Thaddeus Sory writes: Bin the cacophony — Trust the process

Colleagues in the media, let’s focus our Saturday discussions on serious matters.

By serious, I mean important issues that have been downplayed or mischaracterized.

There is too much noise around a constitutional provision already discussed by the Supreme Court. This provision has been applied multiple times during the current President's tenure.

Article 146 is not new. Its application is not novel either. It has been invoked many times before Charlotte Osei's case. In those instances, there was no uproar; justice was served.

Now that the Judiciary faces similar scrutiny, we must trust justice will prevail again. Suggesting manipulation implies past applications of this rule were tainted as well.

If critics believe this, their outrage shows earlier concerns were credible. So I ask:

Why is there an uproar over a rule we’ve seen applied before? Was it not constitutional when used in the past? Did we trust the process then? If yes, why not now?

Is it about who is involved rather than what is involved? Is this truly about justice or politics?

Let’s consider a hypothetical situation: Even if this were part of a broader agenda, we’ve seen dismissals without due process before (remember Tamale?). Yet here, the law is being followed closely.

Isn’t that what we've always demanded? Is it not Article 146 at work again? Is it not the same President under whose watch it was applied previously without protest?

Are the President or Asiedu Nketia petitioners in this case? Are they members of the Council of State? Will they sit on the committee handling this matter?

Fortunately, the individual at the center of this issue has long been celebrated for her integrity and reforms in judicial efficiency.

Recently, many raising alarms reminded us that only the judiciary delivers justice. Are they now saying that its credibility relies solely on one person? What has changed?

Giving these reactions extended airtime suggests longstanding suspicions about judicial credibility are valid. Let’s not act like victims of a process we once supported.

Let’s resist crying foul now that our trusted system is doing its job. We should avoid behaving like narcissists suddenly deprived of control.

Let us trust the process as we always have.

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The writer is a legal practitioner in Ghana.