Veteran lawmaker and Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has hit back at Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin over his comments on the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
According to Dauda, the Afenyo-Markin’s pronouncements on the matter show inconsistency and confusion in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) approach to constitutional issues.
The Minority Leader in reaction to the President John Dramani Mahama’s decision to remove Torkornoo as the Chief Justice, argued that she was removed unjustly, questioning whether the constitutional process was properly applied.
He said “The chief justice was removed unjustly, but we’ll come back to that one. Now, we are a mourning democracy. There are petitions against the chief justice; you are done with one, and you acted on it. Is that the work of the Pwamang committee?”
Collins Dauda responding to Afenyo-Markin dismissed the Minority Leader’s claims, insisting the process was constitutional removing Torkornoo.
In an interview at a polling station during the by-election in Akwatia on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, Collins Dauda said “The minority leader is a confused politician, and it is because we entered into the processes outlined in the constitution. For the removal of the CJ, the constitution clearly defines the processes that one has to go through. He should cite a breach.”
He further explained that the fact that multiple petitions were filed against the Chief Justice did not mean all had to be concluded before action was taken.
“When you go to court and you are charged for four counts and you are cleared for three, and you lose one, and the one you lost has imprisonment as the charge, the court will not say that because you won the three, the one which you lost will be thrown out. They will jail you because of the one.
“There were three petitions, and you want us to wait for all three to end? Is that the thinking of the minority leader? We have been transparent in the process, and the report is clear that she must be removed, and she has been removed by the president in accordance with the laid-down processes in the constitution,” he said.
He stressed that President John Dramani Mahama acted lawfully and in line with his oath of office.
“Remember, the president took an oath to be fair to all Ghanaians and uphold the constitution of Ghana. Do you want us to throw away what the Constitution has said or disrespect it? Is that the position of the minority leader?” he asked.
