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Message: [QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 69283, member: 636"] 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. [/QUOTE]