Abraham Amaliba, the Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has insisted that the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) discriminates against the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and favors the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
A section of the public has suggested that the GBA has gone silent and failed to comment on some happenings under the NPP administration, despite being vocal during the erstwhile John Evans Atta Mills and John Mahama administrations.
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Yaw Acheampong Boafo, emphasized during a discussion on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, August 7, that the legal system in Ghana operates independently and without bias.
Boafo stated that the GBA is committed to upholding the principles of justice and fairness for all political parties and individuals, including the NDC.
But addressing the closing ceremony of the 3rd Annual Lawyers Conference of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday, September 2, Amaliba criticized the Bar for neglecting the downtrodden in Ghanaian society, stressing that the association is now a “toothless bulldog”.
The President of the Bar [Yaw Acheampong Boafo] said the last time that they don’t discriminate against NDC lawyers, but I think that they discriminate in favour of NPP lawyers,” Amaliba pointed out.
For instance, the brutalization at Ashaiman, the legal team should have filled the void in those areas and I think that is the next step we should all look at,” he urged.