Former President, John Dramani Mahama has stated that Ghanaians have lost trust in the judiciary.
According to him, the lack of trust in the Judicial system poses ‘existential threat’ to the survival of the country’s democracy.
Mr Mahama made the comments while addressing participants at the NDC’s Lawyers’ Conference on Sunday, August 28, 2022.
He was of the belief that if the people have confidence in the Judicial System, it will safeguard the country’s democracy.
“So badly has the image of our Judiciary deteriorated. That many of our citizenry openly make mockery of our justice system and of our justices. The phrase ‘Go to Court’ is these days met with derisive laughter, instead of hope that one will truly get justice,” he said.
He continued that,”If people are not poking fun about politics and inducements being used to sway the hand of justice in the lower courts, then it is poking fun and making statements about the 7-0 of the ‘Unanimous FC’ “.
Mr Mahama again said, “this is an unfortunate development. One of the scariest existential threat to any existential threat to any democracy is when citizens think their judiciary holds no value for them”.
He therefore challenged the Judiciary to work towards winning the trust of the people and eschew the perception the people have that the judiciary is bias.
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Despite the call, he was not sure if the current leadership of the judiciary can fix its ‘broken image’, saying that a new leader can redeem the image of the judiciary.
Meanwhile, Mr Mahama described Akufo Addo’s Government as ‘the greatest political scam in the 4th Republic’, pointing the economic challenges in the country.
He blamed the economic hardship in the country on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and Vice President, Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia.
“Let me add without equivocation that [this is] the government that has proven to be the greatest political scam in the history of the 4th Republic. By current indices, the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia NPP government remains the worst ever in the history of our 4th Republic”, he said.
He was of the firm belief that the NDC can change things in the country in the near future, adding that,“Ghanaians are looking up to the NDC to restore hope and turn the fortunes of our motherland around from the pitiable state in which we currently find ourselves.”
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