Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for what he describes as the politicisation of ongoing legal issues surrounding the potential removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
Speaking on Newsfile on JoyNews, the former NDC MP asserted that the NPP’s active defence of the Chief Justice creates a perception that she is politically aligned with the ruling party, which could erode public confidence in the judiciary’s independence.
“It is totally wrong for a political party to assume the fight to protect the Chief Justice,” he said, expressing concern that the NPP’s involvement could undermine the integrity of the judiciary and politicise what should be a constitutional and impartial process.
Mr Fuseini argued that while it is not inappropriate to initiate processes to remove a Chief Justice in cases of alleged misconduct, the role of political parties in such matters should be restrained.
He recalled that there had been a similar petition against Justice Torkornoo in 2024 and stressed that calls for scrutiny of her office should not be dismissed outright.
“What the NPP is doing currently is implanting in the minds of people that the current Chief Justice is sympathetic to the NPP,” he said.
“They are doing Madam a disservice, and I simply do not understand why the NPP is so jumpy.”
He further criticised the party for using its legal surrogates to challenge the President’s constitutional obligations in court, noting that all those filing lawsuits to block presidential action on the matter are affiliated with the NPP.
“It is even becoming increasingly difficult to talk about the Chief Justice because she is the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana,” he stated.
“If the NPP doesn’t know that they are creating the problem, I am telling them they are creating the problem.”
