Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has defended his criticism of a Circuit Court judge, asserting that it is both ethical and within his constitutional rights to call out judges who fail to respect the law and the rights of citizens.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, the Effutu MP pushed back against the Ghana Bar Association’s condemnation of his earlier remarks concerning the presiding judge at Accra Circuit Court 9 handling the case of Bono Regional NPP Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC.
“It is both ethical and within my constitutional rights to call out a Judge who has no respect for the law and the rights of citizens,” Afenyo-Markin stated.
The Minority Leader claimed there is a clear pattern in the conduct of the Circuit Court 9 Judge in political cases that come before him.
“I cannot, in good conscience, respect a Judge who has no respect for the law,” he emphasised.
Afenyo-Markin further indicated that the Minority Caucus in Parliament will not remain silent on the issue.
“The Minority Caucus in Parliament will not shut its eyes to the conduct of this Judge. A series of actions will be taken in Parliament and the appropriate constitutional steps will be taken to rebuke him. Our law Lords are not above the law,” he said.
He clarified that his comments were not a personal attack on the judge but a necessary scrutiny of a pattern of conduct.
“Questioning the excesses of a Judge’s pattern of conduct does not amount to an attack on his person,” he noted.
The Minority Leader also called on the Chief Justice to closely monitor the judge.
“The Chief Justice must keep an eye on the Circuit Court 9 Judge and prevail upon him to uphold the ethos of his judicial robe and wig,” he added.
The response comes after the Ghana Bar Association, through its spokesperson Saviour Kudze, described Afenyo-Markin’s earlier public criticism of the judge as unethical, unprofessional, and unbecoming of a senior lawyer and Minority Leader. The GBA had advised that any dissatisfaction with a court ruling should be challenged through the appellate system rather than public attacks.