The minority in parliament has come under fire from Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, the national coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), who claims that they are hurrying to garner attention in light of the petition that is still pending against Chief Justice Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo.
His remarks follow the Minority’s call for religious and traditional leaders to step in and pressure President John Dramani Mahama to put a stop to the Chief Justice’s constitutional process.
According to the caucus, the petition to remove her is unfounded and does not adhere to the constitution.
Nevertheless, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye rejected the Minority’s appeals, characterizing their response as expected and motivated by a last-ditch effort to maintain their prominence in society.
“I think that they are too much in haste to be relevant, because of their micro nature. They are too much in haste to make themselves heard.”
He specified that the constitutional process must be allowed to run its full course without interference. According to him, the nation’s laws provide clear guidelines for handling such matters, and political posturing must not disrupt due process.
“I will tell them to allow the constitutional process to engage itself fully, and when it has run its full toll, then we shall all know whether Chief Justice Torkornor has a case or not.”
Although he respects the Chief Justice, Vanderpuye said, he has some personal doubts and that reports from within the judiciary indicate her image may not be as perfect as frequently portrayed.
“I have a lot of respect for the Chief Justice. Sometimes you see her and she portrays an angelic face, other times something else. The things some of us hear and some of the people like me have picked up from some of the people who are close to the judicial system will tell you that all that glitters is not gold.
“She is not as saintly as some of us have perceived her to be. I will not sit here and prejudge her, but I will give her the benefit of the doubt and sit here and believe that the things that I have heard about her and how she behaves were not true.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
