# Remove President completely from judicial appointments - Yaw Nsarkoh - MyJoyOnline

> “We need to set-up an independent appointments authority for judges of the superior courts, that is, de facto and de jure, much, much more insulated from the executive influence of what is, in reality in our current constitution, an imperial presidency,” he said at Alisa Hotel.

- Published: 2026-10-20T18:00:16.530Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T20:01:34.973Z
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- Topics: Economy, business and finance, Politics
- Involves: Accra, Afrobarometer, An Amalgam of Professionals, Attorney-General, Cabinet, Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana), Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Forest reserves, Former Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria, Galamsey, Ghana, John Dramani Mahama

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