A private legal practitioner Yaw Oppong has advocated for a change in the process of selecting Chief Justices that removes the ethnic and political undertones that characterize discussions.
The lecturer with the Central University College wants the post rotated among the Supreme Court judges over a five year tenure as it pertains in US state of Georgia.
A rotation system could deepen the independence of the judiciary, he told Samson Lardy Anyenini on Joy FM/MultiTV’s news analysis programme Newsfile Saturday.
The suggestion follows President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s appointment of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Akuffo as the country’s next Chief Justice.
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