【全非资讯·加纳】Ghana: Supreme Court Controversy - Bishops Call for Greater Caution,…

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阿克拉报道——加纳首席大法官Paul Baffoe-Bonnie在发表公开言论时应当更加谨慎，但目前尚不足以构成要求其辞职的理由。这实质上是加纳天主教主教会议（Ghana Catholic Bishops\' Conference）针对Baffoe-Bonnie于2026年9月2日在对社会保障和国家保险信托基金（SSNIT）以及矿产收入投资基金（MIIF）进行工作访问期间的言论所引发的争议，所持的立场。\n\n这位首席大法官对过去八年作出了批判性提及，在加纳的政治语境下，这极易被解读为是对现政府与上一届政府的比较。因此，这番本意或许是对机构绩效进行评估的言论，至少在表面上呈现出带有偏见的判断色彩，从而引发了反对派的强烈批评。\n\n桑亚尼教区主教、加纳天主教主教会议主席Msgr. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi于9月6日签署了一份声明，他在声明中强调：司法的独立性不仅关乎实际上的公正，还取决于显而易见且毋庸置疑的公正表象。法官，尤其是司法机关的负责人，必须而且必须被视为超然于党派政治斗争之上。\n\n主教们表示：首席大法官和任何公民一样，有权拥有自己的信念。问题不在于他是否可以拥有这些信念，而在于他在任期间的公开言行是否会让人对他的立场产生合理的怀疑。\n\n尽管如此，主教们认为：仅以此为由要求他辞职与过失相比显得有些小题大做，并补充说：无论哪个党派执政，也无论由谁担任公职，对每一位公职人员都必须要求同等程度的克制。\n\n主教们最后总结道：我们一如既往地为司法机构以及所有为国家服务的公职人员祈祷，并祈求上帝赐予我们的领导人智慧，以维护真理、正义以及我们共同家园的团结。

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Accra — The Chief Justice of Ghana, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, should exercise greater caution when making public statements, but there are no grounds to call for his resignation. This, in essence, is the position of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference regarding the controversy sparked by remarks made by Baffoe-Bonnie on September 2, 2026, during working visits to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF).

The Chief Justice made a critical reference to the "last eight years" which, in Ghana's political context, could reasonably be interpreted as a comparison between the current administration and the previous one. What might have been intended as an assessment of institutional performance therefore appeared, at least on the surface, to take on the character of a biased judgment, prompting strong criticism from the opposition.

In a statement signed on September 6 by its President, Msgr. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani, the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference stressed that "the independence of the judiciary is not only a matter of actual impartiality; it also depends on the visible and unmistakable appearance of impartiality. A judge, and especially the head of the judiciary, must be, and must be seen to be, above partisan political struggles."

"The Chief Justice, like any citizen, is entitled to his own convictions," the Bishops said. "The question is not whether he may hold them, but whether his public conduct in office should ever create room for reasonable doubt about where he stands."

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The Bishops nevertheless believe that "calls for his resignation on this basis alone strike us as disproportionate to the offense," adding that "the same standard of restraint must be asked of every public office holder, regardless of who occupies it or which party is in government."

"We continue to hold the Judiciary, and all who serve the nation in public office, in our prayers, and we pray that God may grant our leaders the wisdom to serve truth, justice, and the unity of our common home," the Bishops concluded.

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