Supreme Court Justice Nominee Ernest Gaewu Reveals He Is No More A Member Of The NPP

A High Court Judge, Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu, who is also a nominee to the Supreme Court has informed the Appointment Committee of Parliament that he is no more a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).

He said, prior to his appointment as a High Court Judge, he tendered his resignation letter on 16th September 2020, to the Party’s Elders, which was approved.

Justice Gaewu made this revelation in Accra at the sitting of the Appointment Commitment of Parliament to consider his nomination by the President as a Justice of the Supreme Court.

President in July this year nominated for appointment new Supreme Court Judges
Justice Gaewu together with Mrs. Justice Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, Justice of the Court of Appeal; Justice George Kingsley Koomson, Justice of the Court of Appeal; and  Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu, A Justice of the Court of Appeal.

Mr. Samson Arhi, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bodi asked  Justice Gaewu if he would recuse himself in a case between the governing NPP and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ?

“Mr. Chairman, luckily, I am not a member of the NPP for now. I am no longer a member of the NPP. I have sworn a judicial oath to do right to all manner of persons. If I am empaneled and to the extent that it will conflict with my ideas, I may ask to be recused,” he said.

It would be recalled that prior to his appointment to the bench, Justice Gaewu contested as NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for Ho Central in the 2016 general election.