Tsatsu has been Demystified at the Trial!

Before the trial of the presidential election petition began, members of

the NDC propaganda machinery treated us with an incoherent cacophony about

the invincibility of the old horse lawyer in the person of Mr. Tsatsu

Tsikata.

We were told that the appearance of Tsatsu as lead counsel for the NDC had

frightened the petitioners' legal team and that he had the magic wand to

shred the the petitioners' case into pieces. Ghanaians were told that the

entry into the matter by Mr. Tsikata would mean the election petition will

fail. Mrs. Ama Benyiwa Doe is quoted to have stated that "With Tsatsu, NPP

is doomed in court." There were headlines in NDC rented press that "Tsatsu

to Bloody Akufo Addo's Nose Again."

However, there is every reason to say that the mystery surrounding the so

called "legal luminary" has shattered beyond recovery. His performance in

court so far could be described at best as ordinary and at worse abysmal.

He has not demonstrated any extraordinary legal prowess that support the

unsustainable impression created by the NDC that he is a good lawyer. He is

likely to hurt the NDC's case in the long run.

So far, his objections are always on the heals of those raised by other

counsel in the petition only for it be overruled by the law lords. He has

been incoherent and wandering when he is given an opportunity to simply

explain his grounds of supporting objections raised by other lawyers paying

attention.

The NDC should spare us this cacophony about Tsatsu Tsikata because he has

not been impressive. What the NDC needs now is energetic brilliant lawyers

and not the rusty-feeble ones who continue to wallow in their

inappreciative past glories.

Divine Nkrumah

Progressive People's Party

National Youth Cordinator

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