Chief Justice Removal

The immediate past Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, against the Attorney-General at the Supreme Court. The suit challenges the procedural legality of President John Mahama’s actions regarding the potential removal of the Chief Justice. Assafuah, acting as a concerned citizen under Article 2(1)(b) of the 1992 Constitution, is seeking several declarations from the Supreme Court, invoking its original jurisdiction to interpret constitutional provisions governing the removal of a Chief Justice. The lawsuit argues that the President must notify the Chief Justice and obtain their…