CHRAJ boss may be impeached

The Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Lauretta Lamptey has her job on the line after Chief Justice, Georgina Wood, initiated investigations to ascertain if she has abused her office.  Justice Georgina Wood has established a prima facie case against the CHRAJ boss after studying a number of petitions forwarded to her by President John Mahama. One of such petitioners is the leader a pressure group Progressive Nationalist Forum, Richard Nyamah, who after receiving the CJ’s 24-paged decision described it as “gratifying”. Ms Lauretta Lamptey paid close to 5,000 dollars monthly rent on her plush AU Village apartment for 33 months while over 180,000 Ghana cedis was being spent to renovate her official bungalow. Media reports of the expenditure attracted public opprobrium for the human rights and administrative justice Commissioner. With the position of the CHRAJ Commissioner being equal to a Court of Appeal Judge, the procedures for Ms Lamptey's removal from office would start with credible evidence of corruption and abuse of office by the Chief Justice's investigations. Article 146 Section 3 of the constitution states that “If the President receives a petition for the removal of Justice of a Superior Court other than the Chief Justice or for the removal of the Chairman of a Regional Tribunal, he shall refer the petition to the Chief Justice, who shall determine whether there is a prima facie case.” Expressing delight that the decision of the CJ, Richard Nyamah noted a “critical hurdle in the impeachment process” has began. 

Source:Myjoyonline.com