The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on all stakeholders to join efforts towards building a new Ghanaian civilization, where the rule of law is not a slogan but an operating principle for the development of the country.<\/p>\n
According to the President, \u201call of us, from the executive, legislature, judiciary, public sector, security agencies, private sector, political parties, civil society, professional and trade associations, religious bodies, traditional authorities, and ordinary citizens have a collective responsibility to work together with our different views and our different perspectives for the Ghana project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA united Ghana driven by considerations of social justice and solidarity governed according to the rule of law, respect for individual liberties, human rights, and the principles of democratic accountability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo said this when he swore Justice Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu and Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu into office as Justices of the Supreme Court in accordance with the stringent details of Article 144, Clause 2 of the constitution of Ghana.<\/p>\n
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The swearing-in of the Justices, the President said, \u201ccomes on the heels of rigorous nomination and confirmation processes initiated by the Judicial Council and undertaken in consultation with the Council of State with the appro of Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Expressing confidence in the nominees, he said, \u201cthe Post 1966 Supreme Court has developed a positive reputation for the quality of its constitutional jurisprudence, and I am hopeful that you who have already given good accounts of yourselves in high judicial office in the court of appeal will help strengthen the development of our nation\u2019s constitutional and other jurisprudence in the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Continuing, he noted that \u201cthe Judiciary has exclusive jurisdiction, in all matters of the application of the law, civil and criminal, including matters relating to the interpretation and enforcement of the constitution. \u00a0It has thus onerous responsibilities, to protect individual liberties and fundamental human rights of citizens to act as the arbiter in disputes between the state and the citizens, to act as the arbiter in disputes between the citizens and all persons. And to serve as the bulwark of the defense and promotion of the liberties and rights of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCentral to the execution of these functions is the Supreme Court. As expressed in Article 129, the Supreme Court, our nation\u2019s court of last resort, is not bound to follow decisions of any other court including its own and shall have all the powers, authority and jurisdiction vested in any court established by the constitution or any other law,\u201d the President added.<\/p>\n
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Still, on the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, he stated further that, \u201cwith all other courts bound to follow the decisions of the Supreme Court on questions of law, it is obviously critical that Justices of the Supreme Court, possess a sound knowledge of the law and of precedence, the principle of Stare Decisis, which has been the bedrock for the evolution of the common law.<\/p>\n
Therefore, \u201csince Article 129, positions the Supreme Court as the policy court, where far-reaching decisions on our socio-economic development are fashioned in response to the exigencies of the time, perspectives of its judges are thus critical for our national development, especially in these challenging times.\u201d<\/p>\n
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