Parliament’s Appointments Committee will on Monday, November 10, 2025, vet Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the position of Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana.
The official notice revealed the session will begin at 11:00 a.m. in Committee Rooms 1, 2, and 3 at the New Administration Block.
The news comes after Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has officially referred the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Chief Justice to Parliament’s Appointments Committee.
On Tuesday, October 21, the Speaker, in a communication to Parliament, stated the House had received formal correspondence from the Presidency regarding the nomination.
The Speaker then forwarded the matter to the Appointments Committee for further action.
However, Gertrude Torkornoo, the former Chief Justice has ran to court, filing a legal challenge to halt the vetting and appointment of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s next Chief Justice.
The former Chief Justice, in her suit filed at the High Court, seeks to nullify all actions taken by the Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang Committee, which was established to investigate petitions leading to her removal.
Gertrude Torkornoo is asking the court to declare the committee’s proceedings invalid and to nullify the Presidential Warrant that affected her removal from office.
According to a report, her application was filed through her lawyer, Kwabena Adu-Kusi, on Thursday, October 16, 2025, submitted two reports to support her legal challenge.
One of the reports from a committee chaired by Justice Dr Owusu-Dapaa, and the other from the National Signals Bureau.
In both reports, Francis Baiden was identified as a Judicial Service staff member in charge of the e-Justice system, as the prime suspect in the tampering of judicial documents.
She argued that it is illogical to remove her from office for transferring Biden after evidence showed he was involved in tampering with documents in the Gyakye Quayson case.
Torkornoo, in her suit, also points out that Justice Baffoe-Bonnie transferred judges when he became Acting Chief Justice, which she claimed was unfair that her transfer decision is being treated as a removable offence while similar actions by Baffoe-Bonnie were not questioned.
Additionally, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader, has confirmed that the minority in parliament will be part of the highly anticipated parliamentary vetting of President John Dramani Mahama’s Chief Justice nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.
According to Afenyo-Markin, all their cards are on the table, and they are not going to boycott Baffoe Bonnie vetting.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews, Afenyo-Markin stated, “All our cards are on the table. Boycotting is out. Anybody who is expecting us to boycott, I say here and now, we will never boycott it. We will do what is right. All our cards are on the table. We’ll get there”.
He confirmed the minority’s commitment to their legislative duties under Article 144(1) of the Constitution.
Mr Afenyo-Markin, however, insisted, “He [Baffoe-Bonnie] himself must know that there is a Chief Justice. He himself must know. Yes, he knows he’s acting, and he knows that there’s a substantive Chief Justice”.
“The woman has a case before you challenging the processes. You’ve refused to empanel the court. You know that you are to empanel. If you want to rule, empanel the court, determine the matter and then bring a finality, then we can talk”, he challenged.
See the statement below:
