{"id":1209280,"date":"2022-09-22T17:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/22\/you-lack-understanding-of-the-issue-sam-okudzeto-tells-mahama-for-criticising-judiciary\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:19:41","slug":"you-lack-understanding-of-the-issue-sam-okudzeto-tells-mahama-for-criticising-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/22\/you-lack-understanding-of-the-issue-sam-okudzeto-tells-mahama-for-criticising-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You lack understanding of the issue\u2019 – Sam Okudzeto tells Mahama for criticising judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former member of the Council of State, Sam Okudzeto, says former President John Mahama\u2019s criticism of the Judiciary is uncalled-for.<\/p>\n

In his view, the critiques are shameful and should not be coming from a former president.<\/p>\n

According to him, Mr Mahama\u2019s comments show he lacks understanding of the subject.<\/p>\n

The veteran politician said he should be minded when speaking due to his position in society.<\/p>\n

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Former Ghana Bar Association President, Sam Okudzeto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he understands the judiciary system. The Chief Justice does not tell the judges what kind of judgement they should write.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you have evidence of corruption, you are supposed to send it to the Chief Justice, who is mandated under the constitution to have an inquiry.<\/p>\n

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Sam Okudzeto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSo that is why I am saying that a person of that level should understand what the constitutional process is and not just be making sweeping statements which will undermine the whole institution [Judiciary], he said.<\/p>\n

He made these comments in a JoyNews interview on Wednesday, September 21.<\/p>\n

Mahama\u2019s criticism<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 \u201cbroken image\u201d of the Judiciary.<\/p>\n

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

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Former President, John Mahama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Mahama explained that a perceived independent Judiciary is a vital element in safeguarding the country\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

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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

Earlier responses<\/strong><\/p>\n

The comments by Mr Mahama have generated a lot of replies from other political actors.<\/p>\n

For instance, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice has taken on the former president.<\/p>\n

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Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame said the former president has developed the habit of criticising the Judiciary unnecessarily.<\/p>\n

He described Mr Mahama\u2019s attitude as deplorable and unbecoming of a former Head of State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former member of the Council of State, Sam Okudzeto, says former President John Mahama\u2019s criticism of the Judiciary is uncalled-for. In his view, the critiques are shameful and should not be coming from a former president. According to him, Mr Mahama\u2019s comments show he lacks understanding of the subject. The veteran politician said he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1209281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209280","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\/1209280","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=1209280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}