However, in a statement on
Saturday, the Asawase MP his assertion has done a great deal of harm to the
reputation of the Judicial Service and would want to retract it and apologise.
“Based upon good counsel, I have
also decided to let sleeping dogs lie and will consequently refrain from any
further public commentary on the matter which, as I have indicated was
originally reported to me by a female colleague parliamentarian,” he said.
Below is the full statement:
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) wants National Democratic
Congress (NDC) MP for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak, to substantiate claims of
bribery against a Supreme Court judge or retract it immediately.
According to the GBA, having
assessed the claims, it finds it “offensive and distasteful”.
“The Bar has read and viewed
with great concern, accusations made in the media in recent times with respect
to the judiciary, the bar finds the allegations offensive and distasteful. They
incite hatred among the public with regard to judges, expose them to ridicule
and put them into disrepute,” the GBA president Anthony Forson said in a
statement.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice,
Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has assured that he would ascertain the facts
involved in the allegation that a Justice of the Supreme Court tried to bribe a
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament-Elect (MP) to influence
her in the election for a Speaker of Parliament.
“The general public is hereby
assured that the Hon Chief Justice considers this allegation of impropriety a
matter of grave import to the integrity of the Judiciary.”
“The Hon Chief Justice is
therefore taking steps to solicit the assistance of Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka,
MP, to establish the facts so that the matter can be dealt with appropriately.
The public will be apprised of any further development in due course,” the
statement added.
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