Justice,
Gertrude
Torkornoo
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Private
legal
Practitioner
Martin
Kpebu,
has
said
that
the
concerns
raised
against
Justice
Gertrude
Araba
Esaba
Torkonoo
to
President
Akufo-Addo
requesting
for
the
addition
of
five
more
justices
are
not
about
the
competence
of
the
names
that
have
come
up.
He
says
the
concerns
are
about
the
timing
and
the
procedure
for
the
appointments.
For
the
president
to
appoint
Supreme
Court
justices
there
has
to
be
a
recommendation
from
the
Judicial
Council
to
that
effect,
Kpebu
said.
Without
a
recommendation
from
the
Judicial
Council,
the
president
cannot
proceed
with
the
process
of
appointing
new
justices
of
the
apex
court,
he
added.
Kpebu
said
on
the
Key
Points
on
TV3
on
Saturday,
July
6
that
“There
must
be
a
recommendation
from
the
Judicial
Council…If
the
president
has
not
received
advice
from
the
judicial
council
he
cannot
start.”
He
added
“But
that
the
nominees
are
not
bad,
it
is
the
timing
that
is
bad.
These
are
fine
justices
but
it
is
about
procedure
and
timing,
this
debate
is
not
about
competence
at
all.”
Meanwhile,
the
Attorney-General,
Godfred
Dame,
said
it
is
worthy
to
note
that
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ghana
is
quite
unique
and
different
from
other
Supreme
Courts
around
the
world.
Godfred
Dame
said
this
while
rejecting
claims
that
President
Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo-Addo
is
packing
the
Supreme
Court
following
the
recent
request
by
the
Chief
Justice
to
appoint
five
more
justices
of
the
apex
court.
“What
I
am
aware
of
is
the
request
from
Chief
Justice,
I
believe
that
the
Judiciary
is
no
doubt
better
placed
to
provide
ample
justification
for
the
need
for
an
enhanced
Supreme
Court,
but
again
it
is
worthy
to
note
that
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ghana
is
quite
unique
and
different
from
other
Supreme
Courts
around
the
world,”
he
said
in
an
interview
on
the
sidelines
of
the
United
States
Independence
Day
Event
at
the
Embassy
Garden
in
Accra.
So
it
is
not
the
case
that
you
are
packing
the
court?
he
was
asked.
In
answer,
Godfred
Dame
said,
“Definitely
not
so
what
is
this
allegation
about
packing
the
court.”