{"id":1202855,"date":"2022-09-12T15:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T15:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/12\/mahama-spoke-the-gospel-truth-about-judiciary-sammy-gyamfi\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T15:20:44","slug":"mahama-spoke-the-gospel-truth-about-judiciary-sammy-gyamfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/12\/mahama-spoke-the-gospel-truth-about-judiciary-sammy-gyamfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama spoke the gospel truth about judiciary \u2013 Sammy Gyamfi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has backed former President, John Mahama for his recent critique of the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Monday, the NDC Communicator said John Mahama\u2019s comment about the Judiciary is the \u201cgospel truth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In buttressing his boss\u2019 comment, Sammy Gyamfi referenced the latest CDD-Afrobarometer report which cited the judiciary as part of the most corrupt institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObjective minds know that @JDMahama\u2019s view on dampened public confidence in the judiciary is a fact. The latest CDD-Afrobarometer report bears this fact out. The Minister of National Security has publicly buttressed same and cautioned the judiciary accordingly,\u201d the tweet noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Objective minds know that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JDMahama<\/a>\u2019s view on dampened public confidence in the judiciary is a fact. The latest CDD-Afrobarometer report bears this fact out. The Minister of national security has publicly buttressed same and cautioned the judiciary accordingly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DameCanGotoHell?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DameCanGotoHell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sammy Gyamfi (@SammyGyamfi_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SammyGyamfi_\/status\/1569318291130257411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Former President speaking at the NDC\u2019s Lawyers\u2019 Conference on Sunday, August 28, said it will take a new Chief Justice to repair the \u2018broken image\u2019 of the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the current leadership of the Judiciary lacks what it takes to redeem its sunken image, hence the need for a new Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama explained that a perceived independent judiciary is a vital element in safeguarding the country\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC\u2019s 2020 Presidential Candidate however noted that the current judiciary has become an item of ridicule and mistrust, and therefore the need for a new Chief Justice to restore public confidence in the courts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Family-of-the-late-A.B.-Crentsil-vist-John-Mahama-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama spoke the gospel truth about judiciary \u2013 Sammy Gyamfi\" class=\"wp-image-10032150508 lazy\"  data- title=\"Mahama spoke the gospel truth about judiciary \u2013 Sammy Gyamfi\"\/><figcaption>John Dramani Mahama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we have no hope that the current leadership of our Judiciary can lead such a process of change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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 Mahama said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Attorney-General has responded to John Mahama for his comments against the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Ghana Bar Association\u2019s Annual Conference on Monday, the A-G said John Mahama has developed the habit of criticising the Judiciary unnecessarily.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chief-Justice-Kwasi-Anin-Yeboah-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama spoke the gospel truth about judiciary \u2013 Sammy Gyamfi\" class=\"wp-image-10031755205 lazy\" width=\"843\" height=\"853\"  data- title=\"Mahama spoke the gospel truth about judiciary \u2013 Sammy Gyamfi\"\/><figcaption>Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He described Mr. Mahama\u2019s attitude as deplorable and unbecoming of a former Head of State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am compelled to comment on same in this address because they border on the security of the state and constitute a deliberate pattern of conduct aimed at undermining the independence of the Judiciary, an arm of government whose autonomy is crucial to its proper functioning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch conduct is clearly deplorable, coming from one who has occupied the highest office of President and aspires again to that office. At this moment, it is important for all to note that I express this sentiment not because I stand in opposition to former President Mahama as a politician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dismay is founded more on the fact that I am a lawyer and every lawyer ought to be concerned about these kinds of views expressed by a political leader in this country!,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has backed former President, John Mahama for his recent critique of the judiciary. In a tweet on Monday, the NDC Communicator said John Mahama\u2019s comment about the Judiciary is the \u201cgospel truth\u201d. In buttressing his boss\u2019 comment, Sammy Gyamfi referenced the latest CDD-Afrobarometer report which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1192969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}