Africa-Press – Ghana. The organisers of the planned demonstration against the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo have officially served notice to the police.
Four political parties – New Patriotic Party (NPP), Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), National Democratic Party (NDP), and People’s National Party (PNP) – will lead the protest on May 5, 2025.
The Ghana News Agency gathered that the leadership of the political parties embarking on the demonstration would meet in Accra on Monday, April 28, to strategise for the way forward.
In their notice to the police, the four parties, captioned the planned protest as “peaceful public demonstration.”
It said the demonstration would commence at 0500hours from opposite the Supreme Court, proceed through Parliament House, and conclude at the Jubilee House, where a formal petition would be presented.
“We are organising this public demonstration to express our collective protest against the politically motivated removal of the Chief Justice of the Republic,” the notice, signed by Mr Richard Ahiagbah, the Director of Communications, NPP, said on Monday.
“This action poses a significant threat to the independence of the judiciary and undermines public confidence in the rule of law and constitutional governance.”
Mr Ahiagbah told the Ghana News Agency that the demonstration would come on as announced and that the organisers would put the necessary measures in place to make it successful.
President John Dramani Mahama suspended Chief Justice Torkornoo on Tuesday, April 22, after a prima facie case was established in relation to three separate petitions calling for her removal.
The decision was made under Article 146(6) of the 1992 Constitution, with consultations with the Council of State. A five-member committee has been formed to probe the allegations.
Reacting to criticisms about the relevance of the planned demonstration, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, Flagbearer of the NDP in the 2024 General Election, said the protest was necessary to safeguard Ghana’s democracy.
He described the move to remove the Chief Justice as “premeditated and politically malicious” adding: “Government is gradually destroying our democracy.”
“If an Executive is bent on doing what it wants to do, it will find all the ingredients,” Alhaji Frimpong said.
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