Rosemond Obeng, a former aide to the New Patriotic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and now a Presidential staffer, has told her former boss and the NPP they are enemies of the state if they are fighting the Tribunals Bill.
According to Rosemond Obeng, anyone fighting the Tribunal Bill is either an enemy of the state or has crimes to hide.
She argued that the Tribunal Bill is a law set up to ensure justice is served on time, adding that Ghana deserves timely accountability.
In a post on X, Rosemond Obeng wrote, “I keep asking myself, why would anyone be against the Tribunal Bill?
A law set up to ensure justice is served on time!
If you’re fighting it, then you’re either an enemy of the state or you have economic crimes to hide.
Ghana deserves timely accountability!”.
Her comments follow Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who made a direct appeal to President John Dramani Mahama not to assent to the recently passed Tribunals Bill by parliament.
According to Dr Bawumia, the legislation with such far-reaching consequences should first be subjected to extensive national consultation.
Dr Bawumia stressed that the Tribunal Bill should not become law until key stakeholders have had the opportunity to deliberate on its implications, adding that reforms affecting Ghana’s justice system should be built on broad public consensus rather than a parliamentary majority.
The NPP flagbearer highlighted that the judiciary remains one of the country’s most important democratic institutions, noting that any changes to its structure should be approached with transparency, inclusiveness and careful consideration.
Dr Bawumia further urged him to delay assent and instead open the door for nationwide dialogue.
Speaking to the nation on Sunday, July 19, 2026, the former vice president stated, “The bill will soon be transmitted to the president for his assent, and I have one respectful request of President Mahama. Mr President, do not assent to this bill. Pause and let the nation ponder and deliberate on this very important matter.
“This is not a partisan request. The Trades Union Congress and the voice of millions of Ghanaian workers have called for the bill to be withdrawn, warning that in its current form, it could become a potent tool for weaponising justice delivery.
“Those are the words of Ghanaian workers, not of any political party. Consider also the government’s own process. The president established the Constitution Review Committee, and it recommended removing regional tribunals from the constitution because the High Court has long carried their case loads.”
“My call is simple and constructive: withhold your assent. Convene genuine national engagement. Invite the Ghana Bar Association and other lawyer groups, Organised Labour, CSOs and the political parties, including my own, and we will come in good faith and consult the judiciary itself.
“Justice belongs to no government and no party; it belongs to the Ghanaian people, and a law that reshapes the architecture of justice should rest on national consensus and not a headcount”.
“Mr President, the pen is in your hand; use it not to assent to this bill but to write an invitation to the nation.”
See the post below:
I keep asking myself, why would anyone be against the Tribunal Bill?
— Rosemond Obeng ( Peoples Mother ) (@RosemondObeng_) July 20, 2026
A law set up to ensure justice is served on time!
If you’re fighting it, then you’re either an enemy of the state or you have economic crimes to hide.
Ghana deserves timely accountability! pic.twitter.com/Cm4SXDELBQ
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