Must anas remove the mask in court?

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• Kwei Nmetey 10 years ago

  Look, Mr. Ashon, what is at stake here is called 'justice'. If you make allegations against someone and seek adjudication on your allegation in any court [the court of public opinion included], the veracity of your allegation ...
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  Look, Mr. Ashon, what is at stake here is called 'justice'. If you make allegations against someone and seek adjudication on your allegation in any court [the court of public opinion included], the veracity of your allegation must be tested and the test must appear to all witnesses to be fair. A central part of the process of testing and determining the fairness of what you allege, is you being able to look your accuser in the face - eyeball to eyeball - and your accuser likewise. The witnesses must also be able to see the faces of both accuser and accused to satisfy themselves that whatever is coming out of their mouths is the truth, as far as they [the witnesses] can judge. Now, can all of this happen when the accuser chooses to hide their identity behind a mask and demand that we [public included] believe what they allege because they said so? How can that be fair? And without that how can there be the justice that's being sought? This is the fundamental problem underlying Anas' 'misadventures'. Because his practice infringes the morality in the principle requiring accusers to face who they accuse in court. If Anas is 'afraid' to show who he is then there must be something intrinsically wrong with what he represents, for no one can be above the law of natural justice. No One, I say!!!!!

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• MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

  Onyeni Kwei Nmetey, you have to define what you mean by Natural Justice for us.
  
  Would unmasking the accuser have effect on the veracity of Anas 's allegations against the named judges ? Let's find out in court.
  
  We ca ...
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  Onyeni Kwei Nmetey, you have to define what you mean by Natural Justice for us.
  
  Would unmasking the accuser have effect on the veracity of Anas 's allegations against the named judges ? Let's find out in court.
  
  We can do this without dismantling the spirit behind Anas-like exposes. In fact, it should be extended to the nooks & crannies of our society where corruption and bribery exist.

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• Kwei Nmetey 10 years ago

  Absolutely it would. For starters, it would level the playing field and heighten the sense of fairness. secondly, it would enable everyone to read the countenance of both accuser and accused as proceedings unfold. Thirdly, wh ...
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  Absolutely it would. For starters, it would level the playing field and heighten the sense of fairness. secondly, it would enable everyone to read the countenance of both accuser and accused as proceedings unfold. Thirdly, when the verdict is handed down justice would be seen to have been done. That would be good for all concerned and enhance Anas' stature legitimately. Above all, our society benefits in a healthier way.

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