If the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wins a second term, former president John Dramani Mahama has advised the party’s lawyers to prepare for appointments to the bench.
According to him, the New Patriotic Party has a strong influence on the judiciary’s current structure because practically all of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s appointments are made to serve his interests.
On Saturday, September 2, he said in a speech at the NDC’s third annual lawyers conference, “You can see what the current president has done.”
“He has appointed the biggest number of judges onto the bench, it is more than 80 towards 100 and counting.
“He has packed the court and we know they have packed the court because they want to avoid accountability after they have left office.”
Mr Mahama, therefore, charged the lawyer members of the NDC to get ready for a balancing-out of this act by the President.
“We must be prepared as NDC legal persons to also go onto the bench so that we can balance out the judiciary.
“Currently, the judiciary is packed with NPP-inclined judges because this government has carried out a deliberate policy of putting their people on to the bench.
“So, I encourage some of you to look at careers on the bench so that we can balance out what the current situation is.”
