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Chief Justice Torkornoo to address nation today

By Vincent Ashitey
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Her Ladyship, the Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, is set to address the nation today at 3 pm.

The event will take place at the Palms by Eagles Airport City, formerly the Holiday Inn Hotel.

The address follows her suspension and hearing of the petitions for her removal by the Justice Pwamang Committee.

The Presidency in April announced that it had received and forwarded to the Council of State for consultation three petitions, which were all asking for the removal of Justice Torkornoo from office.

The presidency in a press statement, explained that the move by President John Mahama was in line with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.

Article 146 governs the processes for the removal of Justices of the Superior Courts, the Chief Justice and persons whose offices are analogous with Justices of the Superior Courts such as the Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC) and Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).

The petitions were said to have been filed by three individuals on February 14 and March 17, 2025.

The five-member committee set up by President John Mahama includes Justices Gabriel Scott Pwamang and Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, Daniel Yao Domelevo, Major Flora Bazuwaaruah Dalugo, and Professor James Sefah Dziasah.