Attorney General's GBA remarks amount to 'self-criticism' - Tuah-Yeboah

A former Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has described Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine’s recent comments about the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) as a form of self-criticism.

Speaking on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Monday, September 15, 2025, Tuah-Yeboah argued that since the Attorney General is the leader of the Bar, his suggestion that the GBA has been partisan and ‘self-serving’ amounted to attacking his own leadership.

“I must first and foremost point out that the Attorney General is the leader of the Bar, as he always puts it. So, if the first gentleman leading the Bar now says the Association lost its voice, then he is essentially criticising himself,” he indicated.

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He added that if Dr Ayine believed the Bar had failed in the past, he should have taken steps to address the situation instead of publicly rebuking the Association.

Tuah-Yeboah recalled occasions when the GBA remained silent on constitutional matters under both NDC and NPP governments, citing the 2014 removal of the CHRAJ Commissioner, Lauretta Lamptey and the 2017 removal of the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei.

Even so, he urged that past mistakes should not be repeated.

“The fact that something was done yesterday and you think it wasn’t proper; (sic) means that it should not be repeated,” he stressed.

Tuah-Yeboah further argued that the Attorney General ought to have commended the GBA for defending the judiciary, noting that under Commonwealth practice, Bar Associations act as protectors of the judiciary, which cannot publicly defend itself.

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He also dismissed Dr Ayine’s comparison between the Electoral Commission and the Chief Justice, insisting that the two institutions are fundamentally different.

“The Chief Justice is the head of an arm of government. The Electoral Commission, though independent, technically operates under the executive. So, the two cannot be equated,” he said.

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