The five-member committee established by President John Dramani Mahama to investigate petitions against the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo, is set to commence its hearings today, Thursday, May 15, 2025.
The committee, chaired by Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, was constituted in accordance with Article 146(6) of the 1992 Constitution, following the President’s consultation with the Council of State.
This development comes after a prima facie case was established against the Chief Justice.
Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Effia, Isaac Boamah-Nyarko, has questioned the rationale behind suspending the Chief Justice nearly three weeks before the committee began its work.
Speaking on Point Blank, a segment on Eyewitness News, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, he expressed concern over the absence of a defined timeline for the committee’s proceedings.
“If you check, the last time the president suspended the chief justice was on April 22, 2025, and that is close to about three weeks. My question is, if the committee that has been set up would require more than three weeks to start sitting, why then did you suspend the chief justice?
“Three weeks later, and you are now telling us that the committee is coming to start sitting? Then, you tell us the committee should submit their report after completing their work. Which committee is set up without a timeline? When you set up a committee, you give the committee a timeline,” he stated.
