The Appointments Committee of Parliament will today, Monday, November 10, 2025, meet to review Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the job of Chief Justice.
The meeting will start at 11:00 a.m. and comes after President John Dramani Mahama nominated him for the position.
This was announced in a notice from David Sebastian Damoah, who is the Director of Media Relations at Parliament.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie was nominated after Justice Gertrude Torkornoo was removed from the position. She had been Chief Justice since 2023. During the meeting, Members of Parliament will look at his qualifications, beliefs about law, and ideas for improving Ghana’s justice system. They will then decide whether to recommend him to the full Parliament for approval.
In another matter, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, recently dismissed a request from Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Afenyo-Markin wanted to stop the vetting process until some ongoing court cases involving the former Chief Justice were finished.
He argued that Parliament should wait, saying that stopping the meeting could interfere with the court cases. However, the Speaker said there were no legal reasons to pause Parliament’s work because of the court cases and that doing so could set a bad example.
