The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, has hinted at plans by the government to introduce new constitutional guidelines for the removal of justices of the superior courts, including the Chief Justice.
The Leader of Government said this when the House resumed sitting on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, of the Second Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
He noted that the government will lay down clearer and stronger procedural rules to guide how judges of the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court may be removed from office.
According to him, any such change would necessarily involve the amendment of entrenched provisions of the 1992 Constitution—a process that requires both parliamentary approval and a national referendum.
“The Attorney General will also introduce several subsidiary legislation, including the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Regulations, Court of Appeal Rules, Economic and Organised Crime Office (Operations) Regulations, Economic and Organised Crime Office (Terms and Conditions of Service) Regulations, High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, Interpretation Regulations, Judicial Service (Terms and Conditions of Service) Regulations, Legal Aid Commission Regulations, Supreme Court Rules and, very significantly, Removal from Office of Justices of the Supreme Court Rules.
“President John Dramani Mahama is determined to fast-track legislative reforms to strengthen our institutions of governance and further entrench our democracy.
“The president is committed to legislative clarity with transparency when it comes to the constitutional mechanics of the removal of justices of the superior courts,” he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
