:59:41","slug":"mahama-wants-to-be-popular-to-remain-afloat-kabila-fires-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/04\/mahama-wants-to-be-popular-to-remain-afloat-kabila-fires-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama Wants To Be Popular; To Remain Afloat &#8211; Kabila Fires | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>James Kwabena Bonfeh, popularly known as Kabila,\u00a0Former Acting General Secretary of the Convention People&#8217;s Party (CPP) believes former President John Mahama is criticizing the judiciary because he wants to be popular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a political strategy, he wants to be popular. He wants to remain afloat, if the Chief Justice has done something let&#8217;s discuss it and not attack&#8221; he said on <strong>Peace FM<\/strong>&#8216;s morning show &#8216;<strong>Kokrokoo<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"xgLOUceft4s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mahama Wants To Be Popular To Remain Afloat - Kabila Fires\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xgLOUceft4s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Mahama said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former President expressed distrust in the current leadership of the Judiciary saying, \u201cso badly has the image of our Judiciary deteriorated that many of our citizenry openly make mockery of our justice system and of our justices. The phrase \u2018Go to Court\u2019 is these days met with derisive laughter, instead of hope that one will truly get justice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He continued; \u201cThere is, therefore, the urgent need for the Ghanaian Judiciary to work to win the trust and confidence of the citizenry, and erase the widely held perception of hostility and political bias in legal proceedings at the highest courts of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we have no hope that the current leadership of our Judiciary can lead such a process of change&#8230;we can only hope, that a new Chief Justice will lead the process to repair the broken image that our Judiciary has acquired over the last few years\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Peacefmonline.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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