Judges Receiving Ex-Gratia is false and Baseless by AMJG
The issue of Judges receiving Ex-Gratia every four (4) years has been in the news following Togbe Afede’s rejection of such money. Ever since, People have been talking about how persons that enjoyed so many privileges with fat salaries, would still receive gargantuan amount of money after serving the nation every four years as Ex-Gratia.
Well, the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) stated categorically clear that claims of Superior court judges are paid Ex-Gratia every four (4) years is false and has no amount of truth in it.
AMJG insisted in a statement that such claims must be ignored because is very wrong.
In the Press Statement released on the 21st of June, 2022 by the Magistrates and Judges Association of Ghana (AMJG) on the Allegation that Superior Court Judges (ie. Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court Judges) Receive Ex-Gratia Payment every four (4) years, The Association stated that “AMJG has followed the discussion on the payment of Ex-Gratia to some Article 71 office holders and has noted with dismay the false and malicious allegation that judges of the Superior Courts.”
The statement further stated that “the AMJG would like to state without any equivocation, whatsoever that, that allegation is false and baseless”.
Bu the association said “The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has followed the discussions on the payment of Ex-Gratia to some Article 71 office holders and has noted with dismay the false and malicious allegation that judges of the Superior Courts (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court Judges) are paid ex-gratia at the end of every four (4) years.
“The AMJG would like to state without any equivocation, whatsoever that, that allegation is false and baseless,” he noted.
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Stating the exact words of the letter, it reads;
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MAGISTRATES AND JUDGES ASSOCIATION OF GHANA (AMJG) ON THE ALLEGATION THAT SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES (ie) SUPREME COURT, COURT OF APPEAL AND HIGH COURT JUDGES) RECEIVE EX – GRATIA PAYMENT EVERY FOUR (4) YEARS
The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has followed the discussions on the payment of Ex-Gratia to some Article 71 office holders and has noted with dismay the false and malicious allegation that judges of the Superior Courts ie.
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court Judges are paid ex-gratia at the end of every four (4) years. The AMJG would like to state without any equivocation, whatsoever that, that allegation is false and baseless.
The Association would like to set the records straight as follows:
a. That, the salaries of Superior Court Judges ie. (Supreme Court Judges, Court of Appeal Judges and High Court Judges) are determined once every four (4) years by His Excellency the President on the recommendation of a Committee appointed by the President under Article 71(1) of the Constitution 1992.
b. That, if increases are effected in the salary as a result of the recommendations of the Committee , the judges are then paid arrears of salary commonly called Back pay arising from the back-dating of the salary increase.
c. This arrears of salary or back pay are accordingly paid in a lump sum or instalment. This has been the situation since 1996.
d) It is this arrears of salary or back pay which is mischievously being described as ex-gratia in the press particularly on radio, television and on social media platforms by some seasoned journalist and so-called social commentators who never attempted to look for the truth.
That the Association would like to state categorically that no Superior Court Judge is or has ever been paid ex-gratia every four years as being wrongly stated in the media.
Dated in Accra this 21st day of June 2022.
The document was signed by the President of AMJG, Justice Henry Kwofie.
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