Contempt of court is meant to put fear in Ghanaians - Hopeson Adoryeh

A member of the communication team for the NPP, Hopeson Adoryeh, has stated that he felt sorry for the apology rendered by his boss, Sammy Awuku.

According to Hopeson Adoryeh, he saw no offense committed by Sammy Awuku with the use of the words “selective” because to him the use of Daily Guide as the only example for bad reportage whereas other newspapers published on the same KPMG report was a selective decision.

He stressed on Okay FM that “clearly I think that it is something they want to do in order to silence us on this issue; it is fear they are putting in Ghanaians”.

He further said that the Supreme Court in the beginning of the 2012 election hearing, Justice Atuguba drew the line where people can comment on the case; adding that the presiding judge said that the issue before the Supreme Court has two sides, which are legal and political.

He, therefore, said that the Supreme Court as he has reiterated, is doing this to silence people from commenting on the proceedings; adding that, he feels sorry the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) is silent over the issue of contempt leveled against its member who only complied with the constitutional mandate which guarantees media freedom to comment on any issue.

He said that the media freedom is so paramount in the 1992 constitution that nobody including the President of Ghana can stop the media on any reportage.