Larry Dogbey of the Herald newspaper criticized the disrupted vetting process for Chief Justice nominee Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie during a Channel One TV appearance on November 11. The session, which took place the previous day, was suspended after Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga referred to the candidate as a disputed Chief Justice, prompting a confrontational exchange with Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin and leading the opposition members to abandon the proceedings.
The managing editor characterized the incident as damaging to Ghana's democratic reputation and suggested that partisan politics prevented a substantive evaluation of the judicial nominee's qualifications. He maintained that both domestic and international observers were denied an opportunity to assess Justice Baffoe-Bonnie's capabilities and judicial philosophy when the Minority caucus departed without conducting their examination.
The managing editor characterized the incident as damaging to Ghana's democratic reputation and suggested that partisan politics prevented a substantive evaluation of the judicial nominee's qualifications. He maintained that both domestic and international observers were denied an opportunity to assess Justice Baffoe-Bonnie's capabilities and judicial philosophy when the Minority caucus departed without conducting their examination.
