Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has firmly rejected claims that the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is swayed by political affiliations in its executive elections.
These claims, circulating among various groups, suggest that partisan considerations have influenced the leadership selection process within the professional body.
However, Mr. Tuah-Yeboah has dismissed these allegations as entirely baseless and unsubstantiated.
Following the election of Efua Ghartey as the first female President of the GBA in Kumasi, Tuah-Yeboah reaffirmed that the GBA remains a non-partisan entity that values competence, merit, and integrity over political affiliations.
He noted that while GBA members may belong to different political parties, such affiliations do not play a role in determining leadership positions within the association.
“I think that such remarks [of GBA being a political entity] have no basis. If you come to the Ghana Bar Association, we have people belonging to various political parties. When it comes to elections, we do not consider political leanings. When it comes to elections, we look at individuals. We look at competence.
“We look at how those people can deliver. And all those who contested, they are members that I can say have their records of qualification. It is not about being political, the BAR is non-political, even though members have their political parties that they belong to. But we have never run this association as a political party.”
