President of the Ghana Bar Association, Efua Ghartey
The President of the Ghana Bar Association, Mrs Efua Ghartey, has raised the possibility of a public hearing in the hearing of the petitions to remove the Chief Justice.
She said this at the Mid-Year Review Conference of the Ghana Bar Association in Accra on April 26, 2025.
Efua Ghartey said that in spite of the constitutional provisions which stated that the proceedings should be held in camera, the current circumstances, where the petition and all matters related to it were in the public domain, may serve the country better if the matter were held in public.
Efua Ghartey also commented on the sidelines of the Conference that the purpose of the constitutional provisions for the in-camera hearing had been defeated in this social media era, and justice would not only be done but manifestly be seen to be done if Ghanaians had live televised hearings.
This would rather protect the integrity of the judiciary, she argued.
Since these constitutional provisions were also to protect the person against whom the petition had been made, the President of the GBA posed the question whether the Chief Justice could elect to have a public hearing.
This would amount to the Chief Justice waiving her right to an in-camera hearing.
This Petition involving the removal of the judiciary has captured the media space in Ghana, and the whole country is discussing the petition and its response, which are online.