The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has been taken aback by the reaction of the Attorney General towards the Appeals Court verdict after the ruling of the controversial ambulance case.
The Attorney General, Godfred Dame, described the Appeals Court’s judgment as 'perverse,' 'grossly unfair,' and 'erroneous.'
The third accused in the ambulance procurement trial, Richard Jakpa and Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, were on Tuesday acquitted and discharged of the charges of causing financial loss to the State.
Speaking on Joy FM's Top Story, the Public Relations Officer of the GBA indicated that the Justice Minister's choice of words was unwarranted.
Saviour Kudze asked that "assuming the decisions were made in his favour, would he be using such words?"
According to him, "He [Attorney General] is the leader of the Bar. We shouldn’t expect him to be using such words."
"You could say you disagree with the verdict of the court and you will take steps. I think that is what everybody does."
"But an official leader using such words, we take an exception to it,” he added on Tuesday.
Associate professor at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kwadwo Appiagyei Atua agreed with the GBA spokesperson's position.
"As the leader of the Bar, he went a little bit too far. The use of words like perverse... I am also of the view that it was unnecessary," he told Evans Mensah.
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