{"id":317744,"date":"2017-05-09T18:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T18:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=317744"},"modified":"2017-05-09T18:49:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T18:49:57","slug":"justices-jones-dotse-anin-yeboah-front-runners-for-cj-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/justices-jones-dotse-anin-yeboah-front-runners-for-cj-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Justices Jones Dotse, Anin Yeboah front runners for CJ job"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the position of Chief Justice expected to become vacant in a few weeks, the race for the replacement of the retiring Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, is on, as President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to present a nominee before Parliament soon.<\/p>\n
The President is expected to name one of the 12 Justices of\u00a0the Supreme Court as the head of the Judiciary, but Jones Dotse and Anin Yeboah have been tipped as front-runners.<\/p>\n
The longest serving Chief Justice under the fourth republic, Her Ladyship Justice Wood, who was appointed in 2007 by former president John Kufour, will step down and begin her retirement as she turns 70 on the 8th of June 2017.<\/p>\n
The 1992 constitution stipulates clearly who qualifies to become a Chief Justice. Article 128 clause 4 states that, \u2018A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court unless he is of high moral character and proven integrity, and is of not less than fifteen years’ standing as a lawyer.\u2019<\/p>\n