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The law is the law, no matter the noises made and no matter what others say or feel. No one is above the law — not the President, not even the Chief Justice.

— Gertrude Torkornoo

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There cannot be prosperity without peace and there cannot be peace unless people are assured that their rights will be upheld and they will not be robbed of their entitlement.

I’ve been appointed by the President as the Chief Justice of Ghana and I believe my mandate is to set free the oppressed from all kinds of injustices they encounter.

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