Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has stated that a judgement lacking clarity does not amount to a miscarriage of justice.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on Friday, June 30, Saviour Kudze said when an individual has a problem with a judgement, the fellow must be specific on the aspect of the ruling he or she has issues with.

He added that disagreeing with a ruling does not also count as a miscarriage of justice.

“The fact that the Minority Chief Whip says that the judgement lack clarity does not necessarily amount to a miscarriage of justice,” he indicated.

His comment comes after the Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza, during the swearing-in of the new Chief Justice charged her to leave a better legacy than her predecessor in terms of justice delivery.

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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 James Gyakye Quayson case.

“Under the reign of the outgoing Chief Justice, the level of miscarriage of justice reached a crescendo and must never be repeated. The former Chief Justice must know when he goes home that this miscarriage of justice rests on his chest,” he said.

According to him, the fact that the issues he raised occurred under the former Chief Justice Anim Yeboah does not stain his records.

He explained that the Chief Justice does not interfere with the work of any judge or Magistrate, adding that the Chief Justice has no right to interfere.

Mr Kudze stated that the Chief Justice although the head of the Judiciary is not to be blamed for any wrongdoing by judges.

“Judges sit there and deliver judgement not as individuals. That is why it is called a court. The judgement of Judge A is a judgement of a court and the fact that it is delivered by Judge A does not mean that it is a personal judgment. It is the judgement of the court because the court is a non-human person which must add to a human person,” he added.

Meanwhile, the President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Yaw Boafo has described the comments as irresponsible.

Speaking at an event to mark 41 years since the gruesome murder of three High Court Judges, GBA President, Yaw Acheampong Boafo, said it was irresponsible for one to hide behind parliamentary immunity to make such comments.

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“It is totally unacceptable for a member of the leadership of the minority in parliament, hiding ostensibly under the protection of parliamentary immunity granted by the 1992 constitution, in supporting the motion solely to unanimously approve the nomination of the current Chief Justice to launch an unwarranted attack on the person of the immediate past Chief Justice describing such a colossus of a jurist in derogatory terms.

But in his response, Mr Agbodza described the GBA president’s comment as loose talk founded on nothing, adding that “he is disconnected from the sentiments in the country.”