An Editor of the Daily Graphic newspaper has urged the Attorney General to salvage the image of the country’s legal system by punishing party activists who disrespect the authority of the Judiciary.

Yaw Boadu’s comment follows recent threats on the life of Supreme Court and High Court Judges by two panelists on a local language radio station, Montie FM.

“This is the time for the Attorney General to stand up and salvage the image and authority of the Judiciary from party activists. Many of them assume that for as long as they protect the image of their party, they will never be exposed to face the consequences of their criminal activities,” Mr Boadu said in an opinion in the July 7, 2016 edition of the Daily Graphic.

He notes that the country’s political discourse has been full of instances where people  deviate from objective analysis of issues and look for bad examples from political parties and square it up for a balance. He stated that this has been very destructive in Ghana’s politics.

“Once you get similar examples, the assumption is that whether the conduct is good or evil, once the two parties’ [National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party] members are involved, there is nothing wrong,” he said.

Following public condemnation on the attack on the judges by the radio panelists, one of the two panelists – Alistair Nelson – has apologised for the utterances, while the second panelist, Godwin Gunn has denied being on the programme or making the comments.

Mr Gunn’s claim, however, has been dismissed by persons who say they have proof he made the comments.

The state has also condemned the attacks and has also assured the Judges of their security and the management of the radio station issued an apology.

But Mr Boadu says that is not enough.

He said the threats against the Judges by the two men should be seen as a taboo, adding they should be dealt with drastically.

‘’For some Ghanaians to sit on radio and openly boast of their capacity to deal with Supreme court justices, including the fact they knew where the judges lived on the eve of the 34th anniversary that sordid past, to say the least, is disappointing,” he adds.

Citing previous examples that have gone unpunished, he said the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Adjei, once alluded to the possibility of dealing with judges whose judgement did not go a certain way.

“For far too long, we have tolerated buffoonery and bestialism in the name of partisan politics,” he stressed.

He says the Attorney General must see to it that insults against the Judiciary ends.