Justice Yonny Kulendi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, has underscored the importance of Ghanaians having a comprehensive understanding of the justice delivery system, particularly the role of judges.
He pointed out that a lack of education and awareness regarding the judicial system has, on many occasions, resulted in unfair treatment of judges by certain members of the public.
“There’s been a rather unfortunate castigation, judgement, indictment of judges and the judiciary. I didn’t realise how judges are bastardised and spoken about in lowly terms and with suspicion until I became one, and I was like is that what I bargained for?” he stated on JoyNews’ The Law over the weekend.
“And sometimes it is more often than not, it is all inflamed by misunderstanding; lack of information, lack of education on what we do, how we do it, what the rules that they the people have provided for us allow us to do etcetera.
“And where there is ignorance, there is a huge potential for those who are up to mischief to manipulate the system, to incite the people and position the people to have an anti-court, anti-due process, anti-judiciary process,” he added.