According to Jonathan Owusu Asare, a private lawyer and the lead editor of The ‘Law Platform’, President John Dramani Mahama is politicizing Ghana’s judiciary.
He said in an interview with Angel Television on March 1, 2025, that the Supreme Court has made it very evident that the government cannot compel any workers to take time off. He therefore finds it incomprehensible that the current administration is laying off employees and causing unemployment.
He noted that the Supreme Court has not taken any action against the current administration for rescinding nominations, which he believed to be unlawful, because the President of Ghana is politicizing the judiciary.
He clarified that the government should not cancel a job offer if the individual’s appointment letter was issued before January 7, which means they have not been paid yet.
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Owusu Asare said Ghanaians are surprised that his State of the Nation Address (SONA) did not address this issue.
“The CDD versus Attorney General’s case, that is the Domelevo case, where the Supreme Court made it clear that when it comes to leave, you can’t force the employee to go on leave, how much more someone who is working, someone who has been offered a job, who is yet to be on payroll, then you deny them the offer. The president is politicizing the judiciary” he said.
Additionally, he stated that although the Domelevo case amply demonstrates the politicization of Ghana’s judiciary, the law does not give the president the power to rescind appointments, which he believes to be unlawful.
Credit: Angel TV
