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James Kwabena Bonfeh, popularly known as Kabila, Former Acting General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP) believes former President John Mahama is criticizing the judiciary because he wants to be popular.

"It's a political strategy, he wants to be popular. He wants to remain afloat, if the Chief Justice has done something let's discuss it and not attack" he said on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo'



What Mahama said

The former President expressed distrust in the current leadership of the Judiciary saying, “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 continued; “There is, therefore, the urgent need for the Ghanaian Judiciary to work to win the trust and confidence of the citizenry, and erase the widely held perception of hostility and political bias in legal proceedings at the highest courts of the land.”

"Unfortunately, we have no hope that the current leadership of our Judiciary can lead such a process of change...we can only hope, that a new Chief Justice will lead the process to repair the broken image that our Judiciary has acquired over the last few years” he added.