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Anger is brewing in the judiciary over the impact of mid-year tax measures on the salaries of judges. It would be recalled that government announced a 35 percent tax on persons earning over 10,000 cedis as part of measures to rake in more revenue. Even though the move has been hailed as forward looking, Gold News understands it is affecting the living conditions of judges. Article 127(5) of the 1992 Constitution states; “The salary, allowances, privileges and rights in respect of leave of absence, gratuity, pension and other conditions of service of a Justice of the superior court or any judicial officer or other person exercising judicial power, shall not be varied to his disadvantage.” This constitutional provision, I am made to understand imposes an obligation on government to ensure that its policies do not unduly negatively affect the living conditions of judges but that seems not to be the case at this time. Information I have gathered indicates  some judges ar...

I have been reading the press statement delivered by Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah and listening to our President and I have been left confused. Both Kojo Oppong- Nkrumah and President Akuffo-Addo  have taken the view that former President Mahama's proposal of a "review" or saying the double track "ento asum" means JDM would scrap the policy if elected into power in 2020. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah goes a step further to say that former President Mahama has always been against the free Senior High School policy and campaigned against it. Frankly, I would avoid speaking for the former President because I believe he can speak for himself and has official and volunteer spokespersons who are qualified enough to do that. Just to say that the former President has been handed a perfect opportunity to come clear on how intend to ensure affordable, quality secondary education for all and not skirt around the issue like they typically do. President Akuffo-Addo and his gov...