Family Values March: Protestors did not misbehave – Edem Senanu to AMGJ

Leading member and Advocate for Christ Ghana and anti-corruption campaigner, Edem Senanu, has expressed that the accounts of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) which assert that the Family Values March was marked by misbehaviour and insults are inaccurate.

According to the AMGJ, the conduct of the protesters led by Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Samuel Nartey George and the insults levelled against the Judiciary and the Chief Justice left much to be desired.

President of AMJG, Justice Henry Anthony Kwofie, made this known at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, October 10, 2024, to register the displeasure of judges about the actions of the protesters last Tuesday.

“The conduct of the demonstrators and their leaders and the behaviour they point up and the insults levelled against the Judiciary and Her Ladyship the Chief Justice left much to be desired.

“It is worth pointing out that every court from the District Court through to the Supreme Court has a procedure that has to be followed by every litigant and no judge, not even the Chief Justice can torpedo that procedure and the Rules of Court,” Justice Kwoffie, who is also a Justice of the Supreme Court stated.

However, speaking on GHOne TV, Edem Senanu stated that the police were on the scene to ensure that the protest was peaceful and that there were no attempts at fighting or forcing to get into the Supreme Court.

“On the ground with the thousands of pictures and videos and with the arrangements that the police had done there was absolutely no attempt at fighting or forcing to get into the Supreme Court.

“That takes away the credibility of their statement because everybody who was there knows there was no fighting there was no force to get into any supreme court. The substantive content of the petitions had to do with getting the filings done so that hearings could be done so that the process could continue. So they seem to be speaking at variance with what the petitioners put before the Chief Justice and indeed the AG before that. They seem to be in a world of their own,” the anti-corruption campaigner stated.

He continued: “I just cannot understand how they will fabricate such stories. I do not recall any single insult anywhere and none of the video clips or pictures or anything have suggested that. None of the reportage has suggested that so I don’t know where this group has come from.

“Indeed I think that the police should be commended. They were very thorough."