Government spokesperson and Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has criticised the Ghana Bar Association over what he describes as political bias and selective commentary on national issues.
His remarks follow the association’s silence on alleged verbal attacks directed at a judge by Minority Leader and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
In a Facebook post shared on Monday, May 18, Mr Kwakye Ofosu alleged that the GBA has consistently aligned itself with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming he had “long dismissed the Ghana Bar Association as an NPP grouping.”
According to him, the association’s reaction to issues involving the judiciary often depends on the political affiliation of those involved.
He argued that if similar comments had been made by persons outside the opposition party, the GBA would have responded swiftly and firmly.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu further accused the legal body of inconsistency, stating that it had previously reacted strongly to less controversial statements made by individuals who were not linked to the NPP.
“They have been known to respond quickly to far less offensive commentary by non-NPP members,” he wrote.
He added that the association’s silence on the current matter reflects what he termed a pattern of double standards and political partiality in its public interventions on judicial and national issues.
By 1960news.com
