Suspended CJ wrong to seek public sympathy - Inusah Fuseini - MyJoyOnline
Private legal practitioner and former Tamale Central MP, Inusah Fuseini, has taken issue with suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for resorting to public commentary amid ongoing impeachment proceedings against her.
According to him, addressing the media at this stage of the constitutional process was both inappropriate and unnecessary.
Justice Torkornoo, who has been suspended since 22 April 2025, recently held a press conference in which she expressed concern about perceived procedural irregularities in the Article 146 process and threats to her personal security.
Her remarks marked her first public engagement since President John Dramani Mahama, in consultation with the Council of State, initiated her suspension.
But speaking on Channel One TV, Mr Fuseini contended that the Chief Justice should have turned to the courts rather than the court of public opinion. He described the move as especially problematic, given her judicial standing.
“If one alleges that in the proceedings there is a violation of Chapter 5 provision to fair hearing, the recourse is not to a press conference,” he argued.
“The recourse should not be to a press conference, least of all to the Chief Justice. The recourse should be to the High Court to vindicate that right.”
He maintained that public declarations of grievance from someone occupying such a high judicial office risk eroding trust in the constitutional mechanisms currently underway.
According to him, legal matters of this nature must be resolved within the framework of the judiciary, not through media appeals.
Justice Torkornoo’s press conference has drawn both support and criticism, with some interpreting it as a plea for transparency and others, like Fuseini, seeing it as an overstep.
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