Some thoughts from Gabby on the election petition

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• vigour 12 years ago

  The NPP's definition of over voting is highly questionable. We all followed the case at the Supreme Court and all the evidence submitted in support of the petitioner's case is nothing but a trash. Even the final submission if ...
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  The NPP's definition of over voting is highly questionable. We all followed the case at the Supreme Court and all the evidence submitted in support of the petitioner's case is nothing but a trash. Even the final submission if full of mistakes.

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• ACTIONMAN 12 years ago

  I always admire but a beg to differ in this instance. I know you know in the court of law what NPP is asking for is untenable. So please spare us this gimmicks. I still love MAN!!

  I always admire but a beg to differ in this instance. I know you know in the court of law what NPP is asking for is untenable. So please spare us this gimmicks. I still love MAN!!

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• Sylvanus Agbemenyah P. K. E. 12 years ago

  Gabby make very interesting reading, the vote of the voter is supreme according to Nana, then why is every tom, dick and harry from busia, danquah fold scheming to innocent votes annulled on untenable premise that some lazy, ...
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  Gabby make very interesting reading, the vote of the voter is supreme according to Nana, then why is every tom, dick and harry from busia, danquah fold scheming to innocent votes annulled on untenable premise that some lazy, careless and stupid electoral presiding officer failed to endorsed fair, transparent and validly cast votes which were counted and declared righteously in full view of the voting public with party polling agents with mandates to challenge any infractions looking on with eagle eyes yet raised no objection, Which is the standard procedure. Something is actually wrong with the petition in court. More why did't the petitions bring to court the totality of the whole election result but just a fraction from areas that do not favoured them? Had they come to equity with clean hand KPMG would have resolved this issue once and for all. Gabby keep your pen busy but know it is an exercise in futility.

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• PKA 12 years ago

  Gabby's article is a veiled attempt to intimidate the SC to rule in favour of the petitioners. The very people who are trying to rock the boat will be the first to leave the country if the SC ruling leads to violence.

  Gabby's article is a veiled attempt to intimidate the SC to rule in favour of the petitioners. The very people who are trying to rock the boat will be the first to leave the country if the SC ruling leads to violence.

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• AbasZ 12 years ago

  Keep on dreaming.

  Keep on dreaming.

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• smiley 12 years ago

  Gabby,you are just gabbage.

  Gabby,you are just gabbage.

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• kkb 12 years ago

  Come August 29, the sc will nullify over 4 million votes because nana addo has to be president of Ghana. Our white cloths are ready For church.

  Come August 29, the sc will nullify over 4 million votes because nana addo has to be president of Ghana. Our white cloths are ready For church.

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• PKA 12 years ago

  "A whole continent is looking up to the nine honourable men and women of our highest court of our land, to give a ruling that will restore confidence in democracy in Africa."
  
  Gabby Otchere-Darko, if I may ask - which rulin ...
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  "A whole continent is looking up to the nine honourable men and women of our highest court of our land, to give a ruling that will restore confidence in democracy in Africa."
  
  Gabby Otchere-Darko, if I may ask - which ruling in your opinion will "restore confidence" in democracy in Africa? One can infer from your article that you believe that only a ruling that favours the petitioners can be the "right" judgement. Please, spare us your nonsense!

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• ' and Jesus wept ' 12 years ago

  Gabby, I'm not a lawyer. But if you, a lawyer cannot see defeat starring you in the face then I don't envision you winning any case for your clients unless you are one of those in the cans of Owusu Afriyie 'Sir John' who dons ...
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  Gabby, I'm not a lawyer. But if you, a lawyer cannot see defeat starring you in the face then I don't envision you winning any case for your clients unless you are one of those in the cans of Owusu Afriyie 'Sir John' who dons the attire of the few learned men and women in Ghana and acts as a bailee for crooks, thieves and drug dealers. You can report me to the SC's Judge Atuguba for contempt of court, I don't care. But to be frank and candid with you, NPP WILL lose this bogus and senseless case.

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• JIM CROW 12 years ago

  YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS WHY DO YOU ASK HIM AGAIN?

  YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS WHY DO YOU ASK HIM AGAIN?

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• JIM CROW 12 years ago

  Please it is not because because Nana Addo has to be president. It is because that is WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

  Please it is not because because Nana Addo has to be president. It is because that is WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

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• Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 12 years ago

  The idea that you cannot comment on an on-going case is a legal fiction, as reflected in this commentary by a practicing lawyer. And the double standard of Atuguba and his legal minions is that they will not find Gabby's arti ...
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  The idea that you cannot comment on an on-going case is a legal fiction, as reflected in this commentary by a practicing lawyer. And the double standard of Atuguba and his legal minions is that they will not find Gabby's article contemptuous, although it is a clear comment on an on-going case.
  Conclusion: Contempt in Ghana is in the head of Atuguba, and it is invoked only when he feels insulted or challenged, not when one comments on his case.

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• LONTO-BOY 12 years ago

  Dr. SAS, yes, the law of contempt has become the subject of much debate in recent months in Ghana. In this context, regardless of the purpose of this article by Gabby, it does not appear to have any prejudicial effect on the ...
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  Dr. SAS, yes, the law of contempt has become the subject of much debate in recent months in Ghana. In this context, regardless of the purpose of this article by Gabby, it does not appear to have any prejudicial effect on the on-going Supreme Court proceedings. He has not overstepped the line with his expressed opinions and reliance on landmark cases in support of his argument.

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• Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

  Dr SAS, I am also surprised you think this article is contemptuous and you also claimed contempt of court is only in the head of Atuguba, which he invokes when insulted and challenged. Of course, contempt means the court shou ...
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  Dr SAS, I am also surprised you think this article is contemptuous and you also claimed contempt of court is only in the head of Atuguba, which he invokes when insulted and challenged. Of course, contempt means the court should not be brought into disrepute or be ridiculed. Do you really believe that insulting a judge hearing a case as Sir John did was not ridiculing the court?
  
  Gabby, you stated among others and I quote "The Supreme Court, per our Constitution, is the final arbiter in presidential election disputes. So in restraining itself, the proper expectation is for the Court to resist from using subjective discretion and rather exercise its powers without fear or favour in applying the laws of the land by restricting itself to the four corners of the Constitution, the electoral laws and the evidence before it". You then provide a plethora of authorities to back your claim.
  
  Looking at the last part of the quote above, are the authorities you stated not in contradiction of what you claimed because SC cannot restrict itself to only "four corners of the Constitution, the electoral laws and the evidence before it", but also to international norms (case law or authorities) as you did yourself?
  
  Did you get some section mixed up because at one point you were referring to a petition in Uganda but finished it with Kenyan Supreme Court. Should it not have been the Ugandan Supreme?
  
  Your view of what constitutes justice as far as the verdict of SC is concerned is not surprising because that is what both NPP and NDC supporters do. Their justice is dialectically opposed. Justice to NPP is a decision in their favour whilst justice for NDC is a verdict in their favour. Will justice for both be a rerun? For me that would be injustice because my justice is either, yes or no. My justice is not dependent on where the axe falls but as long as the axe falls and the axe must fall.

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• Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 12 years ago

  I am just saying that if the common mantra often articulated by those contempt mongers were to be given adherence, Gabby will be found to be in contempt, having made prejudicial comment on an ongoing case. I am just being fac ...
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  I am just saying that if the common mantra often articulated by those contempt mongers were to be given adherence, Gabby will be found to be in contempt, having made prejudicial comment on an ongoing case. I am just being facetious here, trying to assert that the whole idea of contempt as applied by the SCOG is fictional......
  As regards the statement that Atuguba was being selective and hypocritical, I can report to you that I tested it on a judge here last Monday during a personal injury pretrial, and no-one charged me with contempt.
  Good judges are amenable to aggressive advocacy and don't go about scouring the newspapers for criticisms against them in order to cite for contempt; that sort of behavior amounts to using inadmissible hearsay in a contempt witch hunt.
  Regarding Gabby's article, I think it is rather pedestrian if not altogether infantile. He fails to do any good analyses with the numerous cases he cites, many of which speak against his very proposition.
  Akufo Addo will lose his petition.

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• Agya_Manso 12 years ago

  Are cut in tha same mould! After all that has transpired, how can you say"contempt in Ghana is in the head of Atubuga".
  Since when has this dubious character been truthful and objective in his public comments? Was he not the ...
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  Are cut in tha same mould! After all that has transpired, how can you say"contempt in Ghana is in the head of Atubuga".
  Since when has this dubious character been truthful and objective in his public comments? Was he not the first person who opened the floodgate to the wanton and bigoted criticisms directed at particular Justices on the panel hearing this election petition? How I wish Justice Atubuga had the authority to direct,single-handedly, the affairs of the SC panel!
  Why are the IEA, Sam Okudzeto and others now making prononcements as though a party, in this dispute, availing itself of the review provision of the constitution would be commiting an 'impious' act?
  let all those who publicly profess their belief in democrary walk the talk,because they cannot take some us for a jolly ride!

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• Kojo T 12 years ago

  A gentleman is one who accepts he has made a mistake and apologises.Stop being stubborn and withdraw your stand. The Justice is right. Can you talk this crap to the chief linguist of Asantehene and not get a fine?

  A gentleman is one who accepts he has made a mistake and apologises.Stop being stubborn and withdraw your stand. The Justice is right. Can you talk this crap to the chief linguist of Asantehene and not get a fine?

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• JIM CROW 12 years ago

  Gabby, you have over-flogged the issue. I agree with you. I don't think our eminent judges will do otherwise. Thank you.

  Gabby, you have over-flogged the issue. I agree with you. I don't think our eminent judges will do otherwise. Thank you.

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• Yoofi Bannerman 12 years ago

  Gabby promised from his sick bed that,he was no longer interested in Ghanaian politics.That was retirement,but did he really retire?and when did he announce his comeback.Infact the amount of punches Gabby has received at his ...
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  Gabby promised from his sick bed that,he was no longer interested in Ghanaian politics.That was retirement,but did he really retire?and when did he announce his comeback.Infact the amount of punches Gabby has received at his backside would have been enough to send any boxer for a facelift if received in the face.Soon Gabby will be lobbying for same sex marriage in Ghana.

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• Media Mogul 12 years ago

  I also remember when he promised retirement from politics. He made that well known even on these pages. Then he also wrote an article from his sick bed in the USA (mind you, not from a sick bed in poor hopeless Ghana) talking ...
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  I also remember when he promised retirement from politics. He made that well known even on these pages. Then he also wrote an article from his sick bed in the USA (mind you, not from a sick bed in poor hopeless Ghana) talking about himself, his growing up in Chelsea, how old he is, blah blah blah.
  
  Apparently, this relatively young man (he is not 50) who has come to dominate political commentary in Ghana is not done with Ghanaian politics at all. And we have not heard him withdraw his statement of not longer being interested in Ghanaian politics.
  
  I hope Ghanaians don't let people like Gabby continue deceiving him. This man is a partisan politician, pure and simple. He just wants his tribesman, Akufo-Addo, to win. Pure and simple. It is politics of tribalism, personal gain and glory. Nothing more than that.
  
  Some of us will, just because of this reason, want the Supreme Court to rule against the petitioners and, in particular, Akufo-Addo!!! Then Gabby will take his real departure from Ghanaian politics FOREVER! That will really be the day!

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• Seth Bonsu 12 years ago

  If Kuffour's 2 back to back victories were perfect ones even without any biometric verifications and this recent one is not good to NPP because they lost then there wouldn't be any perfect election in Ghana.
  NPP are full of ...
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  If Kuffour's 2 back to back victories were perfect ones even without any biometric verifications and this recent one is not good to NPP because they lost then there wouldn't be any perfect election in Ghana.
  NPP are full of shit.

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• Kalira 12 years ago

  Oh gabby,no wonder you failed at school

  Oh gabby,no wonder you failed at school

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• Kwobia,Toronto 12 years ago

  In politics,Honesty is always in short supply.Politicians always speak from both sides of the mouth.This article reflects that.If JDM cannot be trusted why should anyone trust Nana Akufo-Addo?

  In politics,Honesty is always in short supply.Politicians always speak from both sides of the mouth.This article reflects that.If JDM cannot be trusted why should anyone trust Nana Akufo-Addo?

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• Doctor Who 12 years ago

  You're right, Kwobia. What reasons do we have to trust Akufo-Addo if we cannot trust mahama? What really is the difference between them? Are they not all the same lying politicians? Akufo-Addo cannot even ensure Ghanaians abo ...
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  You're right, Kwobia. What reasons do we have to trust Akufo-Addo if we cannot trust mahama? What really is the difference between them? Are they not all the same lying politicians? Akufo-Addo cannot even ensure Ghanaians about the authenticity of his own credentials thinking that he's better than the rest of us. C'mon, give us a break!!! Ghana's democracy will not die because Akufo-Addo does not become president. He should go away and try again next time - if he has the strength.

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• SUMBRUNGU 12 years ago

  Now it's easy to make sense of Gabby's repeated failures at the Ghana School of Law and why it had to take the former Director, Mr Ansa-Asare and his uncle and former Registrar, Mr Okyere, to collude to falsify Gabby's acad ...
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  Now it's easy to make sense of Gabby's repeated failures at the Ghana School of Law and why it had to take the former Director, Mr Ansa-Asare and his uncle and former Registrar, Mr Okyere, to collude to falsify Gabby's academic records to enable him to be called to the Bar. For Gabby's edification, the respondents have not admitted to any of the allegations of the petitioners and have rightly demolished their claims so much and so forcefully that we only expect the logical dismissal of their puerile petiton by their lordships.
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• GOD DEY 12 years ago

  AS FOR GABBY, IF NOT GABBAGE, HE IS THE MOST USELESS IDIOT IN YHE NPP FOLD. YOUR ARTICLE IS TOTALLY A CRAP. NANA SHORT MAN COCAINE ADDO WILL AND SHALL NEVER BE PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY. MARK MY WORD. SPARE US YOUR BULLSHIT. ...
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  AS FOR GABBY, IF NOT GABBAGE, HE IS THE MOST USELESS IDIOT IN YHE NPP FOLD. YOUR ARTICLE IS TOTALLY A CRAP. NANA SHORT MAN COCAINE ADDO WILL AND SHALL NEVER BE PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY. MARK MY WORD. SPARE US YOUR BULLSHIT. KWASIA BA, LIKE FATHER LIKE SON. U FOOL LIKE YOUR USELESS DRUNK DAD

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• John Anamse 12 years ago

  There is a story of a candidate who prepared to write about the Forest but the examiner rather asked a question about a Rat. This candidate still wrote about the forest through an opening statement which went like this "One d ...
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  There is a story of a candidate who prepared to write about the Forest but the examiner rather asked a question about a Rat. This candidate still wrote about the forest through an opening statement which went like this "One day, I saw a rat which run into a forest"
  
  Gabby has over-simplified the respondents case by saying that they accept that there were errors
  
  He must be living in cucooland if he thinks the about 100 pages of addresses simply agrees that there were errors
  
  He must read the exam question again before answering it

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• Okonko Palm 12 years ago

  Very poor analysis so convoluted one would have thought that he was rather making the respondents case.If that is a lawyers' logic then those who passed him as a lawyer must be ashamed of themselves.
  
  What sort pf premise a ...
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  Very poor analysis so convoluted one would have thought that he was rather making the respondents case.If that is a lawyers' logic then those who passed him as a lawyer must be ashamed of themselves.
  
  What sort pf premise and conclusion is this Gabby must be ashamed of himself.

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• Whatever 12 years ago

  I haven't heard any of the respondents submit that there were irregularities which were clerical errors. That's FALSE. The respondent said there are several forms of in-built and unintended irregularities in our elections si ...
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  I haven't heard any of the respondents submit that there were irregularities which were clerical errors. That's FALSE. The respondent said there are several forms of in-built and unintended irregularities in our elections since 1992 and that none so far can be said to have reasonably affected the intergrity of the actual votes.

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