Did Addison Discredit Dr Afari-Gyan?

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KOLA, LONDON MAIN 12 years ago

Where did you schooled you call people names? Do you live in a shark you are using this as a escapegoat to hide your inferiority complex?

Where did you schooled you call people names? Do you live in a shark you are using this as a escapegoat to hide your inferiority complex?
RJ 12 years ago

Kofi Ata YOU ARE AN IDIOT. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO DON'T DO IT HERE

Kofi Ata YOU ARE AN IDIOT. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO DON'T DO IT HERE
KAY 12 years ago

NPP FOLLOWERS WILL NEVER LEARN. PRIDE AND ARROGANCE IS WHAT IS KILLING U. IF IT WAS NDC THAT LOST IN 8 REGIONS AND DECIDED TO TAKE THIS ISSUE TO COURT BOOOOBOOOOOOO HEAVEN WILL COME DOWN.YOU GUYS ARE NEVER OBJECTIVE FROM THE ...
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NPP FOLLOWERS WILL NEVER LEARN. PRIDE AND ARROGANCE IS WHAT IS KILLING U. IF IT WAS NDC THAT LOST IN 8 REGIONS AND DECIDED TO TAKE THIS ISSUE TO COURT BOOOOBOOOOOOO HEAVEN WILL COME DOWN.YOU GUYS ARE NEVER OBJECTIVE FROM THE HEAD TO THE COMMON FLOOR MEMBER. YOU MADE CERTAIN TRIBAL COMMENTS AND WE VOTTED AGAINST YOU AND EVEN IF ATUGUBA ASK US TO VOTE AGAIN, MAHAMA WILL WIN WITH A WIDER MAGIN. LEARN TO ACCEPT DEFEAT FOR HUMILITY IS KEY TO SUCCESS
IDRIS PACAS alias Pink sheet 12 years ago

Well done, nonetheless. Never be surprised again when the 'Afari Gyans' say they don't know what PDF is. It is not part of his work to know what a pdf file is. There is no perfect electoral system worldwide. nPP and Addison a ...
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Well done, nonetheless. Never be surprised again when the 'Afari Gyans' say they don't know what PDF is. It is not part of his work to know what a pdf file is. There is no perfect electoral system worldwide. nPP and Addison are just living in a dream world.
IDRIS PACAS alias Pink sheet 12 years ago

The pink sheets are not the votes, but are only records of the vote. If nPP and Addison really wanted to show that they won the election, they should have asked for a recount. An error in the entry of the results onto a pink ...
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The pink sheets are not the votes, but are only records of the vote. If nPP and Addison really wanted to show that they won the election, they should have asked for a recount. An error in the entry of the results onto a pink sheet does not constitute an electoral irregularity. Such errors are to be corrected at the collation centres especially by the party agents.
ILLITERATE CUM APONKYE KOLA 12 years ago

So on what basis are you arguing Foolsoldier ?

So on what basis are you arguing Foolsoldier ?
GOLD COAST MAN 12 years ago

Mr. writer, in what way has those things listed affected the results? why didn't you mention the fake registers and fake pink sheets invented by Addison which he admitted to and pulled out? what you morons are failing to unde ...
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Mr. writer, in what way has those things listed affected the results? why didn't you mention the fake registers and fake pink sheets invented by Addison which he admitted to and pulled out? what you morons are failing to understand is pink sheets are not the final source of which election results are declared. Pink sheets are liable to corrections before results are declared so if you base your case solely on pink sheets then you are mistaking. This the reason why Afari Djan was always laughing at brainless Addison who was just beaten about the bush with pink sheets.
Fadi Ka Fuuta 12 years ago

This Kola guy MUST go back to school and learn how to speak and write good English.

This Kola guy MUST go back to school and learn how to speak and write good English.
komlnyarko 12 years ago

Kofi Atta, please, please, do all of us a favor, cease and desist from writing these middle of the road articles. You can remain objective and still be able to tell us on which side of an issue your sentiments fall.

Kofi Atta, please, please, do all of us a favor, cease and desist from writing these middle of the road articles. You can remain objective and still be able to tell us on which side of an issue your sentiments fall.
Wiafe 12 years ago

The televised court case was a freak show--giving Ghanaians some anxiety mixed with anguish and laughs.

The performance of the judges, attorneys, and witnesses quite a show. My favorite is the palm wine tapper. The NPP ...
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The televised court case was a freak show--giving Ghanaians some anxiety mixed with anguish and laughs.

The performance of the judges, attorneys, and witnesses quite a show. My favorite is the palm wine tapper. The NPP should have put forth Sir John. My guess is Addison lost the case for the petitioners.

I am still wondering why Georgina Wood punted the cheerleading role to Atuguba? Is it because Georgina wanted desperately to protect her position?

FATSO ADDISON 12 years ago

ANYBODY CAN DO AN AUDIT OF ANY GHANA ELECTION LIKE THE GHANA 2012 TO LOOK FOR VULNERABILITIES TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE EC AND MAKE LEGAL THEORIES.

THE REALITY OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THESE ERRORS, TYPOS ETC CANNOT ...
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ANYBODY CAN DO AN AUDIT OF ANY GHANA ELECTION LIKE THE GHANA 2012 TO LOOK FOR VULNERABILITIES TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE EC AND MAKE LEGAL THEORIES.

THE REALITY OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THESE ERRORS, TYPOS ETC CANNOT BE DEEMED TO BE CRIMINAL AND DELIBERATE ACTS ON THE PART OF THE EC TO ENHANCE THE CHANCES OF MAHAMA. WHERE IS THE PROOF IN THE PETITION?

IF INDEED, THE ERRORS ARE DELIBERATE DERELICTION OF DUTY AND POOR QUALITY OF WORK BY THE EC, THEN THE EC OFFICIALS SHOULD BE CHARGED AND PROSECUTED FOR SABOTAGING THE EC,

NPP CAME TO THE PETITION WITH TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS - THAT THERE WOULD NO BE ERRORS - AND CAME OUT WITH ONLY ONE-SIDED AUDIT OF WHAT IT CONSTITUTES AS AUDIT FROM THE AREAS MAHAMA WON.

HOW CAN THE SC USE SUCH DATA TO MAKE A NATIONAL RULING? IT IS THE EC JOB, GIVEN ITS DISCRETION OF THE FACTS OF TYPICAL ELECTION REALITIES OF THE MATTERS OF THE FIELD THAT MAKE CALL TO ACCEPT OR REJECT VOTES ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE.

NPP'S PETITION IS JUST AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.

THERE WERE MANY MATHS ERRORS IN NPP'S PETITION TOO. WHAT MAGNITTUDE OF MATH ERRORS CAN BE USED TO RESOLVE MATH ERRORS? WERE THESE OUTLINED BY THE PETITIONERS.
Ewusi 12 years ago

Afri Gyan was wounded,totally bruised .Just listen to the last words of the President of the panel of Judges to the EC chairman

Afri Gyan was wounded,totally bruised .Just listen to the last words of the President of the panel of Judges to the EC chairman
Sankofa 12 years ago

The President was actually addressing the court not Dr Afari-Gyan.

Dr Afari-Gyan had only reminded NPP that they could go to court if they were unhappy with the results of the election and the decision of the EC to turn do ...
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The President was actually addressing the court not Dr Afari-Gyan.

Dr Afari-Gyan had only reminded NPP that they could go to court if they were unhappy with the results of the election and the decision of the EC to turn down the appeal brought by NPP for lack of evidence.

Remember that NPP members, Not Dr Afari-Gyan, took the case to court.
Kwobia ( Toronto ) 12 years ago

Bottom line is:Afari Gyan survived intact though slightly bruised.The petitioners did not provide
"Air tight" evidence to win this case.

Bottom line is:Afari Gyan survived intact though slightly bruised.The petitioners did not provide
"Air tight" evidence to win this case.
Concerned Citizen 12 years ago

Your observation is right. Afari Djan wished he never went into that box. His reputation is in the gutters!

Your observation is right. Afari Djan wished he never went into that box. His reputation is in the gutters!
Dr. John 12 years ago

Was that role intended n your article? For the most part, it was fair. The analogy was, fair. However, since you seem to impart some legal knowledge, probably more than what you are due, I would have limed to see an article t ...
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Was that role intended n your article? For the most part, it was fair. The analogy was, fair. However, since you seem to impart some legal knowledge, probably more than what you are due, I would have limed to see an article that focused on how the entire trial tested the Ghanaian Constitution and the Electoral Commission. I have yet to see such an article surface. Such an article would not have a single reference to political parties, but would rather focus on the content of the Constitution and the role of the Electoral Commission(EC). The EC and no part of the EC is above the law. That is what is being tested, nothing more. The closing statements should prove to be quite interesting. However, not a contributing factor. The closing statement that mostly references the Constitution is the one that I will be interested in. as a parting shot, and my only shot, I do not perceive that that closing statement will come any so-called "luminary".
Joe 12 years ago

It appears you either did not follow the proceedings or you were so biased that you failed to hear some of the things Afari Gyan said as a witness. For instance, on the number 270, you attributed the invented number to Afari ...
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It appears you either did not follow the proceedings or you were so biased that you failed to hear some of the things Afari Gyan said as a witness. For instance, on the number 270, you attributed the invented number to Afari Gyan. It appears even though you remember that number you either failed to acknowledge or remember that Justice Dotse asked that the electoral officer that wrote this figure, a lady be disposed of by the EC.

Your display of subjectivity and deliberate/inadvertent misrepresentations make your article a useless piece.
Kojo Billy Duncan 12 years ago

Yes, the issue of 270 was in reference to how the Presiding Officer at that polling station had written that figure in words: "27 zero."

Yes, the issue of 270 was in reference to how the Presiding Officer at that polling station had written that figure in words: "27 zero."
Kakraba Cromwell 12 years ago

Dear Kofi Ata,
As per article the reason why the petition is a farce can be narrowed down to the performance of Bawumia.

Dr Bawumia has told the Supreme Court that he does not have a single shred of protest note from an ...
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Dear Kofi Ata,
As per article the reason why the petition is a farce can be narrowed down to the performance of Bawumia.

Dr Bawumia has told the Supreme Court that he does not have a single shred of protest note from any of the NPP polling agents that were at the 26,002 polling stations on Election Day
Dr Bawumia read vividly and in clear voice that if a presiding officer at a polling station does not sign his/her name on the pink sheet, it does not nullify the results.
Dr Bawumia has adopted throughout the court proceedings is, “You and I were not there, so we cannot tell what actually happened on voting day.” If you were not at a polling station on voting day, how then are you able to deduce that a figure that has been cancelled by a presiding officer still stands? Again, if you were not there, how are you able to conclude that when the figures of the number of voters are different from the words the figures supersedes the words?
Dr Bawumia wants the court to examine the pink sheets from areas won by President Mahama and throw the votes away, but he has shielded the pink sheets from areas won by Nana Akufo-Addo from review.

Dr Bawumia has made series and series of mistakes in his evidence gathering and wants those mistakes to be taken into account in throwing away the votes of over 4 million voters

I am NPP but according to Wreko Brobby we have let the priced horse bolt away.
As far as i am concerned The performance of General Mosquito and Afari Djan was more credible than Bawumia's
Kobena 12 years ago

You must have watched a completely different set of proceedings from the rest of the world. If Dr Bawumia believed that the non-signing of the Presiding Officer was not important, why did it include it in his pleadings?

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You must have watched a completely different set of proceedings from the rest of the world. If Dr Bawumia believed that the non-signing of the Presiding Officer was not important, why did it include it in his pleadings?

You really believe that Afari-Djan announcing to the world that he did not know what over voting was did him credit or that non-signing of pink sheets was no big deal or that deliberate falsification of official documents can simply be wished away as "transpositional errors?"

In any document where numbers are enntered, the figure is entered first and THEN the words. Frankly, this petition has not only shown the fraud in our electrol system, it has also shown what a very high percentage of educated illiterates there are in Ghanaian society!

Sankofa 12 years ago

Dr Afari-Gyan was only saying that one had to check results at a polling station against the electoral register and the other results in the constituency to determine 'over-voting'. He dd not subscribe to the simplistic defin ...
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Dr Afari-Gyan was only saying that one had to check results at a polling station against the electoral register and the other results in the constituency to determine 'over-voting'. He dd not subscribe to the simplistic definition by the petitioners.

He mentioned and defined transpositional errors as one type of error which could occur. Where is your evidence of falsification of documents by EC officials? By contrast Addison was repeatedly caught out trying to use false documents to make his point.

You have not addressed the issue of selective evidence.
kusa 12 years ago

we have better issues and problems to debate and solve...

we have better issues and problems to debate and solve...
Ken Ntiamoa 12 years ago

You should care

Ken

You should care

Ken
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 12 years ago

Addition did nothing worthy of discrediting anyone but himself.

Addition did nothing worthy of discrediting anyone but himself.
Osuo_Abrobuor 12 years ago

But,having read through this piece,I understand why Kofi Ata and Kwaku Azar keep close company.

But,having read through this piece,I understand why Kofi Ata and Kwaku Azar keep close company.
ROGUE LAWYER 12 years ago

I think this guy Need tp be pardoned, because from the look of his observations he watched the preceedings in the certificateless lawyers chamber with a faint political lens.
was it Dr Afari Gyan who wrote the (270) as twen ...
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I think this guy Need tp be pardoned, because from the look of his observations he watched the preceedings in the certificateless lawyers chamber with a faint political lens.
was it Dr Afari Gyan who wrote the (270) as twenty serven and Zero ?

Primary mathematics will teach this cambridge disgraceful graduate that we add figures up to get a total ,we dont add words up to get a total mr Cambridge

how can you use this to discredit Afari Gyan while he dr gayn admitted that, that was an error?

if you wish to know the trueth , that it was not entered in the collation Sheets as 27&0 but rather 270 go to that constituency and add all those figures of the poling stations together and check it yourself mr Cambridge if it was entered as 27.

if you have intergrity to protect ,as a ghanain in UK you hold yourself a better Position to educate your political foot solders like Akuffu Addo, jake & that Bawumia about Democracy. in Democracy you can hold a good idear for implementation but the majority hold the power to accept or reject because of 1 or 2 reasons
Chabba 12 years ago

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW ...
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Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Chabba, why did you 'over comment'? Was it intentional and can you explain why you should not be charged for contempt of comment? Please do not repeat your comment and stop doing same if it's your habit.

Chabba, why did you 'over comment'? Was it intentional and can you explain why you should not be charged for contempt of comment? Please do not repeat your comment and stop doing same if it's your habit.
Chabba 12 years ago

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW ...
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Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
Chabba 12 years ago

kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LA ...
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kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.

Chabba 12 years ago

kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LA ...
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kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
Chabba 12 years ago

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW ...
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Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
Chabba 12 years ago

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW ...
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Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
Chabba 12 years ago

kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LA ...
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kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
ROGUE LAWYER 12 years ago

I think this guy Need tp be pardoned, because from the look of his observations he watched the preceedings in the certificateless lawyers chamber with a faint political lens.
was it Dr Afari Gyan who wrote the (270) as twen ...
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I think this guy Need tp be pardoned, because from the look of his observations he watched the preceedings in the certificateless lawyers chamber with a faint political lens.
was it Dr Afari Gyan who wrote the (270) as twenty serven and Zero ?

Primary mathematics will teach this cambridge disgraceful graduate that we add figures up to get a total ,we dont add words up to get a total mr Cambridge

how can you use this to discredit Afari Gyan while he dr gayn admitted that, that was an error?

if you wish to know the trueth , that it was not entered in the collation Sheets as 27&0 but rather 270 go to that constituency and add all those figures of the poling stations together and check it yourself mr Cambridge if it was entered as 27.

if you have intergrity to protect ,as a ghanain in UK you hold yourself a better Position to educate your political foot solders like Akuffu Addo, jake & that Bawumia about Democracy. in Democracy you can hold a good idear for implementation but the majority hold the power to accept or reject because of 1 or 2 reasons
GOLD COAST MAN 12 years ago

ROGUE LAWYER, this your brief piece alone is more educative than the entire article written by the so called cambridge student.

ROGUE LAWYER, this your brief piece alone is more educative than the entire article written by the so called cambridge student.
Chabba 12 years ago

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW ...
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Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
Chabba 12 years ago

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW ...
read full comment

Ata Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
ROGUE LAWYER 12 years ago

I think this guy Need tp be pardoned, because from the look of his observations he watched the preceedings in the certificateless lawyers chamber with a faint political lens.
was it Dr Afari Gyan who wrote the (270) as twen ...
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I think this guy Need tp be pardoned, because from the look of his observations he watched the preceedings in the certificateless lawyers chamber with a faint political lens.
was it Dr Afari Gyan who wrote the (270) as twenty serven and Zero ?

Primary mathematics will teach this cambridge disgraceful graduate that we add figures up to get a total ,we dont add words up to get a total mr Cambridge

how can you use this to discredit Afari Gyan while he dr gayn admitted that, that was an error?

if you wish to know the trueth , that it was not entered in the collation Sheets as 27&0 but rather 270 go to that constituency and add all those figures of the poling stations together and check it yourself mr Cambridge if it was entered as 27.

if you have intergrity to protect ,as a ghanain in UK you hold yourself a better Position to educate your political foot solders like Akuffu Addo, jake & that Bawumia about Democracy. in Democracy you can hold a good idear for implementation but the majority hold the power to accept or reject because of 1 or 2 reasons
Chabba 12 years ago

kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LA ...
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kAta Kofi, if you did not keep record of Addison's cross-examination how do you then make any proper analysis, and for that matter your 'objective' conclusions? It seems you don't get it! You are a confused ignoramus about LAW so stop your non consequential, illogical and nonsensical articles. Little education is indeed dangerous so people should be wary of half-baked charlatan pocket lawyers like Ata Kofi whose aim is to confuse the unlearned with a farrago of truth, partial truth and outright falsehood.
yoyoo 12 years ago

Nonesence

Nonesence
asunafo 12 years ago

Is is true that Dr. Afari Gyan did shit himself in court?

Is is true that Dr. Afari Gyan did shit himself in court?
russian tanker 12 years ago

common gentleman....why will a lawyer of addision's standing scheme to doctor documents in court? The justices have strong eyes and notifications of such behaviors and will put all these in their judgement. Let yea all know t ...
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common gentleman....why will a lawyer of addision's standing scheme to doctor documents in court? The justices have strong eyes and notifications of such behaviors and will put all these in their judgement. Let yea all know that four of the reliefs will be dismissed by the court and the fifth will be declined by the court
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

The burden of proof relies on the petitioner so any doubt in his evidence can end the case,right there.Thank you.

The burden of proof relies on the petitioner so any doubt in his evidence can end the case,right there.Thank you.
Yamo 12 years ago

Wow, finally an article about the election that makes sense and well written. Thank you Kofi, you have reinstated my pride in the fact there are some Ghanaian journalist who can write. Job well done.

Wow, finally an article about the election that makes sense and well written. Thank you Kofi, you have reinstated my pride in the fact there are some Ghanaian journalist who can write. Job well done.
Afrifa 12 years ago

It looks like Yamo is so stupid and dump he will take any article written without digesting it.

It looks like Yamo is so stupid and dump he will take any article written without digesting it.
TROUBLE-MAKER 12 years ago

That`s Yamo`s opinion,so how could he be stupid and dumb? Anyway the word is dumb and not dump.

That`s Yamo`s opinion,so how could he be stupid and dumb? Anyway the word is dumb and not dump.
GOLD COAST MAN 12 years ago

It is up to you to judge and tell if this article is worthy of praise. How many times was Addison caught trying to push in fabricated documents to the extents that he admitted? hasn't the writer seen anything of that nature?

It is up to you to judge and tell if this article is worthy of praise. How many times was Addison caught trying to push in fabricated documents to the extents that he admitted? hasn't the writer seen anything of that nature?
razak seini 12 years ago

Afari djan did not write the figure into words ...twenty seven zero.. he was only reading from the documents. i trust there is nothing wrong if he says he does not know what a pdf is.he is not suppose to know that.

Afari djan did not write the figure into words ...twenty seven zero.. he was only reading from the documents. i trust there is nothing wrong if he says he does not know what a pdf is.he is not suppose to know that.
tiger shark 12 years ago

Addison never and couldnt discredit
Afari Gyan.To your Information the Petition is not about Afari Gyan ist therefore irrelevant if Afari Gyan was discredited or not.Npp was supposed to prove and Support their Allegation dra ...
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Addison never and couldnt discredit
Afari Gyan.To your Information the Petition is not about Afari Gyan ist therefore irrelevant if Afari Gyan was discredited or not.Npp was supposed to prove and Support their Allegation drawing Attention or blaming Afari Gyan Shows how you guys screwed up big time.Addison couldnt Support any of npps allegations
truth 12 years ago

yes your lawyer tried to discredit Dr Afari Gyan but trust me, no right thinking Ghanaian will now vote for npp, npp will get the greedy and selfish to vote for them and the illiterate base to support them like always but npp ...
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yes your lawyer tried to discredit Dr Afari Gyan but trust me, no right thinking Ghanaian will now vote for npp, npp will get the greedy and selfish to vote for them and the illiterate base to support them like always but npp will never win an election in Ghana again, the law of karma will come back at npp and npp will never win the court case because Addison did not prove anything he was only barking at the court like a dog
Bernard 12 years ago

Kofi, i admire reading your articles but sometimes get confused as to which segment of readers you are targeting. I know why you resort to this method. You risk being attacked with insults which you are trying hard to avoid ...
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Kofi, i admire reading your articles but sometimes get confused as to which segment of readers you are targeting. I know why you resort to this method. You risk being attacked with insults which you are trying hard to avoid. Perfectly, right? But, in my view that makes you look like a hypocrate trying to serve two(2) masters. Again, you failed to mention Lead Counsel for the EC, Mr. Quarshie Idun for particular praise for the way and manner he handled himself. But, rather conviniently, you chose to hilight Tsatsu Tsikata and Tony Lithur in a very negative way and put a gloss over Philip Addison,s equally unacceptable behaviour in a light way. To me, you simply come across as a weak person or you,d better serve in the Secret Service as a DOUBLE AGENT.
Agooji 12 years ago

Addison did enough but i will tell the whole country that all that he did was up to nothing. Ghanaians abroad have to accept that , there is no perfect system in the world. Even , USA who have practiced DEMOCRACY for about 10 ...
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Addison did enough but i will tell the whole country that all that he did was up to nothing. Ghanaians abroad have to accept that , there is no perfect system in the world. Even , USA who have practiced DEMOCRACY for about 100s of year still have these problems. NPP supporters have to accept that NANA ADDO lost the 2012 elections and he has admitted it long time ago but does not want to tell his followers that he lost the election. People of Ghana , I will like to tell you all that , "THERE IS NO PERFECT SYSTEM " in the world. You can even see the number of mistakes that Addison and Co. did showing that there is no perfect system on this planet that we are living. Bawumia , confessed that they filed 11842 but when KPMG cross checked, it was less than that so you can see that the case will be on the other way round as people in Ashanti have even kept silence because they know it was not their way this time round. But I like it the way they took the whole thing to the Supreme Court which has highlighted a lot challenges faced by the EC. Thus , reforms will be out to check on these challenges faced by the EC. To end , I will like to tell all Ghanaians that, they have to pray for Ghana not a particular party to come into power by all means. Ashantis who support NPP should know that there are other people in Ghana who also vote and they should not regard other tribes as been minor. Ethnocentrism and Politics of insults is not a good practice and we Ghanaians should put a stop to it. LONG LIVE GHANA
Guv 12 years ago

Is this Agooji Ghar.....?

Is this Agooji Ghar.....?
SUMBRUNGU 12 years ago

Garrulous and mediocre Addison met his match in Tsatsu and Lithur who outfoxed and outboxed him.

Garrulous and mediocre Addison met his match in Tsatsu and Lithur who outfoxed and outboxed him.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

Kofi, once again an illuminating take on proceedings and some interesting insights. I just want to focus on the question of pdf.

My question is: MUST Dr Afari Gyan KNOW what pdf is? Why is such knowledge relevant to his cr ...
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Kofi, once again an illuminating take on proceedings and some interesting insights. I just want to focus on the question of pdf.

My question is: MUST Dr Afari Gyan KNOW what pdf is? Why is such knowledge relevant to his credibility? whether he actually "Knew" but chose to be "economical with the truth" regarding such knowledge, what is the weight of that in the overall scheme of things? Can we liken this to say Dr Bawumiah's glaringly false statement about knowledge of Owusu Afriyie's declaration of NPP victory and encouraging his supporters to were celebratory attires to church on the following Sunday?

Here is my own take on the issue of pdfs. I personally would answer in the negative if you asked me if I know what pdf is, and here is why: I am from the old school and am averse to the use of abbreviations without first stating the terms IN FULL. Is it possible Dr Afari Gyan is of a similar mindset? This is very common of academics and people who have such attention to intellectual detail that dotting i's and crossing t's are part of their everyday existence.

I have a colleague professor, well accomplished and of similar age to Dr Afari Gyan who is in the habit of saying to me, when my doctoral students submit their PhD thesis to his office: I am sure you have gone through this final work with a "tooth comb".

I for one do not see Dr Afari Gyan's answer as a falsehood. Counsel Addison should never have assumed that Dr Afari Gyan would know what his abbreviation stands for- after all we are in a court of law, and dealing with technical matters. PDF could easily mean 'PIECE OF DEAD FODDER' for all he Afari Gyan cares.

In my opinion, what Addison should have done was give its full name and describe the type of document, then (if you like) use the abbreviation. IF after that Dr Gyana said he did not know what Addison was talking about, then I would be the first to condemn him and to question his credibility as a witness in the case. But that is far from the case here, and I would side with Dr Gyan on this one.

To add a twist to the issue and to see the other funny side of it: As we all know now, even counsel Addison himself apparently DOES NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT pdf!!!

Isn't it ironic that the same person who (pompously in my view) sought to discredit the witnesses' credibility and to make him look ignorant of something that he (counsel) was presenting to the witness, himself turns out not to know that there is indeed software which allows ANYONE to EDIT pdf documents? Now we are talking about pdf as defined by you (not the portal of the defence force), see what I mean?

As someone with sound and detailed knowledge of the law and how it works (whether you accept that or not), I am sure you will agree with me that this matter of pdf and Dr Ggyan's credibility can be argued successfully in his defence that he did not know the meaning of the abbreviation used by counsel and surely, he is NOT obliged to know what any abbreviation means unless it is used, and seen to be properly used in the right context.

In this case, you and I can only guess what was on Dr Gyan's mind, but if indeed he thinks like i do, then I can tell you, he wanted counsel to tell him exactly what he meant by pdf and I can see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Good afternoon Paul, I agree with you on abbreviations and what they mean. What they stand for and what they mean are relative, depending on time, space and subject area. For example, in Equality, RES was commonly known to re ...
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Good afternoon Paul, I agree with you on abbreviations and what they mean. What they stand for and what they mean are relative, depending on time, space and subject area. For example, in Equality, RES was commonly known to represent Race Equality Scheme but within the defunct Regional Development Agencies, RES meant Regional Economic Strategy. In the same way, at work HR meant Human Resources but when I did Human Rights at LSE, HR in the Center for the Study of Human Rights meant Human Rights, whilst it meant something different in within the same institution, especially, in the Human Resources Department.

Having said that, in view of what transpired in court regarding this subject matter, I expected Afari-Gyan to have known what the pdf in question was. I know Afari-Gyan sometimes sought to belittle Addison with his cheeky responses and probably that could be one of those dismissive answers. However, if Afari-Gyan genuinely did not know what pdf was, then fine. On the other hand, if he knew what that pdf meant but deliberately decided not to know what pdf is, then, that has implication for credibility as a witness. That was the thrust of my argument.
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

I share the same view as Paul because in court little detail counts a lot.Dr Gyan was right to say he does not know what pdf is.Let me give you a perfect example of some of the clerical mistakes on Voters'Registration.I was o ...
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I share the same view as Paul because in court little detail counts a lot.Dr Gyan was right to say he does not know what pdf is.Let me give you a perfect example of some of the clerical mistakes on Voters'Registration.I was once registered at Sekondi in 1992 and was never happy with the particulars.The date of registration was not mentioned,my date and place of birth were also missing,wow.It was only my age that appeared.I contested the validity of my card because I was 42 in 1992 so how will any person know my age five years later when my date of birth and date of issue were all missing?I think this is what happened to Afari Gyan because they may not even demand his birth certificate to avoid mistake.We don't pay attention to détails very much so I disagree with Kofi Ata on this matter.I am still holding that old Voter's register card with the same age of 42.If I ask Kofi Ata to tell me what is my actual age,I'm definately sure he can't get it right.I have made my voice heard on this document but to nowhere else we will not be talking about false age today.What baffles me most is that we have lot of graduates studying Administration but nobody cares so please don't blame the EC boss.It is for the petitioners to prove their case with credible evidence,Dr Afari has no problem.I am afraid,Addison and Bawumia have done worst things than this.Thank you.
GEM 12 years ago

ADDISON IS A DISGRACE

ADDISON IS A DISGRACE
GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

Whether Afari Gyan knew the meaning, definition or significance of pdf is totally irrelevant to the case. You drive a motor car without knowing what a V8 or a jet propelled or a fusion rocket engine is. He is the Chairman of ...
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Whether Afari Gyan knew the meaning, definition or significance of pdf is totally irrelevant to the case. You drive a motor car without knowing what a V8 or a jet propelled or a fusion rocket engine is. He is the Chairman of the EC . He does not prescribe the grade of paper to be used in printing the ballot paper. Addison accused him of causing financial loss to the state. Was that part of the petitioner's pleading? Irrelevant questions deserve sarcastic responses.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

I agree with your argument wholly. I happen to think that Dr Afari Gyan probably 'chose' not to feign ignorance for the sake of it, but to use his understanding of the law (and within his rights) tell Addison "I don't do abbr ...
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I agree with your argument wholly. I happen to think that Dr Afari Gyan probably 'chose' not to feign ignorance for the sake of it, but to use his understanding of the law (and within his rights) tell Addison "I don't do abbreviations without proper qualification" which one might interpret as being disingenuous. That as you say, could make a small dent in his 'reputation' rather than his "credibility" in my opinion.
Osuo_Abrobuor 12 years ago

"Credibility",did you not find it strange that he(Addison) persisted in his Alice-in-Wonderland claim that his cliwent had been 'jubed' a whopping 14,000 votes in the count of the ballots in Ledzorkuku? And even though Addiso ...
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"Credibility",did you not find it strange that he(Addison) persisted in his Alice-in-Wonderland claim that his cliwent had been 'jubed' a whopping 14,000 votes in the count of the ballots in Ledzorkuku? And even though Addison was in in the witness box,is it proper for an officer of the court to peddle FALSEHOOD? Did one of the Justices not remind Addison that the EC`s declaration in respect of those constituences was a matter of public record? And was Addison not aware that his own clients had publicly abandoned that false allegation some 7 months earlier?
I also find it amazing that you choose to engage in telepathy by describing what on Dr. Afari Gyan`s mind as he at in the winess box.
At the end of it all, did TYsikata not demolish Addison`s 'parroted' notion that Pdf files encrypted, and thus tamper proof?
How can anybody be allowed to get away with argung rather vehemently that a photo-copy of a document whose authenticity has not been established, is more genuiene than the official and original copy?
GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

Mr Addison in a show of bravado claimed in his cross examination that Mahama's votes had been padded and Akuffo Addo's raided. He actually quoted figures only to return to court the following day to say they HAD CHECKED their ...
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Mr Addison in a show of bravado claimed in his cross examination that Mahama's votes had been padded and Akuffo Addo's raided. He actually quoted figures only to return to court the following day to say they HAD CHECKED their figures and would not be pursuing the line of questioning. That alone is a bombshell. It speaks volumes about Mr Addison's incompetence as a counsel. He is nothing but a conundrum in a lawyer's robe. I've described him as a bull carrying his own china shop around and an accident waiting for a place to happen. For Mr Ata Kofi to even credit him with lawyering abilities just beggars belief.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

General deDaulle, you have made my day with your expression. The quick 'about turn' of Addison was as shocking as it as dramatic!

General deDaulle, you have made my day with your expression. The quick 'about turn' of Addison was as shocking as it as dramatic!
Osuo_Abrobuor 12 years ago

Transpired before our own eyes is that Justice Atuguba made light of the issue and heaped 'praise' on Addison after he had been shown to be a liar and cheat! What "concession" did Addison make to warrant Atuguba preventing Dr ...
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Transpired before our own eyes is that Justice Atuguba made light of the issue and heaped 'praise' on Addison after he had been shown to be a liar and cheat! What "concession" did Addison make to warrant Atuguba preventing Dr. Aziz Bamba electing to comment on the 'about turn' drama?
And why was Justice Rose Owusu echoing the position Addison and his team,that the lawyers for the 1st and 3rd respondents had no business objecting to questions having to do with a witness of the 2nd respondent,as though the trial is somehow compartimentalized? And all this in view of the fact that the matter had been settled earlier?
GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

Sophie Akuffo usurped the Presiding Judge and even over ruled the respondent's objection!

Sophie Akuffo usurped the Presiding Judge and even over ruled the respondent's objection!
Osei Bonsu 12 years ago

unfortunately you did not see anything vulgar and uncouth with Addison's style of advocacy.His threats on the judges at the least opportunity on their conduct against him and his threats that when he says something the judges ...
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unfortunately you did not see anything vulgar and uncouth with Addison's style of advocacy.His threats on the judges at the least opportunity on their conduct against him and his threats that when he says something the judges gang up on him but they don't say anything when the respondents lawyer misbehave.

I think some of the comments above had addressed the confusion on the twenty seven and zero issue.Afari Djan was only reading what was on the pink sheet.There was no doubt that the judges were over generous to Addison and the petitioners so they were allowed to escape with murder so to say.

The unkindest cut of all was after allowing Afari Djan to bring out a question which the judges were seeking from him,the judges then allowed the petitioners to go wild and to seek to punish Afari Djan for daring to brig up something they wish he didn't.The question then veered to him as a person and matters outside the petitioners claim and the relief they were seeking.

I would have thought the judges and the ec lawyers would want to protect him from the irrelevant questions from Addison and who keep threatening the judges that if they want him to stop making his case ,he would stop.The judges wouldn't want to be accuse of bias more so to stop the petitioners from making their case and therefore allowed Addison to take Afari Djan on for an extra two days when they had indicated that they have closed their case.

Not that those two days yielded anything substantial but Djan was harassed for an extra two days because of the failure of the judges to intervene.
Osei Bonsu 12 years ago

This how some one justified Afari Djan's date of birth.

2012 January-- 66

2012 March...67

2013 July ....what would that be?

This how some one justified Afari Djan's date of birth.

2012 January-- 66

2012 March...67

2013 July ....what would that be?
GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

The witness also reinvented numbers by reading the figure 270 in words as “twenty seven and zero”. Unbelievable, unheard of, incredible, magical, sensational, etc. You could use any adjective to describe Afari-Gyan’s in ...
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The witness also reinvented numbers by reading the figure 270 in words as “twenty seven and zero”. Unbelievable, unheard of, incredible, magical, sensational, etc. You could use any adjective to describe Afari-Gyan’s innovation or creativity but that was not clever.

Mr Ata Kofi, please be factual. The witness did reinvent numbers of any kind. I stopped reading your piece when I got to this point. The witness was asked to read what was written on the pink sheet. The Presiding Officer had written 270 in words but twenty seven zero in letters. And he posited that the Presiding Officer may have had difficulty with his spelling, prompting one of the Judges to ask why the EC employed illiterate polling station staff.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

Come to think of it, the presiding officer may have actually been dyslexic hence his style of recording. This should not have been equated by the justice to "illiteracy". It never occurred to me until deGaulle raised this poi ...
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Come to think of it, the presiding officer may have actually been dyslexic hence his style of recording. This should not have been equated by the justice to "illiteracy". It never occurred to me until deGaulle raised this point.

It is not uncommon for dyslexics to use other means to record things in a way that they can understand better. This in fact, COULD have been one such occasion. Sadly in our Ghanaian school system, it is only now that dyslexia is being recognised and students who hither to were regarded as "stupid" or poorly literate are now better understood.

For the information of our general readers - Cher (musician and actress), Tom Cruise (actor/director), Lord Heseltine (British politician) Winston Churchill (former British Prime Minister) are or were all dyslexic and there is nothing wrong with being one except that it comes with a difficulty mostly in translation of language and writing which ought to be recognised. They are certainly not illiterates and if anything many dyslexics have accomplished a lot in life.
GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

Not excluding those with Aspergers Syndrome including Bill Gates.

Not excluding those with Aspergers Syndrome including Bill Gates.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

Just enjoying the discourse. Mr. Kofi Ata, once an NDC insider and now a freelance Lawyer, obviously did not get all the facts before going 'experenzo' on the forgone election petition brought before the supreme bench of our ...
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Just enjoying the discourse. Mr. Kofi Ata, once an NDC insider and now a freelance Lawyer, obviously did not get all the facts before going 'experenzo' on the forgone election petition brought before the supreme bench of our dear nation and that is telling from his own and latest write up.

I have warned time and time again that most did not gather the luxury to watch the live telecast to the fullest, but would be quick in writing all sorts to suit their own intake based on the constant stream of media bias we often read in here. I love Kofi and enjoy most of his reads, but am sometime perplexed over some of his arguments in here. No offence, just my own rant and observation though.
Evans 12 years ago

What this writer should take note is this, the language used at the supreme court was the english language and all witnesses attested in english. PDF is never an english word and has no meaning in that context. PDF is an abbr ...
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What this writer should take note is this, the language used at the supreme court was the english language and all witnesses attested in english. PDF is never an english word and has no meaning in that context. PDF is an abbreviation which could stand for any term in english or any other language. Dr Afari Djan while in a witness box in court was therefore honest when he claim he do not understand what PDF is. That answer was clear, clean, honest and fair as far as court proceedings are concerned.
GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

Mr Addison was snared by his own trap. He said a pdf file could not be doctored but somehow his team managed to transpose photographs of voters on their copy of the voters register. If Mr Afar Gyan did not know what a pdf do ...
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Mr Addison was snared by his own trap. He said a pdf file could not be doctored but somehow his team managed to transpose photographs of voters on their copy of the voters register. If Mr Afar Gyan did not know what a pdf document was; how criminal is it compared to someone who claimed to know but did not know that it could be doctored?
Whatever 12 years ago

As usual Kofi Atta's article is shallow because he did not watch the proceedings in person. Afari Gyan talked about the classical definition of overvoting AND ALSO mentioned other definitions which he admitted not being certa ...
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As usual Kofi Atta's article is shallow because he did not watch the proceedings in person. Afari Gyan talked about the classical definition of overvoting AND ALSO mentioned other definitions which he admitted not being certain of and therefore posited that there is a need for additional checks on other things related to them to confirm those two definitions. That is scientific and I wonder why Kofi can't appreciate this.

Number 2, that 270 thing is trivial and the explanation is that when petitioners are claiming that their case is based on the face of the pink sheet, how do you expect Afari Gyan to mention a phrase differently from what was written on the pink sheet when a direct question has been put him to utter them as he sees it? It was not Afari Gyan who voluntarily mentioned those figures in words and numbers. He was asked by Addison. I would advice Kofi Atta to cross check his facts with individuals from both sides before coming out with his opinions because clearly your evaluation of Afari Gyan in there on several counts is deficient accuracy or lacks the full facts
Akufo Addo 12 years ago

This is the type of irresponsible misreporting that we often talk about. Afari Djan was reading what was written by a so-called presiding officer from a village in the Ashanti region. Afari Djan was merely asked by Addisson t ...
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This is the type of irresponsible misreporting that we often talk about. Afari Djan was reading what was written by a so-called presiding officer from a village in the Ashanti region. Afari Djan was merely asked by Addisson to read what the guy wrote in words. What is your educational level to question Afari Djans intellect?
Pwoawuvi Joseph Weguri 12 years ago

Please let us be truthful. Afari-Djan only repeated what was written on the pinksheet as twenty seven zero. he did not create it.
On the PDF he was telling the world that it can be corrupted as there are ways to insert thing ...
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Please let us be truthful. Afari-Djan only repeated what was written on the pinksheet as twenty seven zero. he did not create it.
On the PDF he was telling the world that it can be corrupted as there are ways to insert things on a PDF with converting it. Better still, you can convert, insert and put it back in PDF. Lastly, is there truly a register called the EC-Political Parties Register? Let us be very honest
Kobena 12 years ago

KOfi,
Afari-Djan did not do himself much credit with his answers on over-voting, biometric verification and duplicate serial numbers. Addison was badly let down by his IT and general logistics support. It is almost certain t ...
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KOfi,
Afari-Djan did not do himself much credit with his answers on over-voting, biometric verification and duplicate serial numbers. Addison was badly let down by his IT and general logistics support. It is almost certain that the EC has done something to the Voters' register since December 8 2012.

What does it take to make copies of and sort simple documents into appropriate categories? Addison's IT people failed miserably. He had prepared questions on the basis of wrong technical information and found it difficult wiggle himself out of them.

And there was KPMG. When a company that deals with statistics is asked to count documents, what is so hard about counting and categoorising the documents into legible, illegible, titled, untitled, and so on? Isn't that what statistics (population) is al about?

It really shows how deeply into the pits our education system has sunk. If these our IT gurus if the 21st Century, then Ghana is in very serious trouble. The near mass illiteracy is what is displayed on this forum every single day.
Anebok 12 years ago

Blame the IT guys. The petition is baseless. Annul 4 million votes and declare the loser the President. Meanwhile the Asokwa pink sheet was put in the drawer. Foolish case from beginning to end.

Blame the IT guys. The petition is baseless. Annul 4 million votes and declare the loser the President. Meanwhile the Asokwa pink sheet was put in the drawer. Foolish case from beginning to end.
Kobena 12 years ago

If you cannot even tell between me and Sarpong, you obviously do not have enough intelligence to know that over-voting and falsification of official documents is a criminal offence. Thank God at least some of the judges can s ...
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If you cannot even tell between me and Sarpong, you obviously do not have enough intelligence to know that over-voting and falsification of official documents is a criminal offence. Thank God at least some of the judges can see through dishonesty in witnesses!
Anebok 12 years ago

Definition of over voting is when the ballots cast exceed the number of registered voters. Falsification of documents is when the NPP doctor pdf files and rearranges photographs.

Definition of over voting is when the ballots cast exceed the number of registered voters. Falsification of documents is when the NPP doctor pdf files and rearranges photographs.
KOpoku 12 years ago

You are mad. your article lack sense. everybody watched the SC proceedings so stop that madness.

You are mad. your article lack sense. everybody watched the SC proceedings so stop that madness.
kwabena Asante 12 years ago

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Osabere kotoko 12 years ago

Well, may be the sc should employ you to write the verdict for it.

Well, may be the sc should employ you to write the verdict for it.
Sankofa 12 years ago

Kofi, you have answered your own question.

How can the judges accept the false 'evidence' which Addison tried to use to trap Dr Afari-Gyan?

The fact that Addison persistently tried to use deceit to achieve his ends and ...
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Kofi, you have answered your own question.

How can the judges accept the false 'evidence' which Addison tried to use to trap Dr Afari-Gyan?

The fact that Addison persistently tried to use deceit to achieve his ends and was caught out casts serious doubt over the validity of any 'evidence' he produced. Dr Afari-Gyan refuted the claims Addison made and in the end said he did not see any reason to change the results he declared. This statement alone puts paid to any attempts by Addison to get him to admit that the final election results were flawed.

Dr Afari-Gyan's reputation has emerged intact, despite all Addison's efforts. He has maintained a consistent position in the post-election wash-up meeting and in court. He made clear that there were problems in organizing the elections in terms of staffing and the performance of temporary staff engaged for the exercise. He explained clearly how mistakes could arise, and how measures had been put in place to minimize and eliminate these.

Let us not forget that this is a highly experienced electoral commissioner who has conducted 6 elections which have been won by both major political parties. In addition he has considerable international experience.

Addison's antics have undermined the case of the petitioners. His integrity is questionable, and he and Bawumia could be liable to a charge of perjury.

It begs the question: the petitioners told us that they had cast-iron evidence of fraud and manipulation in the elections. So why did Addison have to resort to deception to prove his case?
GENERAL 12 years ago

NO

NO
bismark addo 12 years ago

i just read a paragraph of your article and realized that the information there isnt correct .its about Afari gyan giving a wrong age . i am a jhs pupil but think that information you did put there is wrong. by elder brothe ...
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i just read a paragraph of your article and realized that the information there isnt correct .its about Afari gyan giving a wrong age . i am a jhs pupil but think that information you did put there is wrong. by elder brother was 34 when he registered for this 2012 election but now he is 36 years.. i checked and realized that he wasnt yet 35 when he registered .it can happen that he had 2 more months before turning 35. this means that he turned 35 the same year and turn 36 the following year. He has 34 on his voters id card now .but he is 36 yrs i hope u undertand this basic logic... since you have the feeling that Addison did not check some of his facts well before asking questions on them , i think you should also check your facts well before writing for the general public to read . i can recall that in the course of the cross examination ,Mr addison himself realized that afari gyan did not reduce his age .. Why do u throw dust into peoples eyes . i guess you are an educated person..so why???
frank abbey accra 12 years ago

afari gyan did not reduce his age. check your facts well. i am 46 now but on my voter id it is 44... i didnd reduce my age

afari gyan did not reduce his age. check your facts well. i am 46 now but on my voter id it is 44... i didnd reduce my age

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