A Member of the General Legal Council, Sam Okudzeto, who has described as "senseless and wrong" the Dormahene's appeal to the Attorney-General to drop the criminal charges against Assin North MP-elect, James Gyakye Quayson, says he would have recommended the High Court judge's sacking or resignation if he was a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Judicial Council.

The traditional leader, who is also the president of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, while speaking at a 10th-anniversary lecture of John Evans Atta Mills in Sunyani appealed to the President to take steps to halt the trial against the MP-elect.

“As a matter of urgency, I am appealing to the President of the Republic, Attorney General if he has any role to play, that the trial should be aborted,” he appealed.

The revered traditional ruler called on the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame “to as a matter of urgency file a nolle prosequi to end that particular decision.”

Speaking on the issue on Joy FM, Mr Okudzeto said it was wrong for the Dormahene to make such utterance because of his profile in the judiciary.

“If I was sitting in that disciplinary committee of the Judicial Council, I would have asked him to resign or ask him to be sacked as a judge; that’s what I would have done.

“If he hears this statement, I am the one saying it, I, Sam Okudzeto and I stand by it,” he said.

The former President of the Ghana Bar Association asked that individuals take the matter up by filing a petition to the Judicial Council for the necessary action to be taken on the Judge.

“It is always useful when somebody comes, you have to make a complaint. This thing is recorded, and so you send the recording to the Judicial Council, and you tell them that this is what the person has said and we think there is something wrong with it,” he said.

He clarified that the judiciary council could only act on a petition, adding that this was a way society puts lawyers and judges in check.

“My view is that the society in Ghana now has become so corrupted to such an extent that any tom, dick and harry gets up and says whatever comes into his head, without appreciating the effect that what he is saying has on the society. This has been worrying me all these years. And I think it’s getting completely out of hand,” he lamented.

Gyakye Quayson’s trial should be halted – Dormaahene appeals to Akufo-Addo

The Assin North MP-elect, James Gyakye Quayson is being tried for forgery and perjury after he was charged by the Attorney-General’s Office.

He is also accused of deceiving a public officer and knowingly making a false declaration when he filed nominations to contest in the 2020 election when he had not renounced his Canadian citizenship.

However, he has filed a motion on notice at the High Court for a stay of proceedings, pending an appeal.

Meanwhile, he’s expected to be sworn into office again on Tuesday, July 4, after winning the Assin North.