We do not need more than 9 judges at the Supreme Court – Kwabena Agyapong
Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Kwabena Agyapong has said that Ghana does not need more than 9 justices for the Apex court.
As it stands now, there are sixteen Justices of the Supreme Court including the Chief Justice but Mr Agyapong suggested that there should be a cap on the number of Justices in the country.
“There should be a cap,” he said during an interview on GhOne on Thursday, May 5, adding that it should not be more than nine.
With regards to whether or not Ghana needs a new Constitution, he said he does not think Ghana needs a new document.
When also quizzed on whether Ghana needs a new set of laws, he responded saying “No, I don’t think so.”
The argument on whether Ghana needs a new constitution has become rife among the populace with members of the Economic Fighters League, who is one of the most vocal groups fronting the change saying that the current constitution of Ghana is to blame for what they describe as, rot, suffering and ill-governance being experienced in the country, which according to them, gives life to retrogression and discrimination.
In a statement to mark Constitution Day, the Fighters argued that the 1992 Constitution was deliberately drafted, gazetted and adopted just to benefit a few elites.
They have been at the forefront of demanding a new constitution saying the current one has put Ghanaians through 30 years of retrogressive governance, constitutional dictatorship, poverty and underdevelopment.
In stating their case for a new constitution, the Fighters said every constitution must be the foundation upon which freedoms are built which they say is, unfortunately, missing in Ghana’s constitution.
