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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says recent attacks by some political element against the judiciary is unacceptable.<\/p>\n
Nana Akufo-Addo says such conduct affects confidence in the country\u2019s justice system.<\/p>\n
Former President John Mahama has in recent times attacked the judiciary, calling for the removal of the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n
Speaking at this year\u2019s Ghana Bar Conference in Ho, Nana Akufo-Addo says such comments are needless.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some who have made it their political agenda to disparage systematically the image of the judiciary for selfish parochial partisan reasons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The President noted further that his legal challenge of the election results in 2013 did not spark any criticism.<\/p>\n
Recently, John Dramani Mahama called for a change in the leadership of the country\u2019s judiciary to repair what he describes as its broken image.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mahama complained that the judiciary has sunk so low<\/strong>\u00a0that it has lost the trust and faith of the ordinary person.<\/p>\n Earlier, the Attorney General, Godfred Dame also criticised attacks on Ghana\u2019s Judiciary by Mr. Mahama.<\/p>\n Mr. Dame said the unwarranted utterances dent the image of the judiciary, a development that threatens the peace and well-being of the country.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was great dismay and embarrassment that, I heard a person who has occupied the highest office of state that is the former President recently launched an unwarranted attack on the integrity of Ghana\u2019s Judiciary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI observed that, this was the latest instalment of systematic attack by the former President, albeit unjustified,\u201d the Attorney General.<\/span><\/p>\n