Okudzeto’s SC verdict theory hard to swallow – Kweku Baako

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Dumsor 12 years ago

What is a political "mercenary" supposed to DO?

What is a political "mercenary" supposed to DO?
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Kay 12 years ago

HE WILL PAY FOR IT.

HE WILL PAY FOR IT.
Kway 12 years ago

Surprising. What a bunch of school children in politics. Even the Supreme Courts verdict is even being doubted? Haba!!! Only God can help these kinds of brains.

Surprising. What a bunch of school children in politics. Even the Supreme Courts verdict is even being doubted? Haba!!! Only God can help these kinds of brains.
biribri 12 years ago

THE JUDGES WERE ALL CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER ACTING INDEPENDENTLY BUT WERE ADVISED TO ACCEPT WHATEVER ATUGUBA PRONOUNCED. THE VERDICT WAS SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROATS AND THEY HAD TO GO ALONG. MAHAMA WAS NOT VALIDLY ...
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THE JUDGES WERE ALL CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER ACTING INDEPENDENTLY BUT WERE ADVISED TO ACCEPT WHATEVER ATUGUBA PRONOUNCED. THE VERDICT WAS SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROATS AND THEY HAD TO GO ALONG. MAHAMA WAS NOT VALIDLY ELECTED. HE IS ILLEGITIMATE.
MARTIN ASIBIYAH 12 years ago

stupidity at it's highest peak. ghana is moving backwards with this criminals who will move heaven and earth to steal the GHANAIAN monies. I am very sad to be a GHANAIAN.

stupidity at it's highest peak. ghana is moving backwards with this criminals who will move heaven and earth to steal the GHANAIAN monies. I am very sad to be a GHANAIAN.
Jojo Hammond, New Jersey 12 years ago

Why is everyone saying that Justice Atuguba got it wrong as if the final say on the Petition rested with him? Was the Presideing Justice not reading what had been agreed upon by all the 9 Justices? Was the Presiding judge all ...
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Why is everyone saying that Justice Atuguba got it wrong as if the final say on the Petition rested with him? Was the Presideing Justice not reading what had been agreed upon by all the 9 Justices? Was the Presiding judge all-powerful that he was given sole role of concluding what the Justices had discussed or agreed on or not?

My second point is that although there were 5 Justices out of the 9 who wanted a re-run of some sort, the said justices split the votes on all 3 of the 6 reliefs, thus not commanding a majority of 5 on any of the 3 reliefs that were not unanimously summarily dismissed. In effect, none of the other 3 "competitive" reliefs garnered the 5 votes required to give it the force of law. So if there was to be a re-run of any sort, under what relief could that be done? I pressume that the Justices could not agree to order any re-run because of this simple fact. All that I have said is based solely on the fact that the Supreme Court determined the case by looking at the 6 relief sought individually. In that case, the 6 petitions lost by 6-o, since none of the 6 reliefs sought obtained 5-4 majority required for any of them to succeed. I am yet to be convinced otherwise.
NANA KUFUOR 12 years ago

I am not surprised that Nana Addiict wanted to introduce free SHS to Ghana. That would have done some good for Sam Okudjeto, Garbage Darko, Sammy Awuku, Sir John and the other NPP big wigs. How can these people not understan ...
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I am not surprised that Nana Addiict wanted to introduce free SHS to Ghana. That would have done some good for Sam Okudjeto, Garbage Darko, Sammy Awuku, Sir John and the other NPP big wigs. How can these people not understand a simple verdict delivered by Atuguba? What he read was the collective agreement of all the Supreme Justices. Why could Okudjeto, who said he is a lecturer at the law school, dont understand it?
Ghana we have a long way to go.
Nicholas J Bedzo 12 years ago

Kweku Baako,you have to swallow it to
purge you for free bowls.

Kweku Baako,you have to swallow it to
purge you for free bowls.
Kofi 12 years ago

Kweku, was Baffoe-Bonnie, JSC not sitting there when Atuguba, JSC misrepresented one of his judgements? Didn't he understand what Atuguba was saying?

Kweku, was Baffoe-Bonnie, JSC not sitting there when Atuguba, JSC misrepresented one of his judgements? Didn't he understand what Atuguba was saying?

CJ Carlos 12 years ago

Kweku Baako please come again. I want you to dig into your archives to prove Okudzeto wrong. By saying the absence of protest from the other judges negates Okudzeto's argument bigger and therefore hard to swallow is known as ...
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Kweku Baako please come again. I want you to dig into your archives to prove Okudzeto wrong. By saying the absence of protest from the other judges negates Okudzeto's argument bigger and therefore hard to swallow is known as fallacy of ....... (continue for me). I am getting convinced by the day that old age is affecting your superb qualities. Put on your best please!!!!!!!
Yaw Kusi 12 years ago

The so-called intellectuals of the Ghanaian Society will not do things that will bring peace and unity to Ghana ooooh. They want power at all cost. Hmmmmmm

The so-called intellectuals of the Ghanaian Society will not do things that will bring peace and unity to Ghana ooooh. They want power at all cost. Hmmmmmm
kk amema 12 years ago

Oh Okudjeto, you are a very big DISGRACE to the peaceful Ghanaian society, You just want to make news, God has seen you.

Oh Okudjeto, you are a very big DISGRACE to the peaceful Ghanaian society, You just want to make news, God has seen you.
Nana Kofi 12 years ago

In genetics and epigenetics, the first signs of chronic masturbation is the separation of TEETH as can be observed in kwaku's teeth structure....indicating an inherent and chronic masturbation.
Pls note , l am a phd holder i ...
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In genetics and epigenetics, the first signs of chronic masturbation is the separation of TEETH as can be observed in kwaku's teeth structure....indicating an inherent and chronic masturbation.
Pls note , l am a phd holder in epigenetics.
Jake 12 years ago

in wanking off your ass full of piles? Keep taking those tablets

in wanking off your ass full of piles? Keep taking those tablets
Kojo! 12 years ago

Still wanting to chop more of npp braindead peoples money so he has to say things that'll make them happy.

The gutter stench has rendered many ghanaians braindeads

Still wanting to chop more of npp braindead peoples money so he has to say things that'll make them happy.

The gutter stench has rendered many ghanaians braindeads
iddrisu 12 years ago

The SC set two rules/proposals for their judgement; whether there were irregularities/statutory violations and if there were, whether they were substancial enough to affect the results. I therefore thought at the end of all p ...
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The SC set two rules/proposals for their judgement; whether there were irregularities/statutory violations and if there were, whether they were substancial enough to affect the results. I therefore thought at the end of all presentations they were going to look at how many of the judges agreed that there were irregularities/violations and judge the case before moving to the next stage ie how substancial they were. Unfortunately they dodged their own rules/proposals and did a different thing completely. The analysis used in the judgement was completely wrong considering their rules/proposal for judgement. The question is if they new they were to judge on the merits of the specific cases why did they waste Ghanaians time by first asking both parties to go and come out with their proposals and when they failed they gave theirs and did not follow them?
Silent Majority Rep 12 years ago

Hmmmmmmmmm

Truth is sometimes hard to swallow. Sam, keep up the good work. May God help Ghana.

Hmmmmmmmmm

Truth is sometimes hard to swallow. Sam, keep up the good work. May God help Ghana.
K Gyamfi 12 years ago

Okudzeto's analysis is simple and easy to understand. The SC set itself two issues; (1)whether or not there were malpractices, ommissions, statutory violations etc. and (2) if so did it affect the elections.

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Okudzeto's analysis is simple and easy to understand. The SC set itself two issues; (1)whether or not there were malpractices, ommissions, statutory violations etc. and (2) if so did it affect the elections.

When you read the judgement, it is clear that 5 of the judges concluded that there were indeed violations.

It is true that all nine judges dismissed 3 categories of violations and malpractices, but 5 of them one way or the other granted the other categories of violations.

This is simple and frankly I cannot believe that Kwaku Baako cannot see through this.
DAGADOO 12 years ago

I don't rule out the effect of Alzheimer's Disease on some people's behavior and actions... It looks like they easily forget and say things that have no relevance to what has just happened. Senility?

I don't rule out the effect of Alzheimer's Disease on some people's behavior and actions... It looks like they easily forget and say things that have no relevance to what has just happened. Senility?

Matthew Essel 12 years ago

From Okudzeto' analysis in the area of voting without biometrc Justice Dotse voted for the respondant making 5-4 in favor of respondant, again in the area of presiding officers absent signatures and over-voting Justice Bonnie ...
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From Okudzeto' analysis in the area of voting without biometrc Justice Dotse voted for the respondant making 5-4 in favor of respondant, again in the area of presiding officers absent signatures and over-voting Justice Bonnie voted for the respondant still making it 5-4 in favor of the respondant,please ihore is no possession of "gbeshie", after the S.C verdict.
Jake 12 years ago

read all nine judges statements and make your own determination, with a clear unbiased mind. So you can comment, without relying on someone else analysis. There is whence wisdom is attained,

read all nine judges statements and make your own determination, with a clear unbiased mind. So you can comment, without relying on someone else analysis. There is whence wisdom is attained,
Naija 12 years ago

Vandal boyz of NDC. grouped in countless, some are Uni student.They have been given small cars. free laptops and huge tips each just to post and call every FM stations on every debate on behalf of the NDC to distract attentio ...
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Vandal boyz of NDC. grouped in countless, some are Uni student.They have been given small cars. free laptops and huge tips each just to post and call every FM stations on every debate on behalf of the NDC to distract attention. This ppl post insult. They insult everyone who go against any bad leader regardless of yr age. some of this group didn't received cars but only a small amount for WEE and ALCOHOL and also some pocket money to rent chamber and hell with their girl friends. Ghana money.
jim 12 years ago

In the legal field Okudzato except his political ideology. has no morals nor the capacity to criticise or speak to the judgment. He knows it himself

In the legal field Okudzato except his political ideology. has no morals nor the capacity to criticise or speak to the judgment. He knows it himself
ATTA POKU KNONUM AFRANCHO 12 years ago

I AM IN MY 50S AND I ALWAYS CRY FOR MY BELOVED COUNTRY WHENEVER I COME TO THIS FORUM. THIS IS WHERE I KNOW WHERE GHANA IS HEADING AND HOW MY PEOPLE ESP THE YOUTHS THINK.THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THEM AND HOW DO THEY SEE IT.SOME O ...
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I AM IN MY 50S AND I ALWAYS CRY FOR MY BELOVED COUNTRY WHENEVER I COME TO THIS FORUM. THIS IS WHERE I KNOW WHERE GHANA IS HEADING AND HOW MY PEOPLE ESP THE YOUTHS THINK.THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THEM AND HOW DO THEY SEE IT.SOME OF MY PEOPLE ARE USELESS, SOME ARE HOPELESS, SOME ARE GOOD FOR NOTHING. DID THEY GO TO SCHOOL AT ALL?
KWAKU BAAKO, ANABILA,AND CAPT SOWU, ACCORDING TO LAWYER OKUDZETO, HE HAD READ THE 588 PAGE REPORT, FOUND 4-3 VERDICT IN FAVOR OF NDC. THE REMAINING 2 JUDGES REPORT IS CALLING FOR RE RUNNING THE ELECTION, MEANING TO THEM JOHN MAHAMA DID NOT WIN HENCE THE RE-RUN REQUEST, WHAT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND IN THIS JUDGEMENT.. ANABILA CAME OUT TO DEFEND NDC POSITION AND GAVE NO EVIDENCE TO REFUTE OKUDZETOS CLAIM NOTHING AS EVIDENCE. IN THE COURT OF LAW WE DEAL WITH FACTS, OKUDZETO GAVE HIS FACTS FOR HIS ARGUEMENT, YOU THE NAY SAYERS WHERE ARE YOUR FACTS.THIS IS WHAT MAKES YOU NAY SSAYERS LOOK STUPID AND IGNORANT.FURTHERMORE, LOOK AT HOW JUSTICE ATUGUBA READ THE VERDICT, HIS BODY LANUAGE, LYING TO THE WHOLE NATION THAT THE COPIES OF THE VERDICT WAS READY WITH THE SC REGISTRAR WHEN IT WASNT, MADE MISTAKE IN READING THE VERDICT , WHICH WAS LATER CORRECTED, LEFT THE COUNTRY AS SOON AS HE READ THE VERDICT, AND NOW RUMORS OF BRIBE TO SOME JUDGES/ TIME WILL TELL, TRUTH WILL COME OUT
HE WHO WILL NOT ALLOW JUSTICE TO REIGN CAN NEVER HAVE PEACE. REVIEW IS APPROPRIATE. I PRAY GHANAS JUSTICE IS NOT MADE FOR SALE
JB 12 years ago

mental laziness continues

mental laziness continues
JB 12 years ago

Is there no wisdom left in the NPP

Is there no wisdom left in the NPP
KOFI MENSAH LONDON 12 years ago

NDC is taking Ghana for granted. Ghanaians don't think.esp the youths/When there was rumor that the Asantehe helped bribed some SC judges to render the verdict in NDC favor, thugs attacked the radio station which broke the n ...
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NDC is taking Ghana for granted. Ghanaians don't think.esp the youths/When there was rumor that the Asantehe helped bribed some SC judges to render the verdict in NDC favor, thugs attacked the radio station which broke the news, then above the Asantehene flies out from Kumasi in a presidential jet. Whaaooo!!! When did we have the Asantehen having a private presidential jet flying him abroad. He might have done something pretty big to get this kind of treatment from anybody.And what is the Asantehenes factor in the SC judgement and the NPP brouhaha. Time will tell
mka 12 years ago

for we those who have no faithful political party and tryin to get one some political will drive us away for tryin so hard to hold Ghana ransom.elections will come and go so why are makin it look like there is not going to be ...
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for we those who have no faithful political party and tryin to get one some political will drive us away for tryin so hard to hold Ghana ransom.elections will come and go so why are makin it look like there is not going to be election? in fact i'm regretin for my support for a certain party and that party still under my scrutiny. i wouldnt like to make any mistake cos am a leader.
Odasanyi, London 12 years ago

This Gabby Darko should have a good sense and leave this thing alone. He is the one who might cause trouble with his bogus intellectualisation of the verdict. Akuffo-Addo has done the honourable thing so leave it alone!

This Gabby Darko should have a good sense and leave this thing alone. He is the one who might cause trouble with his bogus intellectualisation of the verdict. Akuffo-Addo has done the honourable thing so leave it alone!

peace 12 years ago

he wants to cause commotion in the country

he wants to cause commotion in the country
THE ETERNAL PRINCE 12 years ago

KWAKU DO NOT MIND THE LAWYERS. EACH JUDGE HAD TO DECIDE ON SIX ISSUES MAKING A TOTAL OF 56. NPP HAD 12 IN THEIR FAVOUR NDC HAD 42. THESE ARE THE RAW SCORES. THEY ALL REFUSED TO CANCEL THE NUMBER OF VOTES NPP REQUESTED. HENCE ...
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KWAKU DO NOT MIND THE LAWYERS. EACH JUDGE HAD TO DECIDE ON SIX ISSUES MAKING A TOTAL OF 56. NPP HAD 12 IN THEIR FAVOUR NDC HAD 42. THESE ARE THE RAW SCORES. THEY ALL REFUSED TO CANCEL THE NUMBER OF VOTES NPP REQUESTED. HENCE ATUGUBA'S CONCLUSION - THE OVERALL EFFECT IS MAHAMA WAS ELECTED BY GHANAIANS AS PRESIDENT. ALL THE REST IS MERE ACADEMIC EXERCISE. WHERE IS NPP GOING TO GET 10 JUDGES TO OVERTURN THE DECISION ON THE THREE ISSUES WHICH THEY ALL AGREED ON? LET'S CALL OFF NPP BLUFF OF REVIEW. SC JUDGES -14
THE ETERNAL PRINCE 12 years ago

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ISSUES TO BE DECIDED ON WAS 54 AND NOT 56 AS STATED. SORRY FOR THE SLIP!

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ISSUES TO BE DECIDED ON WAS 54 AND NOT 56 AS STATED. SORRY FOR THE SLIP!
KOIT Pice 12 years ago

Npp must be made to pay for the FULL cost incurred during the petition trial and the dream for review will disappear. The excess money NPP cut during the redenomination is making them drunk and that dR bAWUMIa thinks he is sm ...
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Npp must be made to pay for the FULL cost incurred during the petition trial and the dream for review will disappear. The excess money NPP cut during the redenomination is making them drunk and that dR bAWUMIa thinks he is smart.
SAVVY 12 years ago

i am confuse now,is Ghana moving forward or going back? lets all stand as one nation and back our greedy people in ruling,God bless our homeland Ghana

i am confuse now,is Ghana moving forward or going back? lets all stand as one nation and back our greedy people in ruling,God bless our homeland Ghana
Kojo 12 years ago

A lawyer of his age, he should know that the judgment read in open court was crafted by the Justices in chamber and accepted by all as the final verdict BEFORE they read it in open court. What exactly did NPP lawyer Okudjeto ...
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A lawyer of his age, he should know that the judgment read in open court was crafted by the Justices in chamber and accepted by all as the final verdict BEFORE they read it in open court. What exactly did NPP lawyer Okudjeto think the Justices were closeted-up in chambers doing for all those hours that day when the whole nation was waiting for them to come out and read their judgment? Did he think they were just sitting around eating Banku? The NPP's tendency to believe that their shit smells like rose is really incredible
kofi Antwi 12 years ago

Can we close this shameful and embarrassing nonsense and get back to helping the president rule the country ? . Mark my words---Akuffo Addo will NEVER, EVER be president of our beloved country. Period.

Can we close this shameful and embarrassing nonsense and get back to helping the president rule the country ? . Mark my words---Akuffo Addo will NEVER, EVER be president of our beloved country. Period.
Johannes 12 years ago

Okudzeto should continue to sleep in his dead dreams. Ghana is moving forward and therefore, we are taking the lead. Anytime he finishes dreaming, he can come along with us. Pls tell him that.

Okudzeto should continue to sleep in his dead dreams. Ghana is moving forward and therefore, we are taking the lead. Anytime he finishes dreaming, he can come along with us. Pls tell him that.
John Anamse 12 years ago

Mr. Sam Okudzeto has suddenly turned himself into a Judge and has given a dicey judgment.

He claims;

“What happened to the other two? This is where the issue becomes dicey,” he noted.

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Mr. Sam Okudzeto has suddenly turned himself into a Judge and has given a dicey judgment.

He claims;

“What happened to the other two? This is where the issue becomes dicey,” he noted.

If the issue is dicey, then why give a judgment, otherwise, you give a dicey judgment and nobody is prepared for a dicey judgment. We want a simple and clear judgment but not a dicey one.

And that is why the Okudjetos, and the Gabbys, must note that their manner of analysis of the case is wrong and warped in logic.

Okudjeto said it was a dicey way of determining the case and no Ghanaian is prepared to go the dicey way with him and his cohorts.

In Atubga's judgment, there was nothing dicey. He just went straight to deliver and it should not take any intellectual to come back and decide. Everybody in the court understood it.

The issue is that it does not become dicey if you apply the issues to be determined to each category of error. It only becomes dicey if you apply it in the convuluted manner in which the Gabbys and Okudjetos are applying it.

Dont dicey Ghanaians when you are not prepared to be diced.
AMB 12 years ago

We appear tobe focusing on 3 out of 6 claims by the Petitioners. There is a definite problem ot bias here

We appear tobe focusing on 3 out of 6 claims by the Petitioners. There is a definite problem ot bias here
Woman's Wisdom 12 years ago

We all watched the petition at the SC. We all have our own individual opinions and we had even made up our minds before thief Atuguba came blindfolding us with misrepresentation of facts as per the verdict, written by his own ...
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We all watched the petition at the SC. We all have our own individual opinions and we had even made up our minds before thief Atuguba came blindfolding us with misrepresentation of facts as per the verdict, written by his own fellow judges. This atuguba man must be stonned to death because he chastised others with chain in presence of the whole world and put them in prison for no apparent reason. He must himself be put to jail and humiliated the same way he did to those he punished. This man is inhuman. He must suffer severely before he dies.
ABREWA 12 years ago

Heard him live.Meant hard to swallow for the NDC.

Heard him live.Meant hard to swallow for the NDC.
Kway 12 years ago

What a bunch of school children in politics. Even the Supreme Courts verdict is even being doubted? Haba!!! Only God can help these kinds of brains.

What a bunch of school children in politics. Even the Supreme Courts verdict is even being doubted? Haba!!! Only God can help these kinds of brains.
SULE 12 years ago

So the academicians should continue "masturbating" on the judgment, and those who want to do real politics, should get down to it. Ghana hasn't got time to be led by a completely clueless Mahama-Amissah Arthur administration, ...
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So the academicians should continue "masturbating" on the judgment, and those who want to do real politics, should get down to it. Ghana hasn't got time to be led by a completely clueless Mahama-Amissah Arthur administration, which is anything but, figuratively, an Undertaker, seriously burying the country whilst everybody is literally alive and kicking. Ghana has to live again, Ghana has to breathe again, Ghana has to soar with wings like eagles again, Ghana has to lift itself up again, and this is the time for the NPP party, with the vision and the know how to lace it's bootstraps and take the engagement to the NDC party and push till Ghana can break free from the shackles of the NDC oppressive regime and administration. The work begins today.
Benjamin, Davies 12 years ago

No wonder Sam Okudzeto had never become a judge. He has not got the intelligence, the wisdom and the legal brilliance or the capacity like any of our Supreme Court Judges to qualify as a judge. Instead and rightly so for his ...
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No wonder Sam Okudzeto had never become a judge. He has not got the intelligence, the wisdom and the legal brilliance or the capacity like any of our Supreme Court Judges to qualify as a judge. Instead and rightly so for his level of thinking has remained playing sycophancy politics in the Ghana Bar Association and the Notary Club. Okudzeto is no legal genius. He is only parading in the legal and political arenas as an irresponsible and insignificant fool.
Efo Paapa 12 years ago

Am now trying to understand why the country is losing so much money paying judgment debt. If lawyers of Okujato's calibre are singing their own songs as champions of law, then Nana Addoh should have won the election to give t ...
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Am now trying to understand why the country is losing so much money paying judgment debt. If lawyers of Okujato's calibre are singing their own songs as champions of law, then Nana Addoh should have won the election to give them free education .
Kofi 12 years ago

Benjamin Davies, for your information it is not the super lawyers who become judges. Being a judge is not a promotion from the bar. Don't expose your ignorance to the whole world.

Benjamin Davies, for your information it is not the super lawyers who become judges. Being a judge is not a promotion from the bar. Don't expose your ignorance to the whole world.
Chabba 12 years ago

Please Kwaku Baako if you are confused by the erudite analysis of the election petition decision by as done by Mr. Okudzeto, don't say you have reservation---say your weak mind could not grasp it. Let me make it clear to you ...
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Please Kwaku Baako if you are confused by the erudite analysis of the election petition decision by as done by Mr. Okudzeto, don't say you have reservation---say your weak mind could not grasp it. Let me make it clear to you that the issues set out by the SC the determine the petition namely whether irregularity indeed happened and their effect on the election outcome follows 'all or nothing law'. This is because the petitioners in presenting 6 categories and their effect on the election had already set the outcome for the SC. All the the SC Justices needed to do is to very the petitioners claim so the narrowed the outcome to 2 issues: 1) whether there were irregularities 2) whether they affected the election outcome. A can be seen to be upholding the petitioner's claim or not---that is 'all or nothing'. The decision of any of the Justices cannot be based on the the number of the 6 categories he or she rejected or upheld but rather whether he or she upheld at least one of the categories since upholding even one of the categories implies the 2 outcomes set by the SC has been satisfied that none of the candidates got the required 50% +1. Lawyer Okudzeto is thus correct in interpreting the SC decision which is a 5-4 in favour of the petitioners since 5 Justices upheld at least one of the categories as against 4 who rejected all the 6 categories.
Justice Atugba misinterpreted the decision because he based his decision on what he called the "net effect". He based this on the percentage or the average of what each upheld or rejected in the 6 categories. That is a completely wrong interpretation. Of course that should not be surprising since Justice Atugba never hid his intention right from the start of the case that he will rule in favour for John Mahama at all cost.
Chabba 12 years ago

Please Kwaku Baako if you are confused by the erudite analysis of the election petition decision by as done by Mr. Okudzeto, don't say you have reservations---say your weak mind could not grasp it. Let me make it clear to you ...
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Please Kwaku Baako if you are confused by the erudite analysis of the election petition decision by as done by Mr. Okudzeto, don't say you have reservations---say your weak mind could not grasp it. Let me make it clear to you that the issues set out by the SC to determine the petition namely whether irregularity indeed happened and their effect on the election outcome follows 'all or nothing law'. This is because the petitioners in presenting 6 categories and their effect on the election had already set the outcome for the SC. All that the SC Justices needed to do was to verify the petitioners claim so they narrowed the outcome to 2 issues: 1) whether there were irregularities 2) whether they affected the election outcome. A SC Judge can be seen to be upholding the petitioner's claim or not---that is 'all or nothing'. The decision of any of the Justices cannot be based on the the number of the 6 categories he or she rejected or upheld but rather whether he or she upheld at least one of the categories since upholding even one of the categories implies the 2 outcomes set by the SC has been satisfied, that is, none of the candidates got the required 50% +1. Lawyer Okudzeto is thus correct in interpreting the SC decision which is a 5-4 in favour of the petitioners since 5 Justices upheld at least one of the categories as against 4 who rejected all the 6 categories.
Justice Atugba misinterpreted the decision because he based his decision on what he called the "net effect". He based this on the percentage or the average of what each SC a Judge upheld or rejected in the 6 categories. That is a completely wrong interpretation because that was not what the SC set out to determine. Of course that should not be surprising since Justice Atugba never hid his intention right from the start of the case that he will rule in favour for John Mahama at all cost.
Naija 12 years ago

Sam Okudzeto is very Intelligent lawyer..too much.

Sam Okudzeto is very Intelligent lawyer..too much.
Nii Lartey - Tema 12 years ago

Mr. Okudzeto you too stupid to think that you know law more than the 9justices. stupid man at you age

Mr. Okudzeto you too stupid to think that you know law more than the 9justices. stupid man at you age
Sundiata Kurumanguru 12 years ago

Ghana lacks thinking people. The man is absolutely correct!!

The Supreme Court set out to prove two issues and the verdict did not talk about the two issues the Court set out to prove.

It is a simply LOGIC and LOGIC i ...
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Ghana lacks thinking people. The man is absolutely correct!!

The Supreme Court set out to prove two issues and the verdict did not talk about the two issues the Court set out to prove.

It is a simply LOGIC and LOGIC is not thought in Ghanaian Schools.

If A=B, and B=C, prove that A=C?
The conclusion pronounced by the Court had nothing to do with the premise of the Case the Court set out to prove.

The verdict is a miscarriage of justice.

We have created a nation of unthinking citizenry and without thinking abilities; people are sentimental and debate with insults to overshadow their ignorance.

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