President John Dramani Mahama, has once again, given impetus to the chameleonic lifestyle many have accused him of over the years.
Behind his beamish smiles lies some sombrely shadowy, darkened exterior that has become more pronounced in his second term.
The President, judging from his strenuous but clandestine efforts to remove the Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, one can only come to the momentous conclusion that he is anti-rule of law.
It is more than glaring that the so-called petitions for the removal of the Chief Justice were orchestrated by himself.
Mr. Mahama is using those nameless entities as a smokescreen to achieve a desire and dream he has been harbouring for the past few years.
In 2022, at an NDC-organized event that featured lawyers within their fraternity, Mr. Mahama indicated strongly that if given the nod as president again, he would sanitize the Judiciary which would include clearing the top guns.
There is nothing commonsensical about setting up a committee to look into petitions to remove the Chief Justice when she has no clue about her ‘crimes’ precipitating the move.
It didn’t have to take the Chief Justice to write formally to the President to make available to her the petitions asking for her removal so that she can adequately respond to same.
In 2009, the same Mahama impressed upon President John Evans Atta-Mills of blessed memory to remove then Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood.
It took the President, J.E.A. Mills to stamp his authority on the matter and dismissed the move initiated by then Vice President Mahama.
This would be a very bad precedent if Mahama succeeds in removing the Chief Justice. It would set the tone for future Presidents to sack Chief Justices they meet in office. Mahama must end his lawlessness and be tolerant for once!
WMN