Former president John Dramani Mahama has criticised Ghana’s apex court over its recent judgements, adding that the judiciary’s reputation had been severely tarnished.
According to him, the judiciary has lately been subjected to public mockery because Ghanaians no longer feel they can get justice.
Mahama, whose election petition was unanimously dismissed by the highest court of the land after the 2020 general elections, said that the time has come for the judiciary to undergo self-cleansing adding, “the current Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah cannot lead that process.”
“The image of our judiciary deteriorated that many of our citizenry openly make mockery of our Justice system and of our justices. The phrase; ‘Go to court’ is these days met with derisive laughter instead of hope that one will truly get justice if he went to the court.”
According to him, “If people are not poking fun about politics and inducement being used to sway the hand of justice in the lower court then it is poking fun and making statements about the 70 of the unanimous FC. Verdicts which mostly involve cases of a political nature in our supreme court.”
“This is an unfortunate but serious development. One of the scariest existential threats to any democracy is when citizens think their judiciary hold no value for them.”
