The Member of Parliament for South Dayi and Majority Chief Whip, Mr Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has publicly questioned the impartiality of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), alleging clear bias in the organisation of its upcoming 2025 Annual Conference.
Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Mr Dafeamekpor highlighted a notable break from recent tradition. From 2017 to 2024, he observed, the then-sitting President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was “nearly always the Special Guest of Honour and Speaker” at the GBA’s annual events. This year, however, the President of Ghana is conspicuously absent from the roster of advertised speakers.
Instead, the GBA has extended an invitation to the President of the Bar Council of England & Wales—a move Dafeamekpor finds particularly controversial. He claims that this foreign legal association had “recently attacked this Government without any provocation.”
With a touch of sarcasm, the MP further suggested that the GBA invite the President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association to “add effect” to what he perceives as a pattern of partiality.
“Your unalloyed bias against President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress government is too glaring to be ignored now,” Dafeamekpor declared. “You can continue to act as a wing of the main opposition party New Patriotic Party(NPP), to do its bidding; we are ready for you.”
His remarks have sparked renewed debate about the GBA’s neutrality and its role in Ghana’s political and legal landscape.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
