Ranking Member of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has urged the public to desist from trivialities that undermine others’ reputations.
He says the era where people’s reputations are subjected to undue public ridicule should be avoided in a country where democracy and the rule of law reign.
His comments come on the back of a petition filed against the nomination of Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo to the Supreme Court.
The Appointments Committee of Parliament dismissed the application for vetting to proceed, after Chairman of the Committee, Bernard Ahiafor, confirmed the decision on Friday, June 20, 2025.
He described the allegations in the petition as “frivolous, vexatious, and unmeritorious.”
Justice Ackaah-Boafo was accused by self-described human rights activist Anthony Kwabenya Rau, of judicial bias, misconduct, and political opportunism in his petition.
Rau had alleged that the nominee insulted him during a 2019 DVLA court case, calling him a “so-called ‘Messiah’ activist” and questioning his legal standing in Ghana.
The petition further described Ackaah-Boafo as “arrogant, power-drunk, and culturally insensitive” due to his Canadian background.
But Chairman Ahiafor dismissed the petition after the review, paving the way for the vetting to proceed as planned.
Commenting on the Chairman’s ruling before the commencement of the vetting, Afenyo-Markin, who is also the Minority Leader in Parliament, expressed his satisfaction in dismissing the petition, which he described as “frivolous”.
He advised against the practice of dragging people’s reputations in the mud.
“Chairman, I am in agreement with the views you’ve expressed for and on behalf of this Committee. Indeed, as a country, we need to veer off from trivialities and situations where we subject people’s reputation to undue public ridicule.
“I’m happy that this Committee has boldly stoop up for democracy, rule of law and in helping deal with matters as frivolous as what came before us,” he stated.
