These sorts of articles must be disregarded with contempt. The petitioners lost in court, full stop. What are all these bullshit about? The doctorate is being cheapened by idiots.
These sorts of articles must be disregarded with contempt. The petitioners lost in court, full stop. What are all these bullshit about? The doctorate is being cheapened by idiots.
Seth, UK 10 years ago
I enjoyed reading this highly intellectual article. Elsewhere in the world, Atuguba would have recused himself from the trial. His mission was to water down the petition and dismiss it. However, I blame Sammy Awuku and Sir Jo ... read full comment
I enjoyed reading this highly intellectual article. Elsewhere in the world, Atuguba would have recused himself from the trial. His mission was to water down the petition and dismiss it. However, I blame Sammy Awuku and Sir John who had the opportunity to tell it as is but chickened out and begged the SC for mercy when given the opportunity to tell the whole world what Atuguba was up to doing. Rawlings and Nelson Mandela boldly told the truth to the whole world when they had the opportunity similar to what was afforded Sir John and Sammy Awuku. If Sir John had poured out all that was on his chest when he was summoned before the court, he could have ended in jail but that could have changed the verdict. The SC has done a great disservice to Ghna because the next election could end in a civil war if NDC cheats again. Who in his or her right mind I'll go to court if cheated? It seems our judges don't think about the future of Ghana but their stomach! God help us!
Efo Kossi Korve 10 years ago
It is rather strange that it is only when things are done in favour of the NPP that some of these so called scholars see things as having been rightly done. What about Dotse JJC? Please let's give this country a break. Lets s ... read full comment
It is rather strange that it is only when things are done in favour of the NPP that some of these so called scholars see things as having been rightly done. What about Dotse JJC? Please let's give this country a break. Lets stop all these unnecessary accusation and start hard thinking of making life a bit better for our less fortunate folks. Haba, Yabre mo!!!!
Good Citizen 10 years ago
IT HAS BEEN INTO THEM WITH GENETIC CERTAINTY AND THEREFORE RUNS DEEP IN THEIR BLOOD SO YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM,THEY WILL SOON BACK FROM THEIR DENIAL.BY WHICH TIME NDC WOULD HAVE PLANNED AND WON THE NEXT ELECTION ON PAPER.
IT HAS BEEN INTO THEM WITH GENETIC CERTAINTY AND THEREFORE RUNS DEEP IN THEIR BLOOD SO YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM,THEY WILL SOON BACK FROM THEIR DENIAL.BY WHICH TIME NDC WOULD HAVE PLANNED AND WON THE NEXT ELECTION ON PAPER.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
The written decisions (reasons) of the nine Justices or majority and minority decisions are yet to be made public and therefore we ought to exercise patience before we can do more informed analysis. It is too early to say tha ... read full comment
The written decisions (reasons) of the nine Justices or majority and minority decisions are yet to be made public and therefore we ought to exercise patience before we can do more informed analysis. It is too early to say that EC has been vindicated with its reputation intact.
Yaw also questioned the processes and the decision of the SC as the norm in Africa. How would you describe the Al Gore v Bush petition? Was that ok because it happened in the only super power in the world? I am not suggesting that that was good but we are often too quick to condemn anything and everything African.
You also questioned the Presiding judge's independence or impartiality because of his family connection. Yes, I agree with you that he should have recused himself but this was a matter the petitioners raised and subsequently withdrew. I can assure you that almost every member of the panel could be related to a politician from within the NPP and NDC. Since you questioned his rejection of all the six claims of the petitioners, what about the other 4 who agreed with him? Why did you not question their judgement? It is better for us to wait till we read their reason/s before we criticise them.
You suggested verifying the records from the Biometric Machines. I never heard the petitioners making such a demand throughout the hearing. It was not one of the reliefs they sought from the court. Is your suggestion not too late?
Finally, you failed to mention the three claims of the petitioners that were unanimously rejected. Do you think they do not need mentioning? They are in fact the areas that could be easily analysed without reading the written decisions. For me, the unanimous rejection was very significant because they were the weakest links of the six claims of the petitioners. I have done analysis of that in an article to Ghanaweb and hope to read your comments when posted.
Dr Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago
Kofi thank you. I shall read your article and comment on it as usual. I do not think I have jumped the gun. You have done the same thing by the title of your article and some comments you made yesterday.
I am glad that you ... read full comment
Kofi thank you. I shall read your article and comment on it as usual. I do not think I have jumped the gun. You have done the same thing by the title of your article and some comments you made yesterday.
I am glad that you agree that Justice Atuguba ought to have recused himself. It does not matter whether the petitioners asked for it or not. In the UK, where I guess you work in some capacity allied to the justice system, this would never have happened.
Also in the UK, where you live, there would never be a judgement summary, which is not professionally presented and signed by all Justices. Is it good for the image of the Ghanaian Judiciary, that they had to come back yesterday to correct some anomalies in the ruling?
As I said, I have no basis as yet to criticise the ruling. I was only criticising the opportunity lost by the panel to contribute to the course of history. I am sure that these Judges would be quickly forgotten for there was no memorable quote to remember them by. There was nothing of a 'one step for man and a giant leap for mankind' by anything said by the any of the Justices. The opportunity for that was when the ruling was being delivered.
Sankofa 10 years ago
Ohemeng, only one thing was corrected by the panel. This was the fact that Baffoe-Bonnie voted in favour of the issue of voting without biometric verification. This did not change the decision.
Otherwise the verdict remain ... read full comment
Ohemeng, only one thing was corrected by the panel. This was the fact that Baffoe-Bonnie voted in favour of the issue of voting without biometric verification. This did not change the decision.
Otherwise the verdict remained intact.
John Anamse 10 years ago
We are all jumping the gun. lets wait for the full judgment statement
We are all jumping the gun. lets wait for the full judgment statement
Private Eye 10 years ago
1. I don't see how you could classify Ohemeng's article as "jumping the gun". It's difficult to rationalize how this embarrassment could have arisen, in the first place. One obvious inference from the judgement summary read b ... read full comment
1. I don't see how you could classify Ohemeng's article as "jumping the gun". It's difficult to rationalize how this embarrassment could have arisen, in the first place. One obvious inference from the judgement summary read by Justice Atubuga is that, it was clearly not reviewed by the rest of the justices prior to its delivery. Certainly, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie would at least, have spotted his own mistake and thus avoided this embarrassment of the Supreme Court. I don't see how this or any of the issues raised by Ohemeng can be explained in a 'post-mortem' opinion by the Justices.
Correct me if I am wrong - but my understanding is that 'individual opinions' are first written by each of the Justices; then one Justice is delegated to summarize the 'Majority opinion' and another for the "Minority opinion'. All this should be done PRIOR to the final announcement by the Supreme Court, but NOT AFTER THE FACT. This is to forestall a potential situation where some the Justices can "color" their opinions at a later date.
2. The final judgement read by Justice Atubuga should have, at the very least, addressed the two basic questions the Justices themselves indicated would form the basis of their judgement. We can infer from the voting pattern that the majority opinion is that there were no violations, irregularities etc. If that is the case, what can form the basis for Kofi Annan and others immediately advocating for changes in the electoral process?
Adams 10 years ago
This Tsatsu guy wants Ghana to start war, otherwise why is he talking such rubbish. He is opening the floodgate for others to start dissecting the Peppefours in the Supreme Court and blame the most nefarious Atubuga. Tsatsu m ... read full comment
This Tsatsu guy wants Ghana to start war, otherwise why is he talking such rubbish. He is opening the floodgate for others to start dissecting the Peppefours in the Supreme Court and blame the most nefarious Atubuga. Tsatsu must watch out and shut his mouth before running in front of the media, because he is laying the fire that can escalate to real frenzy in Ghana. He has no right to discuss the verdict so close to the event. The media houses MUST not entertain him, otherwise there is going to be a backlash against Atubuga in particular.
Sheikh M Amin (Taiwan) 10 years ago
Yes! The Truth Always Hurts!
Yes! The Truth Always Hurts!
kofi addo 10 years ago
Good job master yaw
Good job master yaw
AMA 10 years ago
My guess is you would have been OK if the result had gone the other way. You don't need this long post. Just go straight to the point. The truth of the matter is if every election result in Africa (or the world for that ma ... read full comment
My guess is you would have been OK if the result had gone the other way. You don't need this long post. Just go straight to the point. The truth of the matter is if every election result in Africa (or the world for that matter) were petitioned, we would have gotten pretty much similar results as this verdict in Ghana. There will always be some irregularity in any election. Let's put things in perspective and pick our battles. Let's stop acting as if we are something special for petitioning an election result. Nobody cares. Let's get over ourselves and move on (for good). LET'S GO BACK TO WORK AND STOP PLAYING AROUND.
Private Eye 10 years ago
What in Ohemeng's article leads you to conclude "you would have been OK if the result had gone the other way"?.
Obviously, your lack of objectivity has clouded your reasoning into reaching such a conclusion. If in any electi ... read full comment
What in Ohemeng's article leads you to conclude "you would have been OK if the result had gone the other way"?.
Obviously, your lack of objectivity has clouded your reasoning into reaching such a conclusion. If in any election, violations, irregularities etc. affect about 40% of the polling stations, it should be a concern to all Ghanaians. It's sad that some cynics like you, continue to advocate the "status quo', but concurrently think that somehow miraculously, the country can change for the good by simply brushing pertinent issues aside.
Fred 10 years ago
The lack of confidence and fumbling (error in the Baffoe-Bonnie vote, calling Ansah instead of Atuguba, referring to KPMG as PKMG) with which the presiding judge delivered the verdict tells the whole story. Ghana deserves bet ... read full comment
The lack of confidence and fumbling (error in the Baffoe-Bonnie vote, calling Ansah instead of Atuguba, referring to KPMG as PKMG) with which the presiding judge delivered the verdict tells the whole story. Ghana deserves better than what we saw on Thursday.
Yaw Amofa 10 years ago
Sore double losers! Find all the excuses you can, it won't change anything.
Sore double losers! Find all the excuses you can, it won't change anything.
Kwadwo 10 years ago
Yaw, I had the same sentiments you expressed in your piece. If this case was billed as historical, it was shocking the Court only came with how the justices voted..This was disappointing and speaks volumes as to the absence o ... read full comment
Yaw, I had the same sentiments you expressed in your piece. If this case was billed as historical, it was shocking the Court only came with how the justices voted..This was disappointing and speaks volumes as to the absence of deliberation by the Justices. It was purely a horse trading show and the Court lost an opportunity to advance Ghana's jurisprudence, August 29, 2013 was a sad day. Thanks for your piece.
Africanus 10 years ago
It is the responsibility of our political leaders to change the course of history. Starting with reforming the constitution itself, followed by the electoral system. Suggesting that SC judges should have done these in the del ... read full comment
It is the responsibility of our political leaders to change the course of history. Starting with reforming the constitution itself, followed by the electoral system. Suggesting that SC judges should have done these in the delivery of their verdict is unrealistic at best. Changing the course of history is a process not an event.
Kwobia,Toronto 10 years ago
If you want a perfect adjudication,please go to heaven.Your analysis is nauseating.We are imperfect creatures trying to make as best decisions as we can.The verdict was as good as they come.
If you want a perfect adjudication,please go to heaven.Your analysis is nauseating.We are imperfect creatures trying to make as best decisions as we can.The verdict was as good as they come.
Kwadwo 10 years ago
You have seen better in Canada and you not tolerate such mediocrity from Ghana's Supreme Court.
You have seen better in Canada and you not tolerate such mediocrity from Ghana's Supreme Court.
Kojo 10 years ago
'Mediocrity' is indeed the word - I'm equally unhappy with the 'five-minute verdict'. While we accept in the interest of peace, we should continue analyzing and pointing out the flaws..
'Mediocrity' is indeed the word - I'm equally unhappy with the 'five-minute verdict'. While we accept in the interest of peace, we should continue analyzing and pointing out the flaws..
PKA 10 years ago
I was also disappointed with the short and hurried ruling. It was as if Justice Atuguba wanted to get the whole thing over quickly and make a quick exit. I thought the judgement day was an opportunity for the judges to dist ... read full comment
I was also disappointed with the short and hurried ruling. It was as if Justice Atuguba wanted to get the whole thing over quickly and make a quick exit. I thought the judgement day was an opportunity for the judges to distinguish themselves and leave Ghanaians in awe of their judicial prowess.
Like Dr Ohemeng stated, having gone through this entire process for eight months, Ghanaians deserved a more detailed ruling.
I however disagree with Dr Ohemeng's apparent notion that Justice Atuguba's voting pattern was influenced by his relationship to Raymond Atuguba. He is not the only judge who dismissed all the claims - so that question is neither here nor there.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago
The delivery of the verdict in less than 5 minutes tells you how stupid the petition was.It should have been thrown out in the first day ofcourse.Thank you.
The delivery of the verdict in less than 5 minutes tells you how stupid the petition was.It should have been thrown out in the first day ofcourse.Thank you.
ej 10 years ago
Why did the legal challenge doom to fail because it had no leg to stand on. On 3 of the issues all the 9 judges dismissed it period on the rest it was a 5-4 decision.Legal minds sometimes have to disagree on the basis of the ... read full comment
Why did the legal challenge doom to fail because it had no leg to stand on. On 3 of the issues all the 9 judges dismissed it period on the rest it was a 5-4 decision.Legal minds sometimes have to disagree on the basis of the law which is normal.Because you want something in your favor and you do not get it means they were wrong. Poor you
Kakraba Cromwell 10 years ago
The main ingredients you did not take note of are;-
a] The main objective of the supreme court was to have peace in the country so a summary of the judgement was the best way to deliver the message.
b]The issue of Atuguba's ... read full comment
The main ingredients you did not take note of are;-
a] The main objective of the supreme court was to have peace in the country so a summary of the judgement was the best way to deliver the message.
b]The issue of Atuguba's relationship Raymond had already been accepted by the petitioners so why make an issue of it now?
c)The supreme court said they would send out a detailed submission of the of each judges position.
d) The infractions that incurred are to be dealt with by an overall of the EC OFFICE as stated by president mahama.
My friend, I think it is best to strtegise now and see how best we can make JOhn alan Kyerematin our next president
Kobena 10 years ago
You believe that? What was presented in court - duplicate serial numbers, unknown polling stations, foreign materials, trasnpositional errors, and the like, were not just harmless "clerical errors", unless you are as naive as ... read full comment
You believe that? What was presented in court - duplicate serial numbers, unknown polling stations, foreign materials, trasnpositional errors, and the like, were not just harmless "clerical errors", unless you are as naive as my village chief who thinks taxing cutlasses will bring blacksmiths back in business!
Unless a structural transformation of the EC is agreed and carried out by all concerned you and your Alan may end up in court also!
Remember the creation of new constituencies? We now have constituencies with 20,000 voters as well as others that have 75,000 and more!
The problem with the Liberal end of the Ghanaian political spectrum is that "they engage in politics, but they do not play politics!"
Dr Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago
Kobena, I thank you for understanding the issues I raised. Many people think that I was pronouncing on the judgemnent. I could not have done without the written judgement of the justices.
I was pointing to flaws witnessed ... read full comment
Kobena, I thank you for understanding the issues I raised. Many people think that I was pronouncing on the judgemnent. I could not have done without the written judgement of the justices.
I was pointing to flaws witnessed in the process of trial and ruling.
No matter where you stand, you should be worried that there was the perception of conflict of interest. Can I refer people to Justice Oppong who recused himself from the Ya-Na trial on the mere allegation of Mr Barto-Odro. That is what Judges who want to avoid the perception (I said perception) of conflict of interest do.
I also deem the Judiciary to be an arm of government. So in such a historic trial, they should have helped sanitised the aftermath. Thus rather than asking people to go and read their judgements, there had the audience of the entire nation to have made a contribution to the healing process. The fact that it was 5-4 ruling on all statutory and constitutional violations indicate that the Judiciary is as split as the nation. Hence the court owe a responsibility to the nation to have explained their ruling, however, briefly. This ruling was not even signed and people are telling me this is the best the Ghanaian Judiciary has to offer?
Kobena, thanks and do download my report on the Danquah Institute Website on the size of constituencies.
Kakraba Cromwell 10 years ago
Dear Dr Ohemang,
You write
"I also deem the Judiciary to be an arm of government. So in such a historic trial, they should have helped sanitised the aftermath. Thus rather than asking people to go and read their judgements, ... read full comment
Dear Dr Ohemang,
You write
"I also deem the Judiciary to be an arm of government. So in such a historic trial, they should have helped sanitised the aftermath. Thus rather than asking people to go and read their judgements, there had the audience of the entire nation to have made a contribution to the healing process. The fact that it was 5-4 ruling on all statutory and constitutional violations indicate that the Judiciary is as split as the nation. Hence the court owe a responsibility to the nation to have explained their ruling, however, briefly. This ruling was not even signed and people are telling me this is the best the Ghanaian Judiciary has to offer?"
My simple answer is please read proverbs 10:19 of the bible which states;
"In the multitude of words sin is not lacking,
But he who restrains his lips is wise."
As I have stated before I agree with you and i hope you can address my "BUT" WORRIES
kwame 10 years ago
Your analysis are great but you are forgetting that Ghana is a third world country. Tell me how you can have a perfect election without a perfect system and thieves all over the country?
Your analysis are great but you are forgetting that Ghana is a third world country. Tell me how you can have a perfect election without a perfect system and thieves all over the country?
Boye 10 years ago
Kudos YEOMANS JOB. THX FOR THIS WRITE UP. IN LAW I EXPECTED EXACTLY WHAT U HAVE WRITTEN. ATUGUBA WAS IN A HURRY AS IF VODOO WAS CHASING HIM. SHAME REFORMS NEEDED.
Kudos YEOMANS JOB. THX FOR THIS WRITE UP. IN LAW I EXPECTED EXACTLY WHAT U HAVE WRITTEN. ATUGUBA WAS IN A HURRY AS IF VODOO WAS CHASING HIM. SHAME REFORMS NEEDED.
k Yeboah 10 years ago
Try doing business in Ghana and you will find out what perfection is all about. Don't let NPP to become like Republican Party. Let's support the President and stop wailing for Nana Addo. He is not ordained to be a President.
Try doing business in Ghana and you will find out what perfection is all about. Don't let NPP to become like Republican Party. Let's support the President and stop wailing for Nana Addo. He is not ordained to be a President.
ATO 10 years ago
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE NINE JUSTICES TO READ THEIR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS AND REASONS IN OPEN COURT YESTERDAY?
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE NINE JUSTICES TO READ THEIR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS AND REASONS IN OPEN COURT YESTERDAY?
ATO 10 years ago
ALL THE JUSTICES WHO VOTED TO GRANT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE NPP PETITION ARE EITHER ASHANTI/AKYEM/KWAWU OR WERE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH BY KUFFOUR. JUSTICE DOTSE WAS A CARD-CARRYING NPP EXECUTIVE MEMBER IN VOLTA REGION BEFORE HE ... read full comment
ALL THE JUSTICES WHO VOTED TO GRANT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE NPP PETITION ARE EITHER ASHANTI/AKYEM/KWAWU OR WERE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH BY KUFFOUR. JUSTICE DOTSE WAS A CARD-CARRYING NPP EXECUTIVE MEMBER IN VOLTA REGION BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED BY KUFFOUR.
Nana Yaw, Boston, USA 10 years ago
Is justice Dotse also Asante/Akyem? Idiotic thinking!
Is justice Dotse also Asante/Akyem? Idiotic thinking!
justice 10 years ago
well said Sir
well said Sir
k.k.t,Denver,USA 10 years ago
good job done and may God bless u for your educative and far reaching article.
good job done and may God bless u for your educative and far reaching article.
Hk 10 years ago
Why are u talking as if u were not following the proceedings? The petitioners were not looking for truth. They had a very mischievous agenda that is to make nana ADDO the president of ghana. They objected to Afari gyan tender ... read full comment
Why are u talking as if u were not following the proceedings? The petitioners were not looking for truth. They had a very mischievous agenda that is to make nana ADDO the president of ghana. They objected to Afari gyan tendering in the print out of the bvd device. They wanted to hide behind technicalities to win the case but they were exposed. I don't think there was any problem with the procedure taking into consideration the posture of the petitioners during the trial.
chin 10 years ago
you clearly must have a low i.q. cos the article is clear and intelligent so if you cannot perceive that then you're a block! incidentally, you are the cheap idiot not the intelligent doc who has made this brilliant analysis.
you clearly must have a low i.q. cos the article is clear and intelligent so if you cannot perceive that then you're a block! incidentally, you are the cheap idiot not the intelligent doc who has made this brilliant analysis.
peace 10 years ago
please mr PHD spare us. elections are not everyday occurrence and therefore minor mistakes on the part hirings of the electoral commission would not be the basis for canceling election results even in nations like Canada and ... read full comment
please mr PHD spare us. elections are not everyday occurrence and therefore minor mistakes on the part hirings of the electoral commission would not be the basis for canceling election results even in nations like Canada and the USA.
Woman's wisdom 10 years ago
If people were imprisoned for just making comments about the SC case, how much more will Atuguba be left free for lying to the whole world about the stance of one or more of the judges? If a judge upholds a voting without bio ... read full comment
If people were imprisoned for just making comments about the SC case, how much more will Atuguba be left free for lying to the whole world about the stance of one or more of the judges? If a judge upholds a voting without biometric verification, how can Atuguba lie to us by saying the very opposite of what was rightfully stated by the judge in question? Yesterday, I told you Atuguba will be judged by God Almighty before the day ends today so you see, I told you so. Atuguba must be imprisoned for life.
Ashong 10 years ago
On the day of Atuguba's imprisonment you and your entire family will be shot by firing squad at the Teshie range. Nana Akuffo Addo will be the executioner.
On the day of Atuguba's imprisonment you and your entire family will be shot by firing squad at the Teshie range. Nana Akuffo Addo will be the executioner.
odasani bi 10 years ago
Yes I agree with the writer, Dr. Atuguba should have taken this opportunity to tell the whole nation that ok Mahama won but some problems with the voting process were found so we should make some changes to it. Tell them that ... read full comment
Yes I agree with the writer, Dr. Atuguba should have taken this opportunity to tell the whole nation that ok Mahama won but some problems with the voting process were found so we should make some changes to it. Tell them that these changes will make the process more accountable even to the level where each vote
issued or casted should and could be traced to One serial number!
The efforts and maturity of the petitioners should have been commended and also the respondents for their comportment maybe. Commend both parties and say we need peace in the country that is why we had to deal with those who breached contempt laws.
Yes Dr. Atuguba lost the chance in this historic case to assure the losers and winners that future elections would be more improved with reforms in place to hopefully reduce some of the problems that were identified during the trial. Then I am sure all Ghanaians would feel they are winners in this whole exercise and Justice would seem to have been served or seen to be served.
KWAKYE 10 years ago
Mr Ohemeng, you are took quick with this analysis. These judges are the best, so good! If they had pointed fingers or rebuked anyone like you want, we would have had chaos. They sustained our peace without compromising their ... read full comment
Mr Ohemeng, you are took quick with this analysis. These judges are the best, so good! If they had pointed fingers or rebuked anyone like you want, we would have had chaos. They sustained our peace without compromising their opinions. They asked you and every Ghanaian to go read the opinions in the written form from the Court Registrar. Period.
odasani bi 10 years ago
Yes Dr. Atuguba could have done more on this historic occasion. He could have congratulated both petitioners and respondents and not lose the fact that problems with the whole voting process were found. He could have also to ... read full comment
Yes Dr. Atuguba could have done more on this historic occasion. He could have congratulated both petitioners and respondents and not lose the fact that problems with the whole voting process were found. He could have also told Ghanaians that Reforms are needed to account for each vote issued or casted to its unique Serial number! Peace is what we need and then Justice would seem to be served or seen to be served.
All Ghanaians would then feel like winners.
EGYIR 10 years ago
How would expect justice Atuguba to do in this case, when his brother is the executive secretary to the President John Dramani Mahama. So what do you expect.stolen vidict. Shame has come to ghana supreme court thanks justice ... read full comment
How would expect justice Atuguba to do in this case, when his brother is the executive secretary to the President John Dramani Mahama. So what do you expect.stolen vidict. Shame has come to ghana supreme court thanks justice Atuguba
BOY KOFI 10 years ago
The Supreme Court rejected all the 6 claims of irregularities by the petitioners.
1.Duplicate on pink sheets numbers.9-0
2.Duplicate on polling staions. 9-0
3.Ghost polling stations. 9-0
4.Over voting. ... read full comment
The Supreme Court rejected all the 6 claims of irregularities by the petitioners.
1.Duplicate on pink sheets numbers.9-0
2.Duplicate on polling staions. 9-0
3.Ghost polling stations. 9-0
4.Over voting. 5-4
5.Verification. 5-4
6.Unisigned pink sheets by P/Os. 5-4
Total=42 for respondents 12 for petitioners.(42-12)=30 free punches.As I have always said,the petition was very stupid to overturn the will of the people.The election was free and fair,let's move forward now.Thank you.
KBL 10 years ago
JUDGE DOTSE WAS ALSO AN NPP REGIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR VOLTA REGION.AND ONE OF THE JUDES WORKED FOR FORMER MP FOR KOFORIDUA HON.YAW BARIMAH
JUDGE DOTSE WAS ALSO AN NPP REGIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR VOLTA REGION.AND ONE OF THE JUDES WORKED FOR FORMER MP FOR KOFORIDUA HON.YAW BARIMAH
Pinkblue 10 years ago
Stop writing this nonsense. SC has spoken.
Stop writing this nonsense. SC has spoken.
JOSEPH ANTWI BOASIAKO. 10 years ago
WE CAN CLEARLY SEE AS FROM THE BEGINING OF THE HEARING THAT, SOME ONE HAS BEEN PRO-NDC UNTILL THE LAST DAY OF RULLING. FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, I COMPLETLY DIASAGREE WITH THE JUDGES. TO ME,I SEE THAT THE RULLING MISSED CREDIBILITY. ... read full comment
WE CAN CLEARLY SEE AS FROM THE BEGINING OF THE HEARING THAT, SOME ONE HAS BEEN PRO-NDC UNTILL THE LAST DAY OF RULLING. FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, I COMPLETLY DIASAGREE WITH THE JUDGES. TO ME,I SEE THAT THE RULLING MISSED CREDIBILITY. THATS TO ME. U CAN DISAGREE WITH ME, IT'S OK, BUT THATS MY LITTLE OPENION.
Osman 10 years ago
The uneasiness about the sc
The uneasiness about the sc
BOY KOFI 10 years ago
Dr Yaw,please save your energy for something better and stop fighting over this stupid petition.The Supreme Court has rejected all the 6 claims of irregularities.Why are you now worried over 7-2 majority rule?Is that not enou ... read full comment
Dr Yaw,please save your energy for something better and stop fighting over this stupid petition.The Supreme Court has rejected all the 6 claims of irregularities.Why are you now worried over 7-2 majority rule?Is that not enough for you to see that the petitioners did not present their case well after all the amendments?Please stop bothering yourself with this stupid petition because even lawyer Phillip Addison said the petitioners were going to lose the case on technical grounds during his last oral address.Thank you.
Papa Yaw 10 years ago
True
True
Paul Amuna 10 years ago
This is utter nonsense. Were the justices not all Ghanaians and were they not qualified? Perhaps we should have recruited them from Den Haque to satisfy you right? Trust me, such a jury would have thrown out the case from wee ... read full comment
This is utter nonsense. Were the justices not all Ghanaians and were they not qualified? Perhaps we should have recruited them from Den Haque to satisfy you right? Trust me, such a jury would have thrown out the case from week 1.
If you are aggrieved, we can all understand but your criticism of the personalities and process is unwarranted, wholly to be dismissed as unpatriotic and rather to suit your narrow self-interests. You cannot be a serious intellectual to think and behave this way. Wrong!!
Dr Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago
Paul I would not be so offended by your comments if they had come from those guys who cannot string two words together to form a sentence. But from you a PhD?
You called me unpatriotic? Look at the articles on the forum to ... read full comment
Paul I would not be so offended by your comments if they had come from those guys who cannot string two words together to form a sentence. But from you a PhD?
You called me unpatriotic? Look at the articles on the forum today and tell me honestly if this is the most controversial. There are blantantly one-sided articles today yet none of them offended your sense of patriotism.
You parade yourself on this forum as some neutral person but you are not. You see nothing wrong with NDC-slanted articles churned out by Margaret Jackson, Akua Tweneboa Kodua and others of such false-authorship articles yet they meet your standard of patriotism.
Tsatsu is impugning the integrity of one of the Judges. The last time I checked there were 237 comments, yet none is by paul Amuna.
An unpatriotic Ghanaian will never bother commenting on anything about the country. If you think that being patriotic means upholding perception of conflict if interest, the Judiciary has not got a duty to present reasons for a ruling in a highly tense situation and has no duty to help the healing process, then we have a long way to go.
I am happy with your contribution though. For I always take it that those who insult rather join a debate have nothing better to say!
Ashong 10 years ago
DR. Yaw OHEMENG, I expected an article like this to come from AHOOFE who writes as if he got a PhD for writing nonsense. Let me analyze some of the things I saw at the trial. On the day of the verdict Mr. ADDISON started off ... read full comment
DR. Yaw OHEMENG, I expected an article like this to come from AHOOFE who writes as if he got a PhD for writing nonsense. Let me analyze some of the things I saw at the trial. On the day of the verdict Mr. ADDISON started off by introducing his team of lawyers. They were almost ten in number including BScs MAs, MPhils, PhDs and at least one professor. GEEEE all this brains went to court and lost. All these brains put their heads together and wrote and made such a clueless plea that I felt they should win or be damned. To turn to the judges and try to argue on the basis of what their personal relationships are is to say the least idiotic and nonsensical. I have come to a conclusion that no matter the level of one's education, one can become so TRIBALISTICALLY oriented that one's vision can be blurred. There are too many bigots in this country we shall never develop. Supporters of the NPP should go back to the drawing board and learn how to win elections. Before that they would do well to silence the hawks in their camp and sack those who do not see any new way forward. Before the case began Justice DOTSE was accused of being an NPP member. Can one argue that this has something to do with the way he also voted?
Ashong 10 years ago
WHAT IS SO PATHETIC IS THAT NPP SYMPATHIZERS ARE BEHAVING IN THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE THE VERDICT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM. THEY SHOULD USE THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES TO HELP THE PARTY REORGANIZE. IN FACT, THEY SHOULD START D ... read full comment
WHAT IS SO PATHETIC IS THAT NPP SYMPATHIZERS ARE BEHAVING IN THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE THE VERDICT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM. THEY SHOULD USE THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES TO HELP THE PARTY REORGANIZE. IN FACT, THEY SHOULD START DECIDING WHETHER BAWUMIA NOT BEING AN ASHANTI OR AKYIM CAN STILL LEAD THE PARTY. IF THEY IGNORE HIM THEY MIGHT LOSE THE FEW VOTES THEY ARE LIKELY TO GET FROM THE NORTH. THERE IS YET AN INTERNAL ETHNIC FIGHT COMING AND THEY SHOULD START FIGHTING IT INSTEAD OF MAKING UNNECESSARY ANALYSIS.
Akosua Tabuwaa 10 years ago
Hallo.0Are you deaf?There were 9 judges and not one.
Hallo.0Are you deaf?There were 9 judges and not one.
Joe Kojo 10 years ago
Yaw, be realistic. Since when has any verdict satisfied everybody? May i suggest that you stack your warped opinion up your A!!!!!
Yaw, be realistic. Since when has any verdict satisfied everybody? May i suggest that you stack your warped opinion up your A!!!!!
Yaw Berfi 10 years ago
The NPP lost the elections, and then blamed their loss on Afafi Djang and Mahama. They lost the petition and blamed their loss on Atuguba and his so called connection with Presidency. When will they learn from their mmistake. ... read full comment
The NPP lost the elections, and then blamed their loss on Afafi Djang and Mahama. They lost the petition and blamed their loss on Atuguba and his so called connection with Presidency. When will they learn from their mmistake. This attitude of "blame It on anybody else apart from yourself" is what is going to sink the party. The NPP should actually recognize that despite the 5-4 decisions on some of the issues ALL THE JUGDES UNANIMOUSLY AGRRED THAT every vote should count. And their claim that some 4 millions votes should be thrown into the gutter to make WADAA the president was wholly dismissed. At best a re-run would have affected only the strongholds of the NDC. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT when in a moment of political incorrectness he said that he was the verdict to 9=0 in all the issues.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago
If you present 6 different categories of cases in court and you lose all of them,it means you have scored 0/6 but in percentage it is 0%.Thank you.
If you present 6 different categories of cases in court and you lose all of them,it means you have scored 0/6 but in percentage it is 0%.Thank you.
Ashkenazi 10 years ago
I am amazed at the hollowness and pettiness of your article if really you are a doctor. First of all you claim only one of the judges have relatives? How funny?
I am amazed at the hollowness and pettiness of your article if really you are a doctor. First of all you claim only one of the judges have relatives? How funny?
KOO 10 years ago
Many Ghanaians watched the proceedings in court,and it is quite unbelievable the verdict that was given by Atuguba.A chance is missed in putting irregularities to sleep once and for all.Justice Dotse is reported to have said ... read full comment
Many Ghanaians watched the proceedings in court,and it is quite unbelievable the verdict that was given by Atuguba.A chance is missed in putting irregularities to sleep once and for all.Justice Dotse is reported to have said that from now on elections in Ghana will not be the same,if so then it is quite obvious that somethings are not correct with our elections which have been noticed.What is it that prompted this this man to say that now?.Over the years Ghanaians have been complaining about cheating at the polls and it was thought a golden chance has presented itself for it to be corrected but alas.The next elections will bring along a trying period,because most people have got the impression that anything goes after all the court is not ready to listen to your complains.
God is great 10 years ago
Much as I agree with some of the things. What you have forgotten is that the SC had to define the process for the petitioners. There were a lot of anomalies with their filling.
Much as I agree with some of the things. What you have forgotten is that the SC had to define the process for the petitioners. There were a lot of anomalies with their filling.
king George 10 years ago
Just sour loser with a lot of rotten excuses.give us a break.
Just sour loser with a lot of rotten excuses.give us a break.
Okonko palm 10 years ago
It obvious that Ohemeng is not analyzing his post verdict article with an open mind.As it is, it is obvious he is prejudiced and hence his rush to judgement.He has become so stubborn in his ways that he does not pause for a m ... read full comment
It obvious that Ohemeng is not analyzing his post verdict article with an open mind.As it is, it is obvious he is prejudiced and hence his rush to judgement.He has become so stubborn in his ways that he does not pause for a moment to reflect on the objectivity of his argument in order to show the intellectual stuff he is made of.
Sometimes standing your ground is important but so is compromise, so is cooperation, and so is collaboration.Unless you see things with an open mind and analyze objectively you will be failing your readers as an academic.
One would have thought that until we receive the full judgement and the reasoning behind the judges conclusion it will be wrong to criticize them.As for the process,this was dictated by the petitioners who could have asked for a recount or the biometric verification machines which at a point they objected to having.In fact most of the process criticism were matters for the petitioners and not the court.I don't know whether you are aware that the judges cannot go outside what the petitioners are seeking in their relief and the evidence they want adduced.
In effect most of these process flaws were matters for the petitioners and not the court so address the criticism objectively to the right source and not just for the sake of defiance like Adofo Rockson and Kwame Ahoofe.
Kobena 10 years ago
Yaw,
I totally agree wwith you. That is the scientific, analytical way! I sat in front of my compuuter for a long time after the verdict pondering these things. The justices would have met on Tuesday and/or Wednesday and agr ... read full comment
Yaw,
I totally agree wwith you. That is the scientific, analytical way! I sat in front of my compuuter for a long time after the verdict pondering these things. The justices would have met on Tuesday and/or Wednesday and agreed on positions. Everybody's written oopinion would have been ready to go.
The three hour wait and the fact that the justices' written judgemnents are still not available means that the process was not smooth at all. It is almost certain that we shall never see the original write-ups of some judges. Yes, the hurried end also means that all might not be well among the judges themselves.
This was just for the peace of Ghana and nothing about serving the cause of justice. It reminded me of what my neice who visited from Ghana said a few weeks ago, "Uncle we have all heard and seen what has gone on in the court, but we also know that only a dismissal of the petition will preserve the peace of Ghana."
Okonko palm 10 years ago
As of now the only one holding to the view of serial duplicated numbers is Kobena.That had been his mantra but I remenber telling him that those duplicated serial numbers were fraudulently generated by the petitioners to hood ... read full comment
As of now the only one holding to the view of serial duplicated numbers is Kobena.That had been his mantra but I remenber telling him that those duplicated serial numbers were fraudulently generated by the petitioners to hoodwink but failed as all the judges concluded 9-0.I would ask you to read why they all came to that conclusion but I will suggest that the fraudulent exhibits were put under strict scrutiny and they were found wanting.Read the judgement and come back.
Kobena 10 years ago
What did you read in my posting about serial numbers or pink sheets? In any case did you not hear of Afari-Djan's own exhibits of "originals" having inconsistent names and numbers?
Okonko, the only way that will ever move ... read full comment
What did you read in my posting about serial numbers or pink sheets? In any case did you not hear of Afari-Djan's own exhibits of "originals" having inconsistent names and numbers?
Okonko, the only way that will ever move our country forward is for all of us to look at issues dispationately, without political or tribal lenses. Closing our minds about realities and calling goats cows will never do it!
Okonko palm 10 years ago
I thought that Afari Djan was surprised about what they were showing him because so far he is concerned the serial numbers were randomly generated by two print houses.
Kobena until we are objective and balance in our views i ... read full comment
I thought that Afari Djan was surprised about what they were showing him because so far he is concerned the serial numbers were randomly generated by two print houses.
Kobena until we are objective and balance in our views intellectuals like you will be given the wrong impression.Now after strict scrutiny of that evidence it has been overwhelmingly rejected by the judges.All the same from your posting you still believe in that evidence.
Kobena 10 years ago
Do you call 5-4, 5-4, 5-4 and three hours behind time and judges' written judgements not ready till date "overwhelmingly rejected?" That exactly is my point!
Do you call 5-4, 5-4, 5-4 and three hours behind time and judges' written judgements not ready till date "overwhelmingly rejected?" That exactly is my point!
KOJO BUHARI 10 years ago
DR. OHEMENG ERRED FROM HIS FIRST PARAGRAPH: THE PETITION WAS A "CONSTITIONAL" REQUIREMENT. BUT THE PETITIONERS FORGOT THAT AND CITED THESE THREE PARTIES-- THE E.C., AFARI-GYAN AND MR. MAHAM.THAT IMPLIED THAT THE RESPONDENTS W ... read full comment
DR. OHEMENG ERRED FROM HIS FIRST PARAGRAPH: THE PETITION WAS A "CONSTITIONAL" REQUIREMENT. BUT THE PETITIONERS FORGOT THAT AND CITED THESE THREE PARTIES-- THE E.C., AFARI-GYAN AND MR. MAHAM.THAT IMPLIED THAT THE RESPONDENTS WERE SOLELY AND INDIVIDUALY ANSWERABLE.IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE AS A PUBLIC INTEREST ACTION SO THAT ONLY THE E.C AND AFARI-GYAN WOULD HAVE FACED THE PETITIONERS. THEN THE ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN "IS THE PUBLIC BEING FAIRLY SERVED BY THE ELECTION RESULTS??"
Bongo Bongo 10 years ago
Tsatu and his team were so smart. They must have foreseen this, so kudos to the entire team.
Tsatu and his team were so smart. They must have foreseen this, so kudos to the entire team.
STRAIGHT TALK 10 years ago
CARBON COPY AND PARTISAN DR.
CARBON COPY AND PARTISAN DR.
John 10 years ago
Dr. Because ur party lost that is why you are saying these things. Please let me make you be aware that your party had no case in the first place before they went to court.
Dr. Because ur party lost that is why you are saying these things. Please let me make you be aware that your party had no case in the first place before they went to court.
REV OSEI POKU 10 years ago
DR OHEMENG,THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAD ALREADY COMPROMISED HERSELF WITH THE WAY SHE SOUGHT TO TORPEDO THE 2008 ELECTIONS.IT WAS OUR LATE PRESIDENT PROF MILLS WHO DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE HER RESIGNATION.IT IS IN RECORD THAT SHE HAD CO ... read full comment
DR OHEMENG,THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAD ALREADY COMPROMISED HERSELF WITH THE WAY SHE SOUGHT TO TORPEDO THE 2008 ELECTIONS.IT WAS OUR LATE PRESIDENT PROF MILLS WHO DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE HER RESIGNATION.IT IS IN RECORD THAT SHE HAD COMPROMISED HERSELF AS A PUBLIC FIGURE.HER OWN CONSCIENCE WOULD ALLOW HER TO SIT ON THIS CASE. AT ANY RATE THERE WERE ABOUT SIX JUSTICES APPOINTED BY FORMER PRESIDENT KUFFOUR. WHAT ABOUT JUSTICES BAFFOE BONNEY,JUSTICE ANIN YEBOAH AND JUSTICE DOTSE? THESE JUSTICES ARE KNOWN TO BE SYMPATHISERS OF THE NPP. THEY WERE LEFT UNTOUCHED. WE ALL HOPED THAT THEY WOULD APPLY THE LAW AND NOTHING ELSE. THE CASE HAS BEEN RIGHTLY ADJUDICATED. THE NPP HAS LOST. PERIOD. STOP IMPUTING UNNECESSARY REASONS.
Sankofa 10 years ago
Ohemeng, who tells you that the Chief Justice recused herself from this case?
Does the law enjoin her to be on the SC panel hearing the case?
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Ohemeng, who tells you that the Chief Justice recused herself from this case?
Does the law enjoin her to be on the SC panel hearing the case?
Remember that there are at least 13 SC judges. There are other cases to be determined by the SC. The Chief Justice is the head of the judiciary. She decided to form an odd-numbered panel to hear the case while she continued to run the whole judicial system.
I think this was a sensible decision, as otherwise getting onto this case would have prevented her fulfilling her other duties.
As regards possible bias by any of the judges, Atuguba allayed all fears right at the onset of the case. Remember that the SC judges are highly seasoned having risen through the ranks. They are professional and independent-minded enough not to be swayed by family, political and other considerations. We can be sure that they will uphold the law whatever the circumstances. The pattern of voting attests to this.
J H New York 10 years ago
We all mean well for the Country.So if you find it necessary to Criticize what is wrong with that.You clearly pointed out and explained clearly areas they could have done better.We're now in the 21st Century.Digital age. Tho ... read full comment
We all mean well for the Country.So if you find it necessary to Criticize what is wrong with that.You clearly pointed out and explained clearly areas they could have done better.We're now in the 21st Century.Digital age. Those times one could not discuss mistakes and lapse (intentional or otherwise)of Courts verdicts/rulings and therefore Judges use legal technicalities to have their way or favor other should not be tolerated.So don't be afraid to point out lapses.The World gets better for us to live in when we correct our mistakes and lapses to do the right thing.
G. K. Berko 10 years ago
Dr. Ohemeng, there are many things that our 20/20 vision could still miss in our line of sight. But as you know it is when we look back that we capture all that were missed. By the way, why did you not speak of the signs of t ... read full comment
Dr. Ohemeng, there are many things that our 20/20 vision could still miss in our line of sight. But as you know it is when we look back that we capture all that were missed. By the way, why did you not speak of the signs of these shortfalls in the process at the pre-hearing stage? You all could have called for Judge Atuguba to recuse himself. So could the NDC have asked for Justice Baffoe Bonnie, for example, to recuse himself.
Besides, the NPP was counting on the numerous past failures of the NDC Administration to win cases in Court to see the case ruled in its favor. It therefore failed to raise any objections to the inclusion of Atuguba.
I also think that in view of similar cases around the World, there was little likelihood that NDC victory would be overturned, no matter what the constitution of the SC. The Justices who were known to be more amenable to NPP also felt the gaze of the whole World was upon them, thanks to the live telecast, and could go only as far as they went to cast the doubt on the NDC stance. That was not enough, especially given that the case of unsigned Pink Sheets could have been found in NPP strongholds, too. Remember, all the evidence NPP presented was gathered in NDC strongholds.
The Ivory Coast Election troubles that might have influenced Akufo-Addo to contest the results in Court were also themselves part of the silent factors that could have forced the Judges to leave things as they were. The Evidence anticipated by the Judges was largely mentioned in the Charges leveled by the NPP. It did carry that much weight for them to risk the possible chaos. The exercise of adjudication, however, had to be handled firmly to lend some credibility to that verdict.
The verdict was written on the walls from day one, because the Judges could see the greater chaos they would have plunged the Nation in to overturn the results.
The process therefore did not need to be perfect to assert that predetermined verdict. The NPP seemed to have second guessed the Court's real leaning.
These sorts of articles must be disregarded with contempt. The petitioners lost in court, full stop. What are all these bullshit about? The doctorate is being cheapened by idiots.
I enjoyed reading this highly intellectual article. Elsewhere in the world, Atuguba would have recused himself from the trial. His mission was to water down the petition and dismiss it. However, I blame Sammy Awuku and Sir Jo ...
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It is rather strange that it is only when things are done in favour of the NPP that some of these so called scholars see things as having been rightly done. What about Dotse JJC? Please let's give this country a break. Lets s ...
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IT HAS BEEN INTO THEM WITH GENETIC CERTAINTY AND THEREFORE RUNS DEEP IN THEIR BLOOD SO YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM,THEY WILL SOON BACK FROM THEIR DENIAL.BY WHICH TIME NDC WOULD HAVE PLANNED AND WON THE NEXT ELECTION ON PAPER.
The written decisions (reasons) of the nine Justices or majority and minority decisions are yet to be made public and therefore we ought to exercise patience before we can do more informed analysis. It is too early to say tha ...
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Kofi thank you. I shall read your article and comment on it as usual. I do not think I have jumped the gun. You have done the same thing by the title of your article and some comments you made yesterday.
I am glad that you ...
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Ohemeng, only one thing was corrected by the panel. This was the fact that Baffoe-Bonnie voted in favour of the issue of voting without biometric verification. This did not change the decision.
Otherwise the verdict remain ...
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We are all jumping the gun. lets wait for the full judgment statement
1. I don't see how you could classify Ohemeng's article as "jumping the gun". It's difficult to rationalize how this embarrassment could have arisen, in the first place. One obvious inference from the judgement summary read b ...
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This Tsatsu guy wants Ghana to start war, otherwise why is he talking such rubbish. He is opening the floodgate for others to start dissecting the Peppefours in the Supreme Court and blame the most nefarious Atubuga. Tsatsu m ...
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Yes! The Truth Always Hurts!
Good job master yaw
My guess is you would have been OK if the result had gone the other way. You don't need this long post. Just go straight to the point. The truth of the matter is if every election result in Africa (or the world for that ma ...
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What in Ohemeng's article leads you to conclude "you would have been OK if the result had gone the other way"?.
Obviously, your lack of objectivity has clouded your reasoning into reaching such a conclusion. If in any electi ...
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The lack of confidence and fumbling (error in the Baffoe-Bonnie vote, calling Ansah instead of Atuguba, referring to KPMG as PKMG) with which the presiding judge delivered the verdict tells the whole story. Ghana deserves bet ...
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Sore double losers! Find all the excuses you can, it won't change anything.
Yaw, I had the same sentiments you expressed in your piece. If this case was billed as historical, it was shocking the Court only came with how the justices voted..This was disappointing and speaks volumes as to the absence o ...
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It is the responsibility of our political leaders to change the course of history. Starting with reforming the constitution itself, followed by the electoral system. Suggesting that SC judges should have done these in the del ...
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If you want a perfect adjudication,please go to heaven.Your analysis is nauseating.We are imperfect creatures trying to make as best decisions as we can.The verdict was as good as they come.
You have seen better in Canada and you not tolerate such mediocrity from Ghana's Supreme Court.
'Mediocrity' is indeed the word - I'm equally unhappy with the 'five-minute verdict'. While we accept in the interest of peace, we should continue analyzing and pointing out the flaws..
I was also disappointed with the short and hurried ruling. It was as if Justice Atuguba wanted to get the whole thing over quickly and make a quick exit. I thought the judgement day was an opportunity for the judges to dist ...
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The delivery of the verdict in less than 5 minutes tells you how stupid the petition was.It should have been thrown out in the first day ofcourse.Thank you.
Why did the legal challenge doom to fail because it had no leg to stand on. On 3 of the issues all the 9 judges dismissed it period on the rest it was a 5-4 decision.Legal minds sometimes have to disagree on the basis of the ...
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The main ingredients you did not take note of are;-
a] The main objective of the supreme court was to have peace in the country so a summary of the judgement was the best way to deliver the message.
b]The issue of Atuguba's ...
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You believe that? What was presented in court - duplicate serial numbers, unknown polling stations, foreign materials, trasnpositional errors, and the like, were not just harmless "clerical errors", unless you are as naive as ...
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Kobena, I thank you for understanding the issues I raised. Many people think that I was pronouncing on the judgemnent. I could not have done without the written judgement of the justices.
I was pointing to flaws witnessed ...
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Dear Dr Ohemang,
You write
"I also deem the Judiciary to be an arm of government. So in such a historic trial, they should have helped sanitised the aftermath. Thus rather than asking people to go and read their judgements, ...
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Your analysis are great but you are forgetting that Ghana is a third world country. Tell me how you can have a perfect election without a perfect system and thieves all over the country?
Kudos YEOMANS JOB. THX FOR THIS WRITE UP. IN LAW I EXPECTED EXACTLY WHAT U HAVE WRITTEN. ATUGUBA WAS IN A HURRY AS IF VODOO WAS CHASING HIM. SHAME REFORMS NEEDED.
Try doing business in Ghana and you will find out what perfection is all about. Don't let NPP to become like Republican Party. Let's support the President and stop wailing for Nana Addo. He is not ordained to be a President.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE NINE JUSTICES TO READ THEIR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS AND REASONS IN OPEN COURT YESTERDAY?
ALL THE JUSTICES WHO VOTED TO GRANT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE NPP PETITION ARE EITHER ASHANTI/AKYEM/KWAWU OR WERE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH BY KUFFOUR. JUSTICE DOTSE WAS A CARD-CARRYING NPP EXECUTIVE MEMBER IN VOLTA REGION BEFORE HE ...
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Is justice Dotse also Asante/Akyem? Idiotic thinking!
well said Sir
good job done and may God bless u for your educative and far reaching article.
Why are u talking as if u were not following the proceedings? The petitioners were not looking for truth. They had a very mischievous agenda that is to make nana ADDO the president of ghana. They objected to Afari gyan tender ...
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you clearly must have a low i.q. cos the article is clear and intelligent so if you cannot perceive that then you're a block! incidentally, you are the cheap idiot not the intelligent doc who has made this brilliant analysis.
please mr PHD spare us. elections are not everyday occurrence and therefore minor mistakes on the part hirings of the electoral commission would not be the basis for canceling election results even in nations like Canada and ...
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If people were imprisoned for just making comments about the SC case, how much more will Atuguba be left free for lying to the whole world about the stance of one or more of the judges? If a judge upholds a voting without bio ...
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On the day of Atuguba's imprisonment you and your entire family will be shot by firing squad at the Teshie range. Nana Akuffo Addo will be the executioner.
Yes I agree with the writer, Dr. Atuguba should have taken this opportunity to tell the whole nation that ok Mahama won but some problems with the voting process were found so we should make some changes to it. Tell them that ...
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Mr Ohemeng, you are took quick with this analysis. These judges are the best, so good! If they had pointed fingers or rebuked anyone like you want, we would have had chaos. They sustained our peace without compromising their ...
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Yes Dr. Atuguba could have done more on this historic occasion. He could have congratulated both petitioners and respondents and not lose the fact that problems with the whole voting process were found. He could have also to ...
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How would expect justice Atuguba to do in this case, when his brother is the executive secretary to the President John Dramani Mahama. So what do you expect.stolen vidict. Shame has come to ghana supreme court thanks justice ...
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The Supreme Court rejected all the 6 claims of irregularities by the petitioners.
1.Duplicate on pink sheets numbers.9-0
2.Duplicate on polling staions. 9-0
3.Ghost polling stations. 9-0
4.Over voting. ...
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JUDGE DOTSE WAS ALSO AN NPP REGIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR VOLTA REGION.AND ONE OF THE JUDES WORKED FOR FORMER MP FOR KOFORIDUA HON.YAW BARIMAH
Stop writing this nonsense. SC has spoken.
WE CAN CLEARLY SEE AS FROM THE BEGINING OF THE HEARING THAT, SOME ONE HAS BEEN PRO-NDC UNTILL THE LAST DAY OF RULLING. FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, I COMPLETLY DIASAGREE WITH THE JUDGES. TO ME,I SEE THAT THE RULLING MISSED CREDIBILITY. ...
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The uneasiness about the sc
Dr Yaw,please save your energy for something better and stop fighting over this stupid petition.The Supreme Court has rejected all the 6 claims of irregularities.Why are you now worried over 7-2 majority rule?Is that not enou ...
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True
This is utter nonsense. Were the justices not all Ghanaians and were they not qualified? Perhaps we should have recruited them from Den Haque to satisfy you right? Trust me, such a jury would have thrown out the case from wee ...
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Paul I would not be so offended by your comments if they had come from those guys who cannot string two words together to form a sentence. But from you a PhD?
You called me unpatriotic? Look at the articles on the forum to ...
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DR. Yaw OHEMENG, I expected an article like this to come from AHOOFE who writes as if he got a PhD for writing nonsense. Let me analyze some of the things I saw at the trial. On the day of the verdict Mr. ADDISON started off ...
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WHAT IS SO PATHETIC IS THAT NPP SYMPATHIZERS ARE BEHAVING IN THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE THE VERDICT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM. THEY SHOULD USE THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES TO HELP THE PARTY REORGANIZE. IN FACT, THEY SHOULD START D ...
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Hallo.0Are you deaf?There were 9 judges and not one.
Yaw, be realistic. Since when has any verdict satisfied everybody? May i suggest that you stack your warped opinion up your A!!!!!
The NPP lost the elections, and then blamed their loss on Afafi Djang and Mahama. They lost the petition and blamed their loss on Atuguba and his so called connection with Presidency. When will they learn from their mmistake. ...
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If you present 6 different categories of cases in court and you lose all of them,it means you have scored 0/6 but in percentage it is 0%.Thank you.
I am amazed at the hollowness and pettiness of your article if really you are a doctor. First of all you claim only one of the judges have relatives? How funny?
Many Ghanaians watched the proceedings in court,and it is quite unbelievable the verdict that was given by Atuguba.A chance is missed in putting irregularities to sleep once and for all.Justice Dotse is reported to have said ...
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Much as I agree with some of the things. What you have forgotten is that the SC had to define the process for the petitioners. There were a lot of anomalies with their filling.
Just sour loser with a lot of rotten excuses.give us a break.
It obvious that Ohemeng is not analyzing his post verdict article with an open mind.As it is, it is obvious he is prejudiced and hence his rush to judgement.He has become so stubborn in his ways that he does not pause for a m ...
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Yaw,
I totally agree wwith you. That is the scientific, analytical way! I sat in front of my compuuter for a long time after the verdict pondering these things. The justices would have met on Tuesday and/or Wednesday and agr ...
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As of now the only one holding to the view of serial duplicated numbers is Kobena.That had been his mantra but I remenber telling him that those duplicated serial numbers were fraudulently generated by the petitioners to hood ...
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What did you read in my posting about serial numbers or pink sheets? In any case did you not hear of Afari-Djan's own exhibits of "originals" having inconsistent names and numbers?
Okonko, the only way that will ever move ...
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I thought that Afari Djan was surprised about what they were showing him because so far he is concerned the serial numbers were randomly generated by two print houses.
Kobena until we are objective and balance in our views i ...
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Do you call 5-4, 5-4, 5-4 and three hours behind time and judges' written judgements not ready till date "overwhelmingly rejected?" That exactly is my point!
DR. OHEMENG ERRED FROM HIS FIRST PARAGRAPH: THE PETITION WAS A "CONSTITIONAL" REQUIREMENT. BUT THE PETITIONERS FORGOT THAT AND CITED THESE THREE PARTIES-- THE E.C., AFARI-GYAN AND MR. MAHAM.THAT IMPLIED THAT THE RESPONDENTS W ...
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Tsatu and his team were so smart. They must have foreseen this, so kudos to the entire team.
CARBON COPY AND PARTISAN DR.
Dr. Because ur party lost that is why you are saying these things. Please let me make you be aware that your party had no case in the first place before they went to court.
DR OHEMENG,THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAD ALREADY COMPROMISED HERSELF WITH THE WAY SHE SOUGHT TO TORPEDO THE 2008 ELECTIONS.IT WAS OUR LATE PRESIDENT PROF MILLS WHO DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE HER RESIGNATION.IT IS IN RECORD THAT SHE HAD CO ...
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Ohemeng, who tells you that the Chief Justice recused herself from this case?
Does the law enjoin her to be on the SC panel hearing the case?
Remember that there are at least 13 SC judges. There are other cases to be de ...
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We all mean well for the Country.So if you find it necessary to Criticize what is wrong with that.You clearly pointed out and explained clearly areas they could have done better.We're now in the 21st Century.Digital age. Tho ...
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Dr. Ohemeng, there are many things that our 20/20 vision could still miss in our line of sight. But as you know it is when we look back that we capture all that were missed. By the way, why did you not speak of the signs of t ...
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