Ghana: MPs to Grill CJ for 11hrs - Chairmen of Committees Asked to Join Interrogation Panel

Barring any last-minute hitches, the Chief Justice-nominee (CJ), Mrs. Sophia Akuffo, would be grilled by the members of the legislative arm of government for a record eleven hours tomorrow. All the 25 members on the Appointments Committee, plus eight non-members drawn from the Constitution, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, as well as the Judiciary Committees, bringing the total to 33, are expected to interrogate the incoming CJ.

The rationale behind the decision is not known, but the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Mr. Joseph Osei Owusu, however, told the parliamentary press corps that each member would be allotted 20 minutes to ask questions.

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