Lawyer TK Dzimega has submitted that “the qualification to be considered for a justice of the Supreme Court is the same as the qualification to be considered for Chief Justice; that is one must have high moral character and proven integrity.
Having been removed for stated misbehavior cannot make you have a proven integrity”,
In his latest article on the removal of the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo
from office in line with Ghana’s Constitution Lawyer Engineer TK Dzimega said, “It is simply absurd to suggest that a former Chief Justice who has been removed from office can return to the Supreme Court as a judge. That is not possible”.
Here are his arguments: Consider this: if she were to return to the Supreme Court, and the sitting Chief Justice were absent, what would happen if she happened to be the most senior justice present? Would she then assume the role of Acting Chief Justice despite having previously been removed from that very position? That would be a legal and constitutional contradiction.
His second argument, let’s not forget the basis of her removal: she was found not to have met the minimum standards required to hold the office.
That judgment affects not just her role as Chief Justice, but her overall suitability to serve on the bench.
Thirdly, and most importantly, grounded on the fact that “the warrant of removal explicitly states that she has been removed as a Justice of the Supreme Court. That ends the matter, closed. Finito”.
