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Bonsu 9 years ago

I am not sure whether Ampaw is preaching religion or law since his doctorate was awarded by one of those mushroom theological colleges.His alarmism and his stance on public matters are so extreme that that when reduced to it ...
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I am not sure whether Ampaw is preaching religion or law since his doctorate was awarded by one of those mushroom theological colleges.His alarmism and his stance on public matters are so extreme that that when reduced to its component parts they make no sense at all.

He must learn to be modest in his contributions without being unnecessary alarmist.These alarmist stance and extremist views are always a turn off.
EZEKIEL 9 years ago

I had thought Engineers drew up the Constitution of Ghana!!!

I had thought Engineers drew up the Constitution of Ghana!!!
Concerned Ghanaian 9 years ago

Yes there are so many mushroom "Doctors-DR" in Ghana all seeking or flagging for attention. Anyone visits USA and comes back calling himself DR especially the so-called criminal men of God

Yes there are so many mushroom "Doctors-DR" in Ghana all seeking or flagging for attention. Anyone visits USA and comes back calling himself DR especially the so-called criminal men of God
salinsa 9 years ago

professor Addae?

professor Addae?
Kae_Wobofo 9 years ago

And I can`t understand why this 'legal paperweight' is always provided a platform to spew out such rubbish. i recall reading a comment posted by one of his Law School classmates suggesting that he[Ampaw] was a below average s ...
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And I can`t understand why this 'legal paperweight' is always provided a platform to spew out such rubbish. i recall reading a comment posted by one of his Law School classmates suggesting that he[Ampaw] was a below average student;and I believe these ridiculous pronouncements we keep hearing from him, confirm this assertion!
salinsa 9 years ago

do you know him personally? He is he not a product of the university of Ghana? I once heard him on TV saying when he was at the ghana law school with the late kwablah dumor.......

do you know him personally? He is he not a product of the university of Ghana? I once heard him on TV saying when he was at the ghana law school with the late kwablah dumor.......
Osei Yao 9 years ago

THE CONSTITUTION REFLECTS THE EXPERIENCE OF GHANAIANS. A THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION MISSES THE POINT. DR AMPAW HAS LOST THE POINT AND SHOULD BE IGNORED. THERE WERE GOOD REASONS WHY MEMBERS OF THE COUNSEL OF STATE AND THE LEGA ...
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THE CONSTITUTION REFLECTS THE EXPERIENCE OF GHANAIANS. A THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION MISSES THE POINT. DR AMPAW HAS LOST THE POINT AND SHOULD BE IGNORED. THERE WERE GOOD REASONS WHY MEMBERS OF THE COUNSEL OF STATE AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION WERE EXCLUDED. THEY BELONG TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THEREFORE HAVE VEATED INTEREST.
AW 9 years ago

If my memory serves me right, Ghana Bar Association boycotted the consultative assembly which drafted the constitution. These nations wreckers alone are to blame for what DR. Ampaw had complained about.

If my memory serves me right, Ghana Bar Association boycotted the consultative assembly which drafted the constitution. These nations wreckers alone are to blame for what DR. Ampaw had complained about.
Kofi 9 years ago

I thought there were enough 31DWM and P/WDC representatives on the Consultative Assembly to offset the GBA boycott.

I thought there were enough 31DWM and P/WDC representatives on the Consultative Assembly to offset the GBA boycott.
Abua 9 years ago

I can still recall his jaundiced analysis of the supreme court proceedings. He could not even pretend to be professional

I can still recall his jaundiced analysis of the supreme court proceedings. He could not even pretend to be professional
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

Dr. Ampaw ought to spend his time debating and debasing the constitution document and not how it affects some preferred institution(s). Ghanaians with post graduate degrees along with our political elite and the many a dime a ...
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Dr. Ampaw ought to spend his time debating and debasing the constitution document and not how it affects some preferred institution(s). Ghanaians with post graduate degrees along with our political elite and the many a dime a dozen lawyers in Ghana help put the constitution in place. It is the very same people we hold up as elders and we mourn in style even in their death. Yet it is that very sorry constitution that gave unlimited powers to the president thus makes the presidency so desirable people get reduced to animals in Ghana in search of the presidential powers.
Readers and the likes of Dr. Ampaw must understand there is no amount of conspiracy or diabolical acts that can get a principled person removed from office especially the judiciary because the judiciary, as an elite institution, at its best takes roots and umbrage from case precedence. Those political parties who act as the gods of Ghana and their appointees through cronyism, nepotism and tribal loyalties are the ones who have something to fear because there is always a payback. Principled people with love for Ghana have nothing to fear; not their jobs and not from diabolical conspirators.
JB 9 years ago

This man is an excellent Lawyer. His knowledge about law is highly informed. Those sending negative comments are doing so out of ENVY. Everything he said about the CJ position is true. She has to be personally strong to still ...
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This man is an excellent Lawyer. His knowledge about law is highly informed. Those sending negative comments are doing so out of ENVY. Everything he said about the CJ position is true. She has to be personally strong to still be occupying that position.
kk3 9 years ago

What works in Ghana? it is debilitating just thinking about the crap that goes on. What's the remedy?

What works in Ghana? it is debilitating just thinking about the crap that goes on. What's the remedy?
Injustice Sufferer 9 years ago

Can we demand accountability and justice from Atuguba & Co? Not in this republic!

Can we demand accountability and justice from Atuguba & Co? Not in this republic!
Nanayaw 9 years ago

We all know that the Judges in Ghana are not saints so stop acting as if they are; and should be untouchable.

We all know that the Judges in Ghana are not saints so stop acting as if they are; and should be untouchable.
Tawiah 9 years ago

Who said that any coup makers has ever respected the sanctity of any judiciary before?
The reason why coups are made, are for the fact that everything else has failed, so to assert that, the change of those clauses in our c ...
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Who said that any coup makers has ever respected the sanctity of any judiciary before?
The reason why coups are made, are for the fact that everything else has failed, so to assert that, the change of those clauses in our constitution will firmly secure the Judiciary is like saying that, the coup makers will allow the government they have overthrown to still be in office.
It is totally absurd and stupid and that any change in the constitution will protect the judiciary from being thrown out of office if the coup he referred to were to have happened. We live to see.
K.Osafo Kantanka 9 years ago

Who are you trying to blame Dr.Ampaw?.The present government or past governments? The Chief justice was aware of all these problems before she took the job.The constitution was not drafted after the appointment of the C J,so ...
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Who are you trying to blame Dr.Ampaw?.The present government or past governments? The Chief justice was aware of all these problems before she took the job.The constitution was not drafted after the appointment of the C J,so Dr.AMPAW WHAT IS YOUR BEEF? This a typical mischief making lecture.Go to HELL.We want water,electricity, better Hospitals, Schools,better roads to convey food from the farming areas, a non corrupt,over fed and lazy judiciary.
Earl Jones 9 years ago

Are you suggesting that even if the CJ justice abuses her powers which causes a petition to be made and if this petition has been upheld and the president feels it necessary to relieve her of her duty, that is wrong?
That th ...
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Are you suggesting that even if the CJ justice abuses her powers which causes a petition to be made and if this petition has been upheld and the president feels it necessary to relieve her of her duty, that is wrong?
That the CJ can be removed by a president who appointed her is a safeguarding measure that will deter her from abusing her office. If the president can act alone by removing the CJ following a petition, I will have a problem with that. But I believe safeguarding measures have been put in place by the very fact that any such decision to remove a CJ must first be supported by a petition and the petition must be subject to a judiciary process led by two supreme court judges. we have to assume our judges will be fair unless we have a compelling reason to believe otherwise. Dr Ampaw's views are rather cynical. As with every other public servant, the president should be able to remove the CJ if her position becomes untenable.
if the president is diabolical in his actions, nothing stops the affected person from seeking a judicial review. afterall, the president can only act on the recommendation of two supreme court judges. That is why we have a justice system and we can only have confidence in our judges. That some people may be treated unfairly does not mean the constitution has to change to make their position ingrained even in the face of wrong doing. it is the principle that justice may not sometimes seen to be done that make the whole justice system necessary.
Like any other senior civil servant, the CJ can be hired and fired by the Head of State and commander in chief, the president of the Republic. The CJ has no special place different from persons such as the head of the electoral commission, the armed forces, the police etc.
CALABASH 9 years ago

There are a lot of entrenched provisions in our constitution that needs to be looked at and amended to address the true independence of our institutions and secondly, to obliterate completely the quasi-undemocratic military d ...
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There are a lot of entrenched provisions in our constitution that needs to be looked at and amended to address the true independence of our institutions and secondly, to obliterate completely the quasi-undemocratic military dictatorship kind and type of governance and democracy being practiced in Ghana with a lot of powers concentrated in the Presidency, which makes our institutions essentially bootlickers and sycophants of the executive, as opposed to their true independence based on sound principles, integrity and excellent judgment all geared towards the right and proper management and administration of our nation state.
We have a quasi-military dictatorship not a true reflective democracy based on our constitution drafted basically for the head of the military junta leader Jeremiah Rawlings and this needs to be addressed to reflect proper democratic ideals where there's true separation of powers and their unalienable right to true independence to perfect our democracy in our body polity.
DON KING. 9 years ago

The chief justice is not above the laws of the land.He or she should be removed if found incompetent and corrupt.

The chief justice is not above the laws of the land.He or she should be removed if found incompetent and corrupt.
senior citizen Germany 9 years ago

I aggree with Don King with his accession that nobody is above the law that when the chief justice is found incompetent and corrupt, but failed to say the same to the president of the state when he or she is found in the same ...
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I aggree with Don King with his accession that nobody is above the law that when the chief justice is found incompetent and corrupt, but failed to say the same to the president of the state when he or she is found in the same situation.It must be recalled that the head of state of the smc Government led by General JA Ankrah in 1967 or so, was forced to resign when he was found curropt by accepting bribe from a Nigerian bussiness man called Nzeribe. By the present constitution with the immunity powers as a cover against prosicuting sitting and past Presidents for the same offences which can force the chief Justicee to be dismissed but fails to apply the same against presidents. It is quite unfair and undemocratic.
Antiochus - London 9 years ago

She is ineffective and has lost her authority over the judicial service in all aspects.

She is ineffective and has lost her authority over the judicial service in all aspects.
Balawo President 9 years ago

If the framers of the constitution had Atuguba in mind when they made it easy to remove the CJ, then they should be prepared to face Ghanaians.

If the framers of the constitution had Atuguba in mind when they made it easy to remove the CJ, then they should be prepared to face Ghanaians.
Whateverl 9 years ago

For the past 30 years, what has changed in the judicial system? Is the position of CJ less secure than it was in the 80s?. All this nuisance

For the past 30 years, what has changed in the judicial system? Is the position of CJ less secure than it was in the 80s?. All this nuisance
D.Tang 9 years ago

Well spoken Dr. Ampaw. i always love to listen to your inspired thoughts full of wisdom. God bless u Dr. Ampaw. Keep it up.

Well spoken Dr. Ampaw. i always love to listen to your inspired thoughts full of wisdom. God bless u Dr. Ampaw. Keep it up.

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