The heart of the petition

Call it political fanatism or whatever but I refer to it as paranoid

suspicion in the light of what the NPP's leadership made Ghanaians believed


that the frivolous petition which was finally rubbished by the Supreme


Court was indeed something substantial to the course of our democracy.


The petition which was built on straw legs, though was bound to crumble but


attempted to borrow enough time to save the entire leadership of the NPP


from severe embarrassment bestowed on them on the 9th December, 2012


following their abysmal poll performance, it again attempted to tab and


hack into the administrative prospects of John mamaha whose legitimacy was


pushed to face impunity. It also attempted to taint and corrupt the


integrity of the entire electoral commission of Ghana and Dr.Kwadwo Afari


Djan whose integrity stands unrivalled in all democratic dispensations.


On the line of logic and common sense, one did not need any legal education


to have perceived and envisaged the pathetic end of the already hyped


petition based on the shreds of unsubstantiated and fragmentary evidence


pushed to the judges for determination.


Some people argued categorically that the petition was a lost battle being


persued just for the records, others called it good academic exercise and a


test of our democracy. But to some us the petition was frivolous, trivial,


vexatious, a total waste of time and a slap on the face of economic


development. In my earlier submission, l enthusiastically described the


petition as a rehash of December 9th desperation jaundiced with lack of


proper convictions to make a case and that position has been vindicated per


the ruling.


The rendition of the entire petition is ascribed to a deliberate conspiracy


theory propounded by the NPP just to cause mischief and wreck Mahama's


administration as was confirmed within their circus of making the nation


ungovernable immediately they were declared loosers of the December polls.


It is indeed hard to believe that at this level of our democracy such a

charade could sneak into our political system but we must also admit that


desperation is much too powerful to tickle someone to embark on such a


reckless journey irrespective of the consequences being so fatal.


My fear was widened upon realizing the extent at which the numerous


supporters and the sympathizers of the NPP were deceived for a victory


ride.The deception and the false claims made by the npp, assuring their


followers of victory ahead of the court's ruling when the petitioners were


by themselves as a matter of facts, privy to the likely fall of the battle


which was eventually taken away from being the Lord's to the court's ,quite


extenuating and shambolic situation which was powered by sentimentalism.


The rush to go to court to subvert the legitimate will of the people by


resorting to political " galamsey " tactics failed to win the legal


convictions of the constitution.


The insinuations, the innuendos and the game of suppositions played at


court were substantial enough to render any kind of judicial coup detat


abortive.


The clueless defence put in by the petitioners and their counsel appeared


to have a weakening effect on the petition, the newly coined and unsellable


expression like you and l were not there ", further and better particulars,


on face of the pinksheet, it's not in the analysis and several others


failed willfully to justify their course and as a matter of facts remained


just political rhetorics which presented them no judicial trophy.





To have intellectuals commending the petitioners for putting a test on our


judicial system is quite sickening in the face of the numerous economic


setbacks this petition has brought and the kind uncharitable image the paid


communicators painted about the president and the nation in the diaspora.


The throngs of allegations levelled against both the EC and the president,

the casting of sneer and slurs at the president, the verbal abuses and


death threats suffered by the judges. You remember the popular " julor " (


thief = John Mahama ) l'm sure it's still fresh on your memory.





To the petitioners they went to court to seek justice, the ruling failed


considerably to grant their request, per the ruling, out of the six counts


of instances where the petitioners alleged infractions, irregularities and


malpractices not even one was upheld by the highest court of the land, yet


a new page was flipped, the lambasting spree. .travesty of justice,


farcical and corrupt judgement, a rape on justice, these are their words


after the judgement, this then spring to mind, what then is justice? The


incessant chanting of war choruses in the airwaves before and after the


petition were/are enough to poss a threat to the existence of peace and


tranquility.


The indiscriminate subjection of the judgement to merciless criticisms in


the media by political commentators who have "dead brains" in understanding


legal intricacies of the judgement by the Supreme Court is quite


problematic,they have been consistently nailing the justices to the cross


of corruption, partisan affiliations and lack of proper clarity and


convictions in their judgement. Legimate critique of the judgement is


highly welcomed but not this kind of double-standards.


The uncontrollable abusive verbal diarrhoea taking over the entire media


lanscape which has subsequently pushed other matters of national relevance


into the periphery is a huge indictment on our quest for a total


democratization.


The sanctity of our judicial system has been raped by ruthless


communicators who under the influence of their paymasters thread without


veneration.

The petition had only succeeded in washing the integrity of the electoral


commission and the police service in eyes of their worshippers.


I still advocate that the incessant bastardization of state institutions


rendering them polarised for political reasons must be muscled against with


punitive measures.


The npp which touts itself as elites party, had its members at strategic


positions in government boycotting all state activities in the last eight


months including the inauguration ceremony of the president, the one which


can never escape serious minds due to the politico-comedy tagged to it, the


memory of former president Kuffour, the invasion of his residence by gangs


of truants who wanted to have him kidnapped so as deter him from rendering


a custodial duty called on him by the state. So If npp and its leadership


who were behind these needles acts were indeed privy to the full legal


implications of article 64 (2) which states that " A declaration by the


Supreme Court that the election of the President is not valid shall be


without prejudice to anything done by the President before the declaration


" then it would only be surprising to have these claimed class of


intellectuals behaved the way they did. Interesting times l guess.





This scenario only reveals the true motives of the elephants, clinging to


power to use politics as a syphoning machinery for draining the purse of


the state.Their activities over the last eight months and even before do


raise a lot of legitimate questions about the genuine interest of the


elephants.





To render their reckless deeds more passionate and as an atonement for the


irresponsible conducts of several misguided, adventurous and reckless


hooligans from their party who wanted to burn the country because Akuffo

Addo was not declared winner of the elections,they anticipated going to


court would fold their irresponble acts in the darks but never because the


scar has left an indelible imprint on our minds. These gainst the chasing


of journalists into the bushes, the smashing of cars and attacking of


innocent Ghanaians with machete at Obra Sport here in Accra and several


other places have gone down deeper into the minds of decerning voters and


it's expected to have replicative effect on subsequent elections.





The thought that, the mere going to court could restore the lost democratic


fortunes of the npp was just a semblance of their guity anticipation.





I must confess, silent minds and hearts have struggled to survive for the


last eight months, the fear, the anguish and panic stricken situation which


were lowered to our doorsteps by the petition nearly set off mass hysteria.


No wonder confusion has now rocked the npp after the petition, the


intelligent + + are never relaxed in their efforts to take over the front


seat from the intelligent+ for trading the party for their personal agenda.


In my humble submission, l think the intelligent + + must take over and


restore sanity to the npp again..but for the intelligent + who always


thread with invectives,. . .......?


The conviction is obvious that the quest for political power is turning the


current npp under the leadership of Akuffo Addo and sir john into a killing


field.


The current hit is on the Greater Accra communications director, Mike


Ampong, according to him, his own party top officials have planned to have


him killed. Is this Kuffour's NPP? Time will definitely tell, the bible is


my witness.


From; Ivan Kyei Innocent / 0206262717 nanakyei81@gmail.com / 0206262717.