The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has condemned the protesters’ behavior during the ‘Family Values March’ at the Supreme Court, citing unacceptable conduct and insults against the Judiciary and Chief Justice.
AMJG President Justice Henry Anthony Kwofie expressed the judges’ displeasure at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, October 10, 2024.
“The conduct of the demonstrators and their leaders and the behavior they point up and the insults levelled against the Judiciary and Her Ladyship the Chief Justice left much to be desired.
“It is worth pointing out that every court from the District Court through to the Supreme Court has a procedure that has to be followed by every litigant and no judge, not even the Chief Justice can torpedo that procedure and the Rules of Court,” Justice Kwoffie, who is also a Justice of the Supreme Court stated.
“When people who are supposed to know better seek to stampede the judiciary and attack the judiciary, it is a threat to the judicial institution and all that it stands for.
“Such conduct subverts the judicial process and ought to be condemned by all Ghanaians and to protect judges and staff of the Judicial Service.
“Such behavior by litigants in cases pending before the Courts subverts the judicial process and undermines the administration of Justice,” the President of AMJG said.
“We call on all persons, be they litigants, parties and lawyer who have cases in court to exercise restraint, show decorum and not to do anything that undermines the administration of justice and have the tendency to disrupt the peace of the country,” he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
