A private legal practitioner, George Loh, has lashed out at the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo for chiding two National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmakers for adding the title ‘Honourable’ to their names in a writ they filed before the court.
The two – Ernest Norgbey of the Ashaiman constituency and Kwabena Mintah Akandoh of Juaboso – were before the court to cause a revocation of the appointment of the Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Otiko Afisa Djaba for failing to undertake the mandatory National Service.
Presiding over the case Tuesday when it was called, Justice Akuffo expressed disgust over the addition of the title ‘Honourable’ to the names of the legislators, describing it as improper. According to her, the MPs were not supposed to add such titles to their names and that the use of them is “dishonourable.”
But Loh, who was once the lawmaker for North Dayi dismissed Justice Akuffo’s criticisms of the MPs as unwarranted, stating that they were based on “pettiness.”
He argued the usage of the “honourable” title could not have been the fault of the MPs as they were not the ones who issued the writ.
“The writ was only issued in their names and it is standard practice. The chief justice knows that… it is the lawyers who issue writs. So why do you say that they were dishonourable in putting honourable before their names? I thought it wasn’t fair,” he told Morning Starr host Francis Abban.
“It is nothing that we should create a storm in a tea cup about,” he added.
On his part, presidential staffer Ibrahim Adjei urged Justice Akuffo to rather focus on “removing wigs from the judges.”
That for him, he stated “is such an anathema…”
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
