Nat’l Tymes News Desk
THE CHIEF Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and legal head of the ruling NDC, Edudzi Kudzo Tamakloe, has issued a strong response to Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who recently described a court ruling as the work of a “kangaroo judiciary.”
In a detailed recollection posted on his Facebook page, Mr. Tameklo questioned why a lawyer of Afenyo-Markin’s stature would attack the judiciary, suggesting the statement may have been made for political advantage or to satisfy the expectations of his party’s base.
Mr. Tamakloe compared the Minority Leader’s recent criticism to events on 6th January 2021, during the legal battle over the Assin North parliamentary seat. He recalled how the High Court in Cape Coast granted an injunction against NDC MP-elect James Gyakye Quayson under unusual circumstances—yet no one from the NPP described the judiciary as “kangaroo.”
According to him, the injunction order was prepared and issued with extraordinary speed. It was then transported from Cape Coast to Accra with the help of a police dispatch rider and served on Parliament before the swearing-in of MPs later that night.
He argued that the process appeared well-coordinated and involved senior judicial and government officials. Despite these concerns, he noted, the NDC never resorted to insulting the courts.
Mr. Tamakloe also reminded the public of another incident involving Afenyo-Markin himself. He said that on one Friday—a day when the Supreme Court normally does not sit—the Minority Leader filed a writ and an ex parte application around midday, and by 2 p.m., a five-member panel of the Supreme Court had already heard the matter and delivered a ruling. Again, he stressed, no one accused the judiciary of misconduct at the time.
He contrasted those past events with the current Kpandai election petition, where the case was fully heard, witnesses were called and cross-examined, and judgment was delivered on merit. This, he said, makes Afenyo-Markin’s harsh attack on the judiciary even more surprising.
Mr. Kudzo Tamakloe urged political leaders to avoid stirring unnecessary controversy and to remember that similar—or even more unusual—judicial actions have occurred in the past without such public attacks.
Source: NationalTymes.com
