The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo Constituency, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, has stated that the chapter remains open in his quest to reverse President John Dramani Mahama’s suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.

Addressing the media following the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his petition seeking a reversal of the suspension, the Old Tafo MP said he will appropriately advise himself once he receives the full reasoning of the court.

“I don’t think this is the end of the road, but let’s just get the reasoning first. Of course, the 3:2 suggests that the Supreme Court itself sees something in the argument that we made in court. It tells you that our argument or the reasoning we advanced is quite potent. So, let’s get the reasoning, and when we do, we will decide what steps to take after assessing it,” he told the media on May 6, 2025.

He, however, expressed strong disagreement with the decision of the court.

A five-member panel of the apex court, chaired by the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, dismissed the petition filed by the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, by a 3:2 majority decision.

The justices who voted to dismiss the application included Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Justice Yonny Kulendi, and Justice Amadu Omoro Tanko.

The dissenting justices were Justice Ernest Gaewu and Justice Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu.

The chair of the panel announced that the full judgment would be released on May 21, 2025.

Vincent Ekow Assafuah had filed a motion at the Supreme Court seeking to halt the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo by President John Dramani Mahama.

The application, filed on Thursday, April 24, 2025, requested the Supreme Court to issue an order restraining any further action related to the Chief Justice’s removal under Article 146 until the court delivers its final ruling on a pending matter related to the issue.

Assafuah, through his lawyers, also requested that the court restrain the committee of inquiry established by the president from proceeding with its investigation into the petitions filed against the Chief Justice.

In the suit, the lawmaker argued that the petition against the Chief Justice, her subsequent suspension, and the formation of a committee to investigate the matter are “a farce and the product of a preconceived orchestration to unconstitutionally remove the Chief Justice from office.”





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