“The Chief Justice Is Barking Without Biting” – Ansa-Asare Slams Torkornoo’s Legal Move

Former Ghana School of Law director Kwaku Ansa-Asare has dismissed the legal efforts by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to halt proceedings concerning her potential removal from office as unlawful and baseless as reported by Ghana Web.

Justice Torkornoo was suspended by President John Dramani Mahama following the submission of three separate petitions seeking her removal. In response, she has filed an application at the Supreme Court aimed at stopping Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Asiedu from participating in the inquiry.

She alleges these justices held private meetings with a lawyer connected to the case. Additionally, she is seeking an interlocutory injunction against the presidential committee assigned to investigate the petitions.

The application is being filed by former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame on her behalf.

Kwaku Ansa-Asare strongly condemned this move, warning that it undermines Ghana’s constitutional process. Speaking on Joy News on May 21, he stated, “This is a very serious and unfolding story that the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, would seek to stop the constitutional process.”

He argued that the President acted strictly within the provisions of the Constitution in suspending the Chief Justice and initiating the investigation.

According to Ansa-Asare, any attempt to disrupt this process would itself be unconstitutional.

Ansa-Asare further characterized the legal challenge as ineffective and merely symbolic, saying the legal maneuvers amount to “barking without being able to bite.”

He reaffirmed that the constitutional mechanisms set in motion by President Mahama remain valid and must proceed without obstruction.