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Arthur Kennedy tackles SC over exercise of contempt powers

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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    what is the guy saying from overseas

  • Kojo T 10 years ago

    Arthur my friend , every freedom has responsibility.People said they must win "at all cost" and so try to coerce the SC . Rwanda went that way and when we consider a lot of our country people are really not literate and so se ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    The NDC would have to explain to Ghanaians how a dead man came to author and sign a letter!

    The opening paragraph states, “I came to serve; I have finished my time here on earth and have moved on to everlasting rest an ...
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  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 10 years ago

    The law must be relaxed when it affects NPP. Fooooooooooooools now reeling undet their own rule of law.

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  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....

    It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the ne ...
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  • Zaga 10 years ago

    You are one of the few people in the NPP who has not yet lost my respect.Don't use 'book long'and pedantic nonsense to drag this matter into academic gymnastics. The culture of impunity, 'bigmanship' and 'can't touch me' poli ...
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  • Mama Tula 10 years ago

    I doff my heart to you Mr. Zaga. We are just getting tired and fed up with these book long politicians. Thank God, Justice Atubuga and the other learned justices are now begining to open their eyes wide. No one should come ou ...
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  • Don Blunt 10 years ago

    The Guy is asking what we call a person who is worse than a "FOOL".
    'Any fool can talk', and the one with brains less than that of a 'fool' will definitely find it difficult to understand

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 10 years ago

    WE THANK GOD FOR THE LIFE OF ST. MARTIN AMIDU. IT COULD BE RECALLED THAT, EVIL CORRUPT NDC BASTARDS SACKED ST. MARTIN FOR DEFENDING THE POOR PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. TO BE PRECISE, FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN EVIL NDC GOVERNMEN ...
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  • Observer. 10 years ago

    Zoobie-Zoobie, I am troubled by your comments. Whereas it does not matter from where the writer is domiciled, how in the world are you going to understand when you can not read what he wants to say? I will give you his phone ...
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  • KNYC (USMC) 10 years ago

    The reason why you don't understand what he(K. Kennedy) is saying, because of your low class education you have. Read the article very well. This why any fool like you can talk.

  • KONKONSA 10 years ago

    And that is why you are talking.

  • Dzimakplaw" 10 years ago

    Nobody want read this your long grammar borgah Kennedy. Make we think. Your mouth like u know get teeth inside. Your mother okay foolish man

  • jb 10 years ago

    IT SEEMS GHANAIANS INTERPRET FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO MEAN INSULTS, CHARACTER ASSASSINATION AND OUTRIGHT FABRICATION..THE POLITICAL PARTIES AS KENNEDY'S NPP HAS FAILED TO EDUCATE ITS MEMBERS OR CALL THEM TO ORDER.....THE SC HAS ...
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  • Nzema K 10 years ago

    TOO late boy. u makwe very little sence.

  • Skains 10 years ago

    Sometimes this guy doesn't think! You have the highest court of the being continually insulted; political opponents have been making inflammatory speeches against it, thus posing danger to the stability of the state; yet, t ...
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  • Japatta 10 years ago

    And also why has he waited so far to open his stinking mouth

  • jack smith 10 years ago

    Jeez why do we have so many uneducated buffoons writing here. If you think because they are the supreme court they can just call you and sentence you without a trial then we really have to go back to the PNDC days when our mo ...
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  • GOD DEY 10 years ago

    stupid talk

  • Citizen Gyre 10 years ago

    Contempt is contempt we don't have anytime for trial to sentence. This guys have get away with insulting, saying anything they wont in the name of freedom of speech. The work of this judges is to prosecute so don't cross ther ...
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  • GOD DEY 10 years ago

    ata kennedy wo ye kwasiapaaaaa. what do u teach your students at UCC? stupid idio. if there is war in ghana now the likes of u will seek refuge else where. so because of free of speech any useless barstard like u can open his ...
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  • EZEKIEL 10 years ago

    Which Law School did this guy graduate from ??? I never knew Kennedy is " jack -of-all Trades" !!! Let those who STUDIED LAW get it sorted out among themselves,Kennedy!

  • ODONTI 10 years ago

    THIS IS PRECISELY THE BASIS OF THE CONFUSION IN GHANA. FOR QUITE SOMETIME NOW SOME POLITICIANS AND OPINION LEADERS HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO USE FOUL AND INDECENT LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC AND THEY HAVE GONE AWAY WITH IT. THI ...
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  • Ningo 10 years ago

    Mr. Kennedy your comments are rather misplaced. It is the likes of you who are the problem for Ghana. Do you prefer the SC keep quite and allow people to continue to misinform the public and create problem for the Country. I ...
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  • Patriot 10 years ago

    The conduct of the Atuguba court is an afront to free speech, which unfortunately is what the court is supposed to protect. Arthur is right.

  • godfrey 10 years ago

    i wonder how big people can talk like kids. freedom of speech does not mean insult or embarrasing statements against any member of the nation

  • MARCUS 10 years ago

    Godfrey, you are wondering because you cannot think like big people. In fact, it is not big people but big thinking!
    If we can criticize the President and the Parliament for decisions they take why is the Judiciary immune fr ...
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  • Odikro 10 years ago

    What aspects of "Sub judice"is confusing,to Politicians and Journalists in Ghana??

  • john,UAE 10 years ago

    IRRESPOSIBLE TALK, this people are becoming disrespectful, it is therefore time to tell them that being disrespectful to elders is allein to this country GHANA. they should be punished no matter how small it will be, after al ...
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  • SAMSON 10 years ago

    What is the guarantee that if people who think Ghana is theirs and it is only their views or desire that is right and therefore ran every body down, are not check will respect the ruling of the SC?

  • Baffour Agyemang 10 years ago

    Dr Authur Kennedy are you saying there could be a judgement that Ghanaians can not accept and the world will not respect.Are you not questioning the competence of the SC even before judgement. You sound like you are preparing ...
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  • EAGLE EYE 10 years ago

    ATTHUR K, WHEN YOU SAY JUDGEMENT THAT GHANAIAN CAN ACCEPT, WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY MEAN.I THOUGHT YOU WERE VERY INTERLIGENT BUT YOUR FINAL PHASE HAS PROVED ME WRONG.
    GHANAIAN ALREADY ACCEPTED MAHAMA AS THE PRESIDENT UNTIL SOME ...
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  • New Ekuma 10 years ago

    Eagle eye, u have hi the nail right on the serpentoine head of this trumulized Doctor . Is he a medical or native doctor.

    This Dr is confused. Yesterday he spoke sense, today he speaks nonsense and tomorrow we can't predi ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Dr. A . Kennedy, I'm proud of you. We need people like you who can boldly speak the truth. Keep it up! God bless you and don't be discouraged by the commits that people make.

  • GORDON YEBOAH,USA 10 years ago

    Zoobie-Zoobie or whoever you call yourself, you must be careful. the whole thing is that you don't understand the words Arthur Kennedy used.they are too big for your class one level of education you have.with your low level o ...
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  • DODOWA 10 years ago

    This moron has been struggling through every means imaginable to become relevant to the political process. Unfortunately, his wisdom-deficient methods have always proven counterproductive. The Supreme Court is not a market pl ...
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  • Odikro 10 years ago

    Sir,
    You could not have expanded on this "Contempt" issue much more clearer for the forum ...Ciao amico

  • GO MAN GO 10 years ago

    that is the ghanaian problem...even the educated ones cannot make a logical point or contribute to an intellectual discussion without insults...It is not arrogance but incivility....and very unprofessional

  • DODOWA 10 years ago

    I am very surprised you want people like Kennedy, Asiedu Nketsia, Ato Dadzie and the obnoxious gang to be treated nicely. These spin masters have tested the Ghanaian political terrain and wrongly concluded that they can spit ...
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  • Dr Robert K Glah 10 years ago

    My choice is to disagree with the Presidential candidate, Mr Arthur Kobina Kennedy, because he is dressing abuse of freedom expression in a disrespectable context.

    If contempt of the court is not tackled at this stage, wha ...
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  • Kwaku asimenu-forson 10 years ago

    when water runs out of a fire-tanker, it leaves the fire scene to the hydrant.the key tool of the court are not files but AUTHORITY AND RESPECT FOR IT. if contemptuous comments drain these, the must punish as a way of refill. ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    The authority is what is guaranteed but the respect must be earned. It applies to all aspects of life. Respect has never been conferred by legislation!

  • Odikro 10 years ago

    Concise and bang on message...Bravo to you

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    Freedom of speech applies to all speech, perceived favourable or otherwise. The authority of the court is guaranteed by the constitution but its respect, like in all cases, cannot be guaranteed by legislation. It can only be ...
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  • aaron k 10 years ago

    Excellent piece

  • aaron k 10 years ago

    excellent piece.well said

  • New Ekuma 10 years ago

    Dr. Kennedy, pls don't condone indisciplined and bad rhetoric which can destroy this nation. I wish u were in Ghana , like i would have hauled u to the SC to explain this ur INDISCIPLINED NONSENSE.

    I am surprised that u ...
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  • Richie 10 years ago

    I WILL VOTE FOR YOU AS PRESIDENT OF GHANA COME ELECTION 2016.GOD BLESS YOU

  • SC JUSTICES ARE IDIOTS 10 years ago

    JUST FUCK SC JUSTICES IN THEIR OLD ASSES. THEY THINK THEY ARE TINGODS.

  • AKYIA 10 years ago

    Fuck your father and mother and the smelling vag through which you came to this world

  • HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

    But who is this drug king.This bastard is nothing but money sucking drug dealer.This rodent, self-serving clueless,freaky and phony monkey who needs to be fed with banana every morning before dawn.
    NPP is never a politica ...
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  • KNYC (USMC) 10 years ago

    This will not help your cause. Read the article. Fool. Lack of better education has let you down. If you don't understand freedom of speech, sit down and look, because WISE MEN are talking.

  • New Ekuma 10 years ago

    Sneeze on Doctor Kennedy. Ur face is as if u want to sneeze. Pls sneeze that nonsense from ur nasal cavity and throw the phlegms from ur stinking rhroat.

    If u sit in ur closet and u are bored, take some tranquilzers and s ...
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  • Adongo 10 years ago

    What with all these knee jerk reactions to Arthur Kennedy's letter?Even a JSS pupil will appreciate the wisdom in all that he wrote!How many years is it going to take the SC to rule on this simple case?Or are they enjoying th ...
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  • Oheneboi 10 years ago

    Self-conceit can be a very worrying misdemeanour for critics who don't have limits to unbridled freedom of expression, even to the point of trying to tele-guide a judiciary of such high authority. Ghanaian should learn to res ...
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  • Oheneboi 10 years ago

    Arthur learn to respect constituted authority

  • kwaku Pee 10 years ago

    African- Americans, we appreciates your thesis but not applicable in Africa(Ghana).

  • TAMBRO 10 years ago

    DEAR DR. ARTHUR I UNDERSTAND YOUR WHOLE ARTICLE IS BASED ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WHICH IS STATED IN THE DEMOCRATIC LAWS OF THE LAND AND THE GLOBE AS A WHOLE.ITS LIKE THAT ,BUT I BELIVE ITS ALSO STATED THAT FREEDOM OF EXPRES ...
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  • Kwame Koramoah 10 years ago

    Mr Kennedy, I dont understand your point. The cases you cited should have names but in your article you for instance state: "...in a 1968 British case... in a 1994 case...". What is that? Strange way of supporting your argume ...
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  • Kwame Addo 10 years ago

    It’s absolute right that expression or speech is completely harmless and protected under the right to freedom of expression. Allowing freedom of expression was not tolerated by the International Court Justice in sentencing ...
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  • Mama Tula 10 years ago

    What a wonderful sensible, straight to the point piece of article.
    Congrats my brother.

  • Kasha 10 years ago

    Dear Athur Kenedy
    I have read your letter and I find it more troubling that you of all people should expose yourself in such ignorant fashion.Your lack of understanding the principles of court procedures and contempt process ...
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  • Mama Tula 10 years ago

    Of course, he is not serious. Can any bogus man stand up in the name of "freedom of speech" and insult elders??? No doubt since independence until now this country is stagnant and not moving forward. We started with the Malay ...
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  • KOJO T 10 years ago

    Ur letter makes no sense to me, simply because, Democracy is not freedom for anybody to speak anyhow. So do u expect someone to gets up and insult people in the name of freedom of speach? By the way the court and its regulati ...
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  • In Jesus Mighty Name Amen 10 years ago

    The SC judges are actually TIMID and USELESS being for the way and manner they are handling this Petition If they cannot handle this case Atubuga and his colleague should not blame anybody and stop been hypocrite

  • nyankonwu 10 years ago

    The SC judges are confused

  • Bagobila Busanga 10 years ago

    It is a pitty and shamefull to read such articles. The Article is baseless, shamefull and discouraging.
    Mr. Kennedy read over the article again and see if it would not be better for you to appologise to the Supreme court and ...
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  • Justman 10 years ago

    REMAIN SILENT. HE IS NOT EVEN WRITING FROM WITHIN THE COUNTRY.COWARD WANT TO SCORE CHEAP POPULARITY. NO BRAIN AT ALL.