Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza has charged the new Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo to ensure that court rulings are enforceable under her tenure.
“Let the rulings of the courts make sense for the ordinary citizen. Let the rulings of the court be enforceable,” he urged.
He also called on Gertrude Torkonoo to leave a better legacy than her predecessor Kwesi Anin-Yeboah in terms of justice delivery.
The Adaklu MP accused Anin Yeboah of presiding over a Supreme Court that made some bad judgments citing the Court's decisions on the use of birth certificates and the recent Gyakye Quayson case.
According to him, the former Chief Justice should be made aware that the miscarriage of justice during his tenure as Chief Justice “lies on his chest.”
“Under the reign of the outgoing Chief Justice, the level of miscarriage of justice reached a crescendo and must never be repeated,” he said.
But the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu fired back at the Minority Chief Whip saying he was on a bad trajectory.
According to him, a judge's decision must be criticised using laws and facts rather than their personality.
“Judges know that as humans they can err, and judges always welcome criticisms of their judgement. But when we are critiquing a judgement, it is expected that we critique with law, facts, and alternative arguments.
“We should move or shy away from just criticising because we agree or disagree, otherwise we dig room for people to attack the individual judges rather than the judgement,” he advised.
He, therefore, encouraged members to research and bring out alternative judgements to challenge the judgements when they disagree.
The new chief justice is yet to be sworn into office after Parliament approved her nomination on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
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