Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem Sai has rebuked the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), arguing that its recent resolution calling for the reinstatement of the Chief Justice and a reversal of the Acting Chief Justice’s directives has no legal weight in the face of binding Supreme Court decisions.
Speaking to the media, he said the Bar had overstepped its legal limits.
“Law is not democracy,” he stated.
“So that when 10,000 people say this is the law, this is the meaning of the law, and one person says this is not the meaning of the law, then the 10,000 will win. It doesn’t work that way.”
He questioned the legitimacy and wisdom of the Bar’s resolution, passed by what he described as “45 people,” being used to speak for an entire association of over 5,000 lawyers.
“Someone might have prompted though that the resolution of 45 people, which is going to be attributed to an association of over 5000 people, should be carefully thought out before it is even painted on the letterhead of the GBA,” he stated.
Justice Srem Sai’s comments come amid rising tensions in the legal community following the Chief Justice’s suspension and growing concern over perceived inconsistencies in the GBA’s public posture.
To him, the most troubling part of the Bar’s position is that it attempts to override existing judicial precedent.
“There is already a decision on this matter,” he said.
