Our leaders have connected the Judiciary & Security Services to political cycle, it’s wrong & dangerous – Bentil

A Private legal practitioner, Kofi Bentil has observed that leaders in Ghana have connected the judiciary and security services to the political cycle, where whichever government comes in makes complete changes to the leadership of the security and judicial services, especially the former.

Mr Bentil says this is wrong and must stop.

“Our leaders have connected the Judiciary and Security Services to the Political cycle!! This is wrong and dangerous, it must stop!” he wrote on Facebook.

His comments cOme at a time when President John Dramani Mahama forwarded three petitions calling for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to the Council of State for advice, in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.

A statement from the Presidency’s Communications Directorate on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, confirmed that the petitions had been submitted by various individuals, urging the President to take action against the Chief Justice.

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Following constitutional procedures, President Mahama has referred the matter to the Council of State to begin the consultation process required before any further action can be taken.

Also commenting on this matter, a Former Director of Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare raised concerns about the petitions against Chief Justices, stating that they are becoming one too many.

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According to him, a lot of these petitions are “frivolous” and establish no prima facie cases against the Chief Justices.

In an interview on News Central on TV3, March 26, 2025, Kwaku Ansa-Asare noted that “it is not the quantity of petitions that shows concern but the quality.”

“The petitions are becoming one too many. They must come to an end, a lot of them are frivolous so most of them should no longer be entertained to bring an end to the mushrooming of petitions.

“In order for the petition to be looked at at all by the constitutional body or persons mandated to look at such petitions, you need to find out first what the criterion is,” he stated.