From Ghana-The Most Reverend Dr Justice O. Akrofi, Primate and Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa, Anglican Church, has asked the judiciary to uphold justice and truth at all times, especially in their adjudication in the election year.
“The learned society needs justice. Truth is also ever so sacred that it cannot be negotiated-not the same as playing fast and loose with it. The role of justice for instance is very relevant in ensuring peace at this year’s election”, Rev Akrofi said in a sermon to open the 55th Legal Year of the Judicial Service.
The legal year is marked annually in October with a church service after members of the bench and bar return from their two months vacation.
This year’s theme was: “Access to Justice- A Tool for Peace and Stability”.
Rev Akrofi, who is also the Anglican Bishop of Accra, said since much of the laws inherited from colonial masters run through the ideology of Christendom, and as such discriminated against non-Christians and sometimes intolerant of non-Christian cultures and religions, there was the need for the judiciary to ensure that all, irrespective of creed, gender and tribe get equal justice.
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http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/news/general-news/16687-anglican-archbishop-tells-the-judiciary-to-uphold-truth-and-justice-
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