Political activist, physician and social commentator Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy has questioned the suitability of Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the office if he needs formal ethical rules to recognise that his recent comments about state-owned institutions were inappropriate. Dr Kennedy said the Chief Justice, by virtue of the office he occupies, should instinctively understand the boundaries expected of him and avoid conduct that could create an impression of political alignment. “The Chief Justice does not need ethical laws to know that what he did was wrong,” Dr Kennedy said. “If he does, then maybe he is not worthy of his office.” Dr Kennedy was reacting to comments made by Justice Baffoe-Bonnie during visits to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) on Wednesday, September 2. Read Also: Chief Justice praises MIIF, other SOEs, questions what Ghana was doing in past 8 years During the MIIF visit, the Chief Justice praised the institution and other public bodies for what he described as improved performance under the current administration. He said the developments he had observed had prompted him to question what Ghana had been doing over the previous eight years. “Sometimes when we hear how well some state organisations are doing now, we wonder what we really have been doing in the past eight years,” Justice Baffoe-Bonnie said. He also referred to information presented to him at SSNIT, including previous plans involving some of the institution’s assets, and questioned how Ghana could have “sunk so low”.
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