Supreme Court must speak with one voice - Law Prof.

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moyo 12 years ago

Idiotic face staring at me.

Idiotic face staring at me.
Kofi Virginia 12 years ago

Moyo, Go to school some more, maybe you will also become a professor.

Moyo, Go to school some more, maybe you will also become a professor.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 12 years ago

Professor Kwasi Prempeh,leave the judges of the Supreme Court alone to come out with whatever decision they individually find appealing to the conscience.

Stop pressuring them to 'sing in a chorus' !

Professor Kwasi Prempeh,leave the judges of the Supreme Court alone to come out with whatever decision they individually find appealing to the conscience.

Stop pressuring them to 'sing in a chorus' !
insight to the bone 12 years ago

we told you so , every dog now knows there is war around the corner and it will be the Akans against the rest , no ideology or divisive politics will work . personally i do not think the supreme court decision will trigger an ...
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we told you so , every dog now knows there is war around the corner and it will be the Akans against the rest , no ideology or divisive politics will work . personally i do not think the supreme court decision will trigger any shooting rather it will only go down as a another reason the people have no confidence in the institutions of state . the ndc have spent most of their last 7 months looting what they can . they know they have completely lost the support of the Akans especially when the Elimina chiefs snubbed him like a chicken shit pepeni that he is . the British the ndc is trying use all their propaganda pamphlet journalists to mislead us but this time no one is buying their foolishness . a few more injustices and they will feel the full force of the Akan fury . long live the republic of Akan
Concerned 12 years ago

calm down my friend, no one can decide who his brother is. We have to learn to live with each other. No region in the country had 100% ndc. the npp too does have members from every single tribe. This is a delicate matter and ...
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calm down my friend, no one can decide who his brother is. We have to learn to live with each other. No region in the country had 100% ndc. the npp too does have members from every single tribe. This is a delicate matter and should be treated as such.The cpp is trying to unite everyone to make us a formidable force against our true enemies.(poverty,greed,ignorance,etc The blackman should unite
ATO 12 years ago

YOU ARE WRONG TO ASSUME THAT IF THERE IS WAR IT WILL BE BETWEEN AKANS AND THE REST OF GHANA. GET IT IN YOUR COTTON-WOOL FILLED BRAIN, THAT IF THERE IS VIOLENCE IN GHANA, IT WILL BE BETWEEN SOME MISGUIDED ASHANTIS AND AKYEMS A ...
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YOU ARE WRONG TO ASSUME THAT IF THERE IS WAR IT WILL BE BETWEEN AKANS AND THE REST OF GHANA. GET IT IN YOUR COTTON-WOOL FILLED BRAIN, THAT IF THERE IS VIOLENCE IN GHANA, IT WILL BE BETWEEN SOME MISGUIDED ASHANTIS AND AKYEMS AGAINST THE REST OF GHANA. THE MAJORITY OF AKANS DO NOT SUPPORT THE RECKLESS AND IGNORANT BEHAVIOR OF THE ASHANT/AKYEM CABAL IN THE NPP.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

AFARI GYAN'S HAND IN COOKIE JAR
HW3, AFARI DJAN MUST BE JAILED. WAT A DISGRACEFUL HUMAN BEING...ONYAME EHU WOOOOOOOOO!
YET, HE Is STILL LYING. YOUR WIFE HAS CAUGHT U RED HANDED FUCKING ANOTHER WOMAN. YET, U FOLLOW HER IN UR ...
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AFARI GYAN'S HAND IN COOKIE JAR
HW3, AFARI DJAN MUST BE JAILED. WAT A DISGRACEFUL HUMAN BEING...ONYAME EHU WOOOOOOOOO!
YET, HE Is STILL LYING. YOUR WIFE HAS CAUGHT U RED HANDED FUCKING ANOTHER WOMAN. YET, U FOLLOW HER IN UR NATIVE SUIT.
TELLING HER, I WAS JUST FUCKING HERE, BUT ITS YOU I LOVE....EEEEIIIII
35 MILLION CEDI NTORO WEI DI3. I NO GO FIT OOOO. PEEP IN GOLD WATCH.
MAHAMA BRIBED AFARI DJAN WITH 35 MILLION CEDIS TO RIG THE ELECTIONS. GO AND ASK JJ RAWLINGS, HE WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
FOLKS, EACH PINK SHEET HAS A UNIQUE NUMBER. THIS NUMBER IS WHAT WE CALL THE SERIAL NUMBER. EACH SERIAL NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO ONE PINK SHEET.
So if for example pooling station 'A' collects a pink sheet, that number on the pink sheet is solely for that pink sheet ALONE and no other pink sheet must have that same number.
THEREFORE, WHY THEN DO WE HAVE DUPLICATE SERIAL NUMBERS ON MULTIPLE PINK SHEETS? NA WHO CAUSE AM?
AFARI DWAN CAUSE AM, AND HE MUST BE TRIED FOR TREASON. THIS IS GARGANTUAN DAYLIGHT TREASON TO THE NATION STATE GH.
So, it does not matter what name you call it, serial NUMBER or no serial # every single pink sheet must have a distinct number that must be different from all the numbers on all other pink sheets.
As long as the petitioners found that there were duplicate numbers on the pink sheets, that is HIGHLY illegal.
IF YOU FIND THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER ON MULTIPLE CEDI NOTES. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? COUNTERFEIT BILLS!
If you find any 2 currencies of a particular denomination with the same number on it, then one is counterfeit. That is what the EC did.
They printed two sets and released them into the system. ONE SET WAS FOR ALL, THE OTHER SET WERE ONLY MARKED FOR NDC.....MUAHAHAHAAAAA
GREAT CID JOB BY THE PETITIONERS. AFARI DJAN, U ARE A DISGRACE. YOUR ILK SHOULD BE EXILED FROM GH FOREVER. NATION WRECKER!
What EC did is a day time robbery! TREASON!
THE SC MUST REMOVE JOHN MAHAMA N GIVE THE MANTLE TO NANA ADDO SOLELY ON THIS PREMISE. NDC SHOULD GO BACK N CLAIM THEIR 35MILL FROM AFARI DJAN.
MAHAMA: WHY ARE ALL UR MINISTERS NON AKANS? IS NDC A TRIBALISTIC PARTY?
ALL AKANS MUST ADVICE THEMSELVES WELL FROM THIS NDC, TRIBALISTIC PARTY....
WHEN NPP WERE BUSY MAKING NHIS, SCH FEEDING FREE FOR ALL GHPPL. NDC/MAHAMA
IS GIVING AWAY FREE COMPUTERS WITH HIS FACE ON THE BOXES, LIKE SANTA CLAUS. WHY DONT U MAKE
EDUCATION FREE FOR THE KIDDIES?
william 12 years ago

PROF. PREMPEH IS MAKING A LOT OF POLITICAL SENSE! BUT NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS HERE.THE COURT KNOWS WHAT TO DO IN THE SERVICE OF RULE OF LAW AND GOOD GOVERNANCE & NEEDS NO ADVICE.

PROF. PREMPEH IS MAKING A LOT OF POLITICAL SENSE! BUT NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS HERE.THE COURT KNOWS WHAT TO DO IN THE SERVICE OF RULE OF LAW AND GOOD GOVERNANCE & NEEDS NO ADVICE.
Gye Nyame 12 years ago

Each judge should be entitled to his/her own legal opinion and not be coerced to change their opinions just for the sake of politics. That would again be rigging the system. This is not a jury decision where every juror has ...
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Each judge should be entitled to his/her own legal opinion and not be coerced to change their opinions just for the sake of politics. That would again be rigging the system. This is not a jury decision where every juror has to come on board to reach a verdict. Opinions Matter in a case like this.

What is important is to have strong institutions – whether it is 9 -0 or 5-4, folks on the losing side in my opinion would react the same way. It is like playing a soccer game whether it is 9/nil or 5/4, the losing team would still “throw stones” especially if they think the refs are in cahoots.

What is important is to have a strong and sensible security operation in place so that hooligans from both sides would be quickly crushed without things getting out of hand.
JIM CROW 12 years ago

PLEASE STOP THE INSULTS! IT DOES NOT HELP OUR COUNTRY!

PLEASE STOP THE INSULTS! IT DOES NOT HELP OUR COUNTRY!

Zoobie-Zoobie 12 years ago

a good point but not required... you don't need all singing from the same song

a good point but not required... you don't need all singing from the same song
Nicholas J Bedzo 12 years ago

Thi is a quack professor. What do you
mean by a split dicition?

Thi is a quack professor. What do you
mean by a split dicition?
Baako 12 years ago

Please learn your vocabulary very well before posting a comment for public scrutiny. Check the spelling of your last word, it is decision and not dicition. You see the irony of life, you someone who can't spell basic words pr ...
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Please learn your vocabulary very well before posting a comment for public scrutiny. Check the spelling of your last word, it is decision and not dicition. You see the irony of life, you someone who can't spell basic words properly is insulting a full professor. I know most of the people insulting their elders and leaders on this platform are J.H.S or S.H.S leavers. Please I would encourage you to continue your education to at least graduate level in order to add more meaning to your life instead of spending valuable part of your time insulting your leaders and elders.
Thank you
Ike - London 12 years ago

Prof we need independent thinking with reasons for voting one way or the other. Sometimes the minoroty may be right so what matters is for them to give individual reasoning leading to their conclusion.
Justice is not always ...
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Prof we need independent thinking with reasons for voting one way or the other. Sometimes the minoroty may be right so what matters is for them to give individual reasoning leading to their conclusion.
Justice is not always properly served whether winning or losing a case. Justice is subjective and sometimes influenced by the time of delivery.
Joe Turkey 12 years ago

You are one of those Jerry Rawlings' graduates who were taught that anyone can be a ruler. That was how we got the Butchers' Constitution. We need men of reason - people who give reasons for the decisions they make or the sta ...
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You are one of those Jerry Rawlings' graduates who were taught that anyone can be a ruler. That was how we got the Butchers' Constitution. We need men of reason - people who give reasons for the decisions they make or the stands they take. Definitely, you are not one of them. This is the "freedom to talk trash" syndrome that is bringing lawlessness to Ghana (other than the massive thievery)
Kofi Virginia 12 years ago

This is not lottery permentation. Any combination will be find. The Court was already legitimized by the stupidity of political talk from our politicians.

This is not lottery permentation. Any combination will be find. The Court was already legitimized by the stupidity of political talk from our politicians.
Eric-UK 12 years ago

You are 100% right- Prof. One voice! One verdict! One Ghana! One Justice! One Peace!

You are 100% right- Prof. One voice! One verdict! One Ghana! One Justice! One Peace!
Kofi 12 years ago

I think Moyo is not a true Ghanaian

I think Moyo is not a true Ghanaian
Kofi 12 years ago

Moyo is the type that can easily divide society

Moyo is the type that can easily divide society
JIM CROW 12 years ago

With due respect Prof. I disagree. The SC should look at the law strictly and give their judgement. Any of those permutations, as you rightly said, is part of the law, and will be recognized as such, political implications no ...
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With due respect Prof. I disagree. The SC should look at the law strictly and give their judgement. Any of those permutations, as you rightly said, is part of the law, and will be recognized as such, political implications notwithstanding.

Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Jim, the Prof is not saying that come what may there should be a unanimous decision. In fact, he described how that could be reached. That is, a decision well crafted in law and in simple language, etc should persuade all the ...
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Jim, the Prof is not saying that come what may there should be a unanimous decision. In fact, he described how that could be reached. That is, a decision well crafted in law and in simple language, etc should persuade all the Justices to speak with one voice. The Prof is right that if the Justices are not unanimous there would be too much political interpretations. This even happened during the hearing regarding decisions on objections and application by and from all parties.

A unanimous decision would be preferred but a majority decision of at least, 6-3 would be acceptable. What I feared most is a 5-4 decision. That would deepen the political divide in Ghana and most likely to extend the uncertainty as the losing party is most likely to consider a review.
JIM CROW 12 years ago

GOOD POINT. BUT YOU SEE YOU CAN'T AVOID DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. AND AS FOR POLITICAL INTERPRETATIONS THEY WILL COME WHATEVER THE PERMUTATION IS. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT A VERDICT HAS BEEN REACHED.

GOOD POINT. BUT YOU SEE YOU CAN'T AVOID DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. AND AS FOR POLITICAL INTERPRETATIONS THEY WILL COME WHATEVER THE PERMUTATION IS. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT A VERDICT HAS BEEN REACHED.
Gye Nyame 12 years ago

Reducing the judges to jurors would be rigging the system. Legal opinions from the supreme court does not work that way. Each judge is entitled to his/her opinion, the rest is up to the security agencies to do their work.

Reducing the judges to jurors would be rigging the system. Legal opinions from the supreme court does not work that way. Each judge is entitled to his/her opinion, the rest is up to the security agencies to do their work.
Strunge 12 years ago

Do you really have Ghana's interest at heart... cos u wouldn't say such a thing. What the man is concerned about is the political implication of a verdict that would seem a justification for one of the parties in the dispute ...
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Do you really have Ghana's interest at heart... cos u wouldn't say such a thing. What the man is concerned about is the political implication of a verdict that would seem a justification for one of the parties in the dispute looking to foment trouble. Read the article again, dopey
Kwadwo 12 years ago

Unanimous decision will heal the nation.

Unanimous decision will heal the nation.
Gfduyt 12 years ago

The court has no jurisdiction. This Prempeh is a legal thief to suggest Brown versus The Borad of Education. Is he trying to confuse the justices to have his way? Talk about Nixon v Herndon.

The court has no jurisdiction. This Prempeh is a legal thief to suggest Brown versus The Borad of Education. Is he trying to confuse the justices to have his way? Talk about Nixon v Herndon.
TONY 12 years ago

THIS ELECTION CASE REMIND OF NIXON AND HIS WATERGATE AFFAIR.

THIS ELECTION CASE REMIND OF NIXON AND HIS WATERGATE AFFAIR.
Strunge 12 years ago

how? is any of the disputers hacking offices or stealing secrets of opponents..?. your analogy is way out of context and only highlights your woeful ignorance.... go back to school

how? is any of the disputers hacking offices or stealing secrets of opponents..?. your analogy is way out of context and only highlights your woeful ignorance.... go back to school
JIM CROW 12 years ago

To complete my submission, attempting to bring any judge to one's side as in Re:BROWN on the pretext of speaking with one voice though may be POLITICALLY RIGHT it may on the other hand be legally an obstruction of a panel mem ...
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To complete my submission, attempting to bring any judge to one's side as in Re:BROWN on the pretext of speaking with one voice though may be POLITICALLY RIGHT it may on the other hand be legally an obstruction of a panel members freedom of thinking.
Kpakpo Onukpa - Accra 12 years ago

Nothing less, nothing more. This is not America. This is Ghana.

Nothing less, nothing more. This is not America. This is Ghana.

FAITHGROWS 12 years ago

thought provoking read and i congratulate you for enlightening us in this area

thought provoking read and i congratulate you for enlightening us in this area
OSUO ABRUBUOR 12 years ago

You are right my brother!

You are right my brother!
Dr Robert K Glah 12 years ago

The Decision of the SC will be based on the weight of evidence before the court. The foreign suggestions of Prof Prempeh are not relevant in this dispute before our experienced SC judges.

The Decision of the SC will be based on the weight of evidence before the court. The foreign suggestions of Prof Prempeh are not relevant in this dispute before our experienced SC judges.
Agya_Manso 12 years ago

By all except he Prempeh is deliberately choosing to ignore the stark realities on the ground. If he was sincere,and bearing in mind the broad public policy implications,then this petition should have been dsmissed out of han ...
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By all except he Prempeh is deliberately choosing to ignore the stark realities on the ground. If he was sincere,and bearing in mind the broad public policy implications,then this petition should have been dsmissed out of hand!
I have read the recent(2012) Canadian SC case cited by the respondents, and can see this country being subject to the same needless 'torture' every four years, on account of trumped up allegations of"irregularities","statutory violations", "ommissions", and what have you;except the next time around,the parliamentary elections would become part of the mix,and then also several 'clones' of Bawumiah would emerge from all over the country to provide self-serving testimony testimony to prosecute their case.
Nicholas Adjei 12 years ago

I do agree with you.All what we need now is national unity therefore, i pray that the SC speak with one voice.Only RE _ELECTION can unite us. We need only Peace and Unity_ for our common ENEMY is BRIBERY& CORRUPTION .Let us a ...
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I do agree with you.All what we need now is national unity therefore, i pray that the SC speak with one voice.Only RE _ELECTION can unite us. We need only Peace and Unity_ for our common ENEMY is BRIBERY& CORRUPTION .Let us all use our Energy,Time &Resources to develop Ghana.We have to think of good Education,Infrastructer,Research etc
Ghanian 12 years ago

Kofi, I think Moyo is a true Ghanaian but he is just DUM. He is one of the premitive minded people. I pitty him.

Kofi, I think Moyo is a true Ghanaian but he is just DUM. He is one of the premitive minded people. I pitty him.
Agya_Manso 12 years ago

Would equate to the "southern status quo" in the case he has cited?
What I find very disturbing and dishonest is the sheer numbers of these NPP 'proxy fighters' masquerading as objective and neutral 'academics' whose ultimat ...
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Would equate to the "southern status quo" in the case he has cited?
What I find very disturbing and dishonest is the sheer numbers of these NPP 'proxy fighters' masquerading as objective and neutral 'academics' whose ultimate concern and interest is Mother Ghana!
By making reference to this so-called "blowout" 9-0 decision of Brown v. Board of Education,is Kwasi Prempeh not seeking to draw assymetrical parallels that simply do not exist? Is he attempting to make a case that some segement of the Ghanaian voting public is blatantly being denied equal acces to some essential and basic service as a good education? Will the heavens come down if the court renders a split decision? And can anyone believe or imagine him advocating the imposition of a sore loser (candidate) on the people of Ghana by the SC court,on account of some carefully selected self-serving evidence,reinforced by some contrived computations, and presented to the court to achieve that objective?
The truth of the matter is that this brazen attempted to subvert the sovereign will of the good people of Ghana, was predicated on the weird belief the petitioners have about the make up the SC,and this panel in particular. Why do think the Attorneys for the petitioners were so keen on disloging the Presiding Judge,Justice Atubuga,from the panel from the get go? Again,who really believes Owusu Afryie(Sir John) was expressing a purely personal position when he subjected JSc Atubuga to that unwarranted tirade the NPP hierarchy has,to date,refused to condemn.
Frankly speaking, this 'alice-in-wonderland' wish of Kwasi Prempeh will not come to pass,and so he should spare us this fruitless legal exercise in 'camouflage and concealment'!
Ghanian 12 years ago

When I read your comment,the only thing I did get out of it is DESPRATE NDC MEMBER:( Unlike Professor Prempeh, you get the sence of real concern Ghanian speaking from the heart.

When I read your comment,the only thing I did get out of it is DESPRATE NDC MEMBER:( Unlike Professor Prempeh, you get the sence of real concern Ghanian speaking from the heart.
PLUMBER 12 years ago

No one should rail road the SC, God would not allow any parachial interest to prevail in the decision of the SC, the party affiliations of the members not withstanding. Any such parchial decision would only have to wait 3 yea ...
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No one should rail road the SC, God would not allow any parachial interest to prevail in the decision of the SC, the party affiliations of the members not withstanding. Any such parchial decision would only have to wait 3 years and we shall see how many results would be contested in every constituency.
Strunge 12 years ago

Stop talking like a fool... what are you, three? who is talking about railroading here? All he is saying is if there is a majority it must appear to be unified in order to discourage unnecessary dissent and chaos by those wh ...
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Stop talking like a fool... what are you, three? who is talking about railroading here? All he is saying is if there is a majority it must appear to be unified in order to discourage unnecessary dissent and chaos by those who may be may be dissatisfied with the verdict.
P.K 12 years ago

Driving us Ghana to recognize the Brown case was good but the circumstances and legal environment and people are not the same.Law,legal opinion and arguments was restricted by the Justices which is irregularities,omissions,vi ...
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Driving us Ghana to recognize the Brown case was good but the circumstances and legal environment and people are not the same.Law,legal opinion and arguments was restricted by the Justices which is irregularities,omissions,violation malpractices.So the final verdict by the judges would reform our future election for ever for the generations on born. GOD bless Ghana forever. decisions
Kalira 12 years ago

Wise up!

Wise up!
Kwasi Appiah 12 years ago

How can an American trained law professor talk like this. Over here when the US Supreme court is about to rule, one can sometimes predict the voting outcome looking at their political leanings. Case in point was the Bush-AlGo ...
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How can an American trained law professor talk like this. Over here when the US Supreme court is about to rule, one can sometimes predict the voting outcome looking at their political leanings. Case in point was the Bush-AlGore electoral case, so why call for a unified voice. I'm disappointed.
NDC SORE LOSERS! 12 years ago

Wow! this is an unquestionably brilliant article by all standards. Food for thought really for our Supreme Court Judges. Can someone prompt them to see this article? The only antidote that can "cure" or ward off any impending ...
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Wow! this is an unquestionably brilliant article by all standards. Food for thought really for our Supreme Court Judges. Can someone prompt them to see this article? The only antidote that can "cure" or ward off any impending danger after pronouncement of the verdict on August 29 is a 9-0 decision. Anything short of this could somehow be interpreted as having political and tribal undertones.

Unfortunately, my suspicion is that with two or so AYIGBE judges on the panel, the Ayigbe tribalism would be displayed as s sign of solidarity for Tsatsu Tsikata. We know them too much. Anybody who disagrees with me on this score can mark my words somewhere. Call me names, but after the ruling, you will say "oh, he said it!". Unless of course they all come to a consensus as prescribed by this Law Professor. These Judges owe it an onerus duty and task to relegate tribalism and Party "colourism" to the background, and give a genuine, fair and unbiased ruling, one based on evidence, hard facts and figures. What the whole world saw on TV has nothing to do with technicalities
PLUMBER 12 years ago

Why refer to the tribe of some justices unless you yourself know of others who are not "Ayigbes" on the panel? God created tribes, and we show our humanity by avoiding this "ethnocentric" and superiority feelings. Afterall Hi ...
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Why refer to the tribe of some justices unless you yourself know of others who are not "Ayigbes" on the panel? God created tribes, and we show our humanity by avoiding this "ethnocentric" and superiority feelings. Afterall Hitler was an elected President before turning into such an ethnically possesed murderer of Jews and hater of blacks.
Samson Tayare 12 years ago

If the truth they say is one, then i agree with the prof.

If the truth they say is one, then i agree with the prof.
AHISEM. 12 years ago

Even the foolish, stupid, corrupt, and unintelligent NDC government has sensensed danger ahead and has put its security on alert. Why is it wrong for America, the most intelligent people in the world to caution their citizens ...
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Even the foolish, stupid, corrupt, and unintelligent NDC government has sensensed danger ahead and has put its security on alert. Why is it wrong for America, the most intelligent people in the world to caution their citizens in Ghana of sensing dangers ahead? Why is Gbevlo and his security aparatus assuring Ghanaians that they are prepared if they don't sense danger ahead. Why then blame America?
Dagabie 12 years ago

The SC Judges can think and I trust them. They are United and will deliver an EXCELLENT Judgement. They have the Power to ignore what is political and put the nation and its citizines interest first above individual interest.

The SC Judges can think and I trust them. They are United and will deliver an EXCELLENT Judgement. They have the Power to ignore what is political and put the nation and its citizines interest first above individual interest.
Martin Brew 12 years ago

Did the US Supreme judges strive to convince dissenting members of the court to arrive at a unanimous verdict in Bush v Gore? Did the US Supreme Court not reach a split decision in 2000 after Gore challenged Bush at the US SC ...
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Did the US Supreme judges strive to convince dissenting members of the court to arrive at a unanimous verdict in Bush v Gore? Did the US Supreme Court not reach a split decision in 2000 after Gore challenged Bush at the US SC? Why are you referencing Brown v School Board when the clear and more relevant case is Bush v Gore? As a law professor you are expected to deal in the intricate nuances of the law and provide your readers direction in that field. What you have prevented in this piece is a political hack job attempting to pass off as some educated legal roadmap. You are training law students who are expected to leave your classroom with nothing but the supremacy of the law as the guiding principles in their future careers. Hopefully, none of your students would read this disingenuous piece you've published on Ghanaweb. Each Justice should be free to reach their own decision on the election petition and support it with a legal opinion. Any attempt to stifle this judicial independence of the Justices by pressurizing them to reach a unanimous decision is a looming danger to the integrity of the court a patent danger to democracy. Mr. Prempeh, the SC of Ghana is not your typical village council of nananom that is expected to return from their deliberations with consensus opinions or decisions. Reasoned dissension is a healthy part of the democratic process, even at the Supreme Court.
Lastly, much as you try to hide your NPP colors, those who know you as a member of the Danquah Institute and the NPP-led Center for Democratic Development (CDD) will not by fooled by this pathetic call for a Supreme Court ruling based on principles other than the law. The court must not be used for social engineering, especially when no overriding case of the national interest can be or has been made for such a dire and extraordinary prescription.
Allow the Justices to reach their independent decisions. MB
MENSAH 12 years ago

I think this SC PETITION CASE judgement/verdict can spring from:
Legal standpoint,political/partisan,as well as the condition/standard of lives of the citizenry,in relation to what they feel about their governance.
The judg ...
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I think this SC PETITION CASE judgement/verdict can spring from:
Legal standpoint,political/partisan,as well as the condition/standard of lives of the citizenry,in relation to what they feel about their governance.
The judges themselves know how people feel in their daily life:
THINGS ARE NOT GOING THE WAY IT HAS TO.
THEREFORE,THERE HAS TO BE A CHANGE.

I think,that can also play a huge role in this decision making in our sovereignty,by the SC JUDGES.
Analyst 12 years ago

I perfectly agree with you, Law Prof. The decision of the SC must not be anyhow. It must be 9-0 to keep Ghana together.
The case itself is easy to decide.
1. A losing candidate rejects the results of an election several ob ...
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I perfectly agree with you, Law Prof. The decision of the SC must not be anyhow. It must be 9-0 to keep Ghana together.
The case itself is easy to decide.
1. A losing candidate rejects the results of an election several observers and media houses described as free and fair. (This is not like the controversial elections we see from other African countries where observers report malpractices that suggest rigging.)
2. He rejects the EC’s final computation and makes his own computation by annulling millions of valid votes from his opponent’s stronghold.
3. He however maintains the EC’s computation from the rest of the constituencies left after his annulment of votes from his opponent’s strongholds.
3. On the basis of his computation, he went to the Supreme Court to be declared the winner.
4. His reason is that, there were violations, omissions, malpractices and irregularities on the polling record sheets from where he annulled valid votes.
If the 9 judges from highest court of the land get confused and give a split decision, this will be too bad for Ghana's cohesion. It will also mean that, in subsequent elections every loser will be motivated to try his luck at the SC since the SC judges can be easily confused. The SC Judges thus have the obligation to reject this useless petition by a 9-0 ruling to preserve Ghana as an entity.
PEKI TUMU 12 years ago

Sil has always had some lawyers like Professor Kwasi Prempeh and Prof Asare.

There was a contributor on Sil by name of SECKAGO who is now dead. He was very fond of describing these two Professors as lawyers of the same f ...
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Sil has always had some lawyers like Professor Kwasi Prempeh and Prof Asare.

There was a contributor on Sil by name of SECKAGO who is now dead. He was very fond of describing these two Professors as lawyers of the same feather in that they seemed to think alike. They had their own peculiar ways of analysing legal issues.

We have seen this of late in the petition sent by Prof Asare to the Chief Justice of Ghana seeking her intervention in the election petition case before the SC

Prof. Asare as a lawyer show know that this could not be. Yet he choose to write and publicize the petition.

In the end Justice Atuguba and the rest of the Court ignored him and summoned Sir John of the NPP and his colleague to the presence of the SC and dealt with them

Prof. Kwasi Prempeh is asking for the impossible. The law reflects our culture and society . Decisions that are arrived at will reflect the values of this society. There is nothing like “one fits all” when dealing with different societies and cultures

The SC of Ghana will not follow the Supreme Court case in the USA many years ago about race. It will make up its own mind
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

I strongly believe that the Supreme Court will uphold the declaration made by the EC going by the evidence of the petitioners.Let me make it clear here,the petitioners did not file petition for fraud or rigging but for only i ...
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I strongly believe that the Supreme Court will uphold the declaration made by the EC going by the evidence of the petitioners.Let me make it clear here,the petitioners did not file petition for fraud or rigging but for only irregularities and widespread of malpractices.If you do not file petition for fraud and rigging,how do you want the SC to overturn the declared results?On what basis?Irregularities may happen but you cannot use that to overturn results unless proven to be a deliberate plan to rig the élections.There is nothing in the evidence of the petitioners that proved beyond doubt that the election was really a fraud or rigged for the Mahama.The pink sheets could not tell us about any fraud or rigging but was all about just some irregularities.Mostly, clerical errors that could not affect the actual results.As for me,as long as the petitioners failed to file petition for fraud and rigging,they cannot win by law.This is the legal technicality Phillip Addison was talking about in his oral address.Thank you.
A K 5 12 years ago

You ALWAYS seem to have such twisted arguments. I cannot understand how your brain works. Perhaps, someone will need to conduct an experiment on your brain. You just don't know how people cannot stand your comments/argument. ...
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You ALWAYS seem to have such twisted arguments. I cannot understand how your brain works. Perhaps, someone will need to conduct an experiment on your brain. You just don't know how people cannot stand your comments/argument. So infantile. God help Ghana.
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

Now,somebody tell me,is the petition about fraud or rigging?The correct answer is no.Right after the élections,we were told that the election is fraud,some said Dr Afari Gyan rigged it for Mahama.Where is the evidence of fra ...
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Now,somebody tell me,is the petition about fraud or rigging?The correct answer is no.Right after the élections,we were told that the election is fraud,some said Dr Afari Gyan rigged it for Mahama.Where is the evidence of fraud that Nana Addo told us?Now listen,give me a reasonable explanation why the petitioners did not file for fraud?Thank you.
Paa Kodwo 12 years ago

WHAT RIGHT HAS THIS SO CALLED UNIVERSITY LWA PROFESSOR GIVE AN ELEMENTARY LESSON OF WHAT THE JUDGES AT THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA SHOULD DO.

THIS IS DISRESPECT, AND CLEARLY INDICATES HOW LOW OUR THINKING IS NATIONAL POLIT ...
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WHAT RIGHT HAS THIS SO CALLED UNIVERSITY LWA PROFESSOR GIVE AN ELEMENTARY LESSON OF WHAT THE JUDGES AT THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA SHOULD DO.

THIS IS DISRESPECT, AND CLEARLY INDICATES HOW LOW OUR THINKING IS NATIONAL POLITICAL AFFIRS.
Daavi 12 years ago

Best decision for peace is a round off and nothing else.

Best decision for peace is a round off and nothing else.
Lankwei 12 years ago

Rather verbose and presumptuous.

Rather verbose and presumptuous.
Paa Kodwo 12 years ago

BIG TITLES IN THE MIDST OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND EXTREME POVERTY.

THIS SOUNDS VERY STRANGE.

THE LAWYERS THEY TEACH AND PRODUCE ARE NOT EVEN GOOD IN COMPREHENSION.

BIG TITLES IN THE MIDST OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND EXTREME POVERTY.

THIS SOUNDS VERY STRANGE.

THE LAWYERS THEY TEACH AND PRODUCE ARE NOT EVEN GOOD IN COMPREHENSION.

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