The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticized the Chief Justice’s recommendation of judges for the Supreme Court, calling it unconstitutional.

Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo has proposed five judges to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help manage the Supreme Court's current caseload.

At a press conference in Accra, NDC General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey asserted that the constitution does not authorize the Chief Justice to recommend candidates for the Supreme Court to the President.

He declared the Chief Justice’s proposal to President Akufo-Addo to be without constitutional merit and therefore invalid.

“Nowhere in the constitution is the Chief Justice named as the one to recommend persons to the president for appointment to the Supreme Court. We wish to state, without any equivocation, that the Chief Justice’s letter is illegal and of no effect.

“Her actions have completely turned over due process on its head and compromised her independence as the head of the judicial system. We are concerned about a worrying pattern that irresistibly suggests that the president is only appointing loyal members of his party to this court to have control over the judiciary to escape post-regime accountability,” he stated.

The judges recommended for nomination include Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botchwey, who presided over the ambulance case involving Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, along with Justice Cyra Pamela Koranteng, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Eric Kyei Baffuour, and Justice Angelina Mensah Homiah.