Is Election Petition SC Verdict of Dubious Value?

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OSEI 11 years ago

PREMPEH'S VIEWS ARE BIASE. HE PRETENDS TO KNOW BETTER THAN THE SUPREME COURT BUT THAT IS A LIAR. HE IS JEALOUS AND ENVIOUS OF A POSITION HE WILL NEVER GET UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. THE SC VERDICT IS CORRECT WHETHER HE LIKES ...
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PREMPEH'S VIEWS ARE BIASE. HE PRETENDS TO KNOW BETTER THAN THE SUPREME COURT BUT THAT IS A LIAR. HE IS JEALOUS AND ENVIOUS OF A POSITION HE WILL NEVER GET UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. THE SC VERDICT IS CORRECT WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT. HE SHOULD BE IGNORED.
Annorwuo 11 years ago

The lecture`s organizers should tell you
what the whole exercise was about - distraction, and casting doubt about the legitimacy of the current administration! And how could Kwasi Prempeh of Seton Hall Law School dare open ...
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The lecture`s organizers should tell you
what the whole exercise was about - distraction, and casting doubt about the legitimacy of the current administration! And how could Kwasi Prempeh of Seton Hall Law School dare open his mouth about a US Sc`s verdict and hope to hang on to his job at that 'so so' school in Newark,NJ? Even the likes of Alan Dercherwits[ of Harvard],who was actively involved in the Gore v Bush election case, would not contemplate doing such a thing! But in Ghana, you have DUBIOUS organizations such IMANI GHANA,whose sources of funding are shrouded in a mystery, devoting huge resources to such a 'meaningless enterprise',solely to undermine our own institutions,for political/ideological considerations,so what do you expect?
OYOKOBA 11 years ago

I have enjoyed the piece written by Kofi Ata very much. Clearly, it was generally based on logical deductions. But is logical deductions as sacrosanct as legal deductions and interchangeable? I feel woefully inadequate becaus ...
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I have enjoyed the piece written by Kofi Ata very much. Clearly, it was generally based on logical deductions. But is logical deductions as sacrosanct as legal deductions and interchangeable? I feel woefully inadequate because I am not a lawyer by any stretch except to say, what is logical is not necessarily legal. I hope Kwasi Prempeh will come and offer proper rebuttal. Who knows in law, "dubious value", has a stricter interpretation than the pedestrian interpretation?

I am not so sure, but I think the tag of "dubious value" that Kwasi Prempeh attached to the Supreme Court ruling, was more in the direction of their recommendations than the judgment itself. Kofi Ata, I think you have to read again Kwasi Prempeh's submissions in their entirety, than selected slices to catch his thrust.

I could be mistaken, but then I think what Kwasi Prempeh is saying is that, for the Supreme Court to issue recommendations to the Electoral Commission on electoral reforms, and not to clothe those recommendations with compelling language to oblige the EC to do the same, renders the recommendations of the Supreme Court dubious in value. I guess that is the drift of Kwasi Prempeh. He is saying in many words that the recommendations of the SC to the EC are toothless, more or less a take it or leave it kind of recommendations. Cheers!
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago

OYOKOBA, I read Prof Prempeh's speech today and put together with his comments in answers to questions at the event as reported by the media, I still stand by the views expressed in my article. For easy reference to some of w ...
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OYOKOBA, I read Prof Prempeh's speech today and put together with his comments in answers to questions at the event as reported by the media, I still stand by the views expressed in my article. For easy reference to some of what he said in his answers, please read mojingles's second comment.

Again, even in the written speech he made specific reference to the majority decision/Justices instead of the panel. Any obligation for an order on the EC or a road map for the conduct of future elections lied heavily on all the nine Justices and lightly on the five majority Justices. In fact, in my view, it was probably the minority Justices who should have outlined a road map for the future since they allowed the three reliefs.

Prof Prempeh's decision to concentrate on the majority Justices instead of the collective raised questions on his objectivity.

Even if I had not read what he said in his answers to questions from the participants but only his speech, I would still have held the view that his use of the words "dubious value" was unwarranted and smacked of disrespect for the SC. The word dubious was problematic and it is not a word that I expect someone of the legal fraternity to use in describing the verdict of the highest court of the land.

I am also not sure if legal deductions are sacrosanct, since Law is not natural but social science. That is why with the same law different lawyers, judges/Justices will reach different deductions and conclusions when it comes to its interpretation and application as was in the presidential petition verdict. Yes, yo are right that logical deductions are not necessarily the law, though law do follow logical deductions.
Joejoe 11 years ago

Sense and sensibility at work. Reasoning matches forward, while blind following and repeating mantras is the bane of NPP. This is free education. Learn from it and put aside emotions and pick up logic. You need it to win 2016 ...
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Sense and sensibility at work. Reasoning matches forward, while blind following and repeating mantras is the bane of NPP. This is free education. Learn from it and put aside emotions and pick up logic. You need it to win 2016.
Bono 11 years ago

Kofi Ata you are a dubious person. Since when did doubtfulness become a crime?

You ignore the entire substance of his presentation to seek publicity about one word?

Kofi Ata you are a dubious person. Since when did doubtfulness become a crime?

You ignore the entire substance of his presentation to seek publicity about one word?
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago

Bono, I never stated in the article that dubious or doubtful is a crime. In any case, why do you prefer the less negative meaning of the word dubious (doubtful)instead of the second (such as suspicious or questionable) which ...
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Bono, I never stated in the article that dubious or doubtful is a crime. In any case, why do you prefer the less negative meaning of the word dubious (doubtful)instead of the second (such as suspicious or questionable) which is more accurate if the two words (dubious value) are put together?

Prof Prempeh knew what he was doing because his written speech was not as negative as his answers to questions from the participants which were reported by the media, though the two words (dubious value) that formed the body of my article were contained in his written speech.
sampson 11 years ago

you are always the best

you are always the best
Kwadwo 11 years ago

Prof Prempeh has every right to denigrate the Supreme Court Ruling as he deems fit.

Prof Prempeh has every right to denigrate the Supreme Court Ruling as he deems fit.
sampson 11 years ago

that is the reason we are not progressing as a nation. our rights shd not make us unreasonable. we have let partisan politics clouded our reasoning and therefore do not look at things from the right lens

that is the reason we are not progressing as a nation. our rights shd not make us unreasonable. we have let partisan politics clouded our reasoning and therefore do not look at things from the right lens

Deyu 11 years ago

This is a good piece. I think it is the fault of the Ghanaian press who describe anybody at all as an expert just like Asare who myopically panoptically wanted to challenge constitutional review committee and has since then g ...
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This is a good piece. I think it is the fault of the Ghanaian press who describe anybody at all as an expert just like Asare who myopically panoptically wanted to challenge constitutional review committee and has since then gone into hiding.
Jato .P 11 years ago

I agree totally with your analysis. The Prof is an NPP activist. Last year when the case was in court,his comments on the proceedings left much to be desired.. We should criticize constructively without being politically bias ...
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I agree totally with your analysis. The Prof is an NPP activist. Last year when the case was in court,his comments on the proceedings left much to be desired.. We should criticize constructively without being politically biased.
PHILTY McNASTY 11 years ago

You are not arguing with the prof on points but on emotions. Put on your thinking cap.

You are not arguing with the prof on points but on emotions. Put on your thinking cap.
Jato .P 11 years ago

sorry, I wanted to say politically biased

sorry, I wanted to say politically biased
mojingles 11 years ago

Kofi Atta, you are being too generous to this Prempeh buffoon...he is the sort that wears his educational qualifications on his sleeve....is he the only constitutional lawyer in Ghana and what gives the buffoon the right to c ...
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Kofi Atta, you are being too generous to this Prempeh buffoon...he is the sort that wears his educational qualifications on his sleeve....is he the only constitutional lawyer in Ghana and what gives the buffoon the right to cast aspersions on the highest court of the land? He goes home and pontificates before an adoring crowd of bootlickers and he believes himself to be superior....some of us gave up law school to do other things, Mr. so-called constitutional law professor.....there are many Ghanaians both at home and abroad who could be constitutional lawyers, too.

He is a man without merit, and Kofi, believe me, you don't have to be a lawyer to understand why the GSC ruled the way it did in 2012....

Prempeh's observations are borne out of ill-will and unbridled hatred towards the NDC......at this point in time, there is nothing he nor others of his ilk can do to reverse the wise decision reached by a majority of the Supreme Court...all they can do is shout till their voices become shrill.......
PHILTY McNASTY 11 years ago

Mojingles, can you tell us what is wrong with what Kwasi Prempeh said, than just shooting your mouth? What do you know huh?

Mojingles, can you tell us what is wrong with what Kwasi Prempeh said, than just shooting your mouth? What do you know huh?
mojingles 11 years ago

McNasty, I will gladly oblige you. This is what is wrong with what the Prempeh uttered:one year removed from a momentous period in our national history when tempers were extremely high and the least utterance could have ignit ...
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McNasty, I will gladly oblige you. This is what is wrong with what the Prempeh uttered:one year removed from a momentous period in our national history when tempers were extremely high and the least utterance could have ignited a firestorm, he wades into the discussion with his offensive asides/remarks....

The Supreme Court reached its decision after a deliberate and exhaustive hearing allowing the petitioners to publicly air their grievances......and at the end of it all, it was a majority that carried the day based on the preponderance of evidence....and reached a decision that was binding on all parties...therefore to question or label the decision dubious is outrageous and divisive.
Lawrence 11 years ago

I disagreed with you on the Wayomeh's case but we are in agreement on this one. Some of these Professors when they travel to Ghana, just talk as if those in Ghana don't know much. I hope Prof. Prempeh will come on this platfo ...
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I disagreed with you on the Wayomeh's case but we are in agreement on this one. Some of these Professors when they travel to Ghana, just talk as if those in Ghana don't know much. I hope Prof. Prempeh will come on this platform and answer the questions you posed to him or he should come and explain further why he had the courage to use the words "Dubious Value" to describe the verdict of the highest court of our land.
You see in America, you can use some words but those words don't go well with our culture, traditions and law.

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