My concern is the extent of lay persons’ participation in deciding criminal cases.

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, had called for the deletion of a key provision in the proposed Tribunals Bill, 2026, warning that the creation of district and regional tribunals would establish a parallel justice system and undermine Ghana’s existing judicial architecture.

Rather than the Tribunals Bill, he called for the strengthening of the existing courts.

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, had called for the deletion of a key provision in the proposed Tribunals Bill, 2026, warning that the creation of district and regional tribunals would establish a parallel justice system and undermine Ghana’s existing judicial architecture.

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, had called for the deletion of a key provision in the proposed Tribunals Bill, 2026, warning that the creation of district and regional tribunals would establish a parallel justice system and undermine Ghana’s existing judicial architecture.

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