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• Dr. Otto 9 years ago

  Lungu, you idiotic moron!
  What has Duodu's statement that ...election process, when properly run by an Electoral Commission, is supposed to be just efficient, got to do with your silly following question?
  What about econ ...
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  Lungu, you idiotic moron!
  What has Duodu's statement that ...election process, when properly run by an Electoral Commission, is supposed to be just efficient, got to do with your silly following question?
  What about economy...equity...equality...consistent, non-arbitrary adherence to statutory requirements long specified in the books, in the laws?, (Prof Lungu, 19 October, 2016) ...Are you just mad!?
  
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  By: Prof Lungu
  
  ".... As of 2016, Freedom House assigns Ghana's electoral process a score of 12 out of 12, same as the UK.., the US a 11 out of 12... As far as we know, even if we were to entertain the idea that it is analogous, a 40% "pupil" passing rate in an exam given to students is not necessarily out of bounds before we consider the specific context...The question for Mr. Duodu is who said...election process, when properly run by an Electoral Commission, is supposed to be just efficient?...What about economy...equity...equality...consistent, non-arbitrary adherence to statutory requirements long specified in the books, in the laws?...", (Prof Lungu, 19 October, 2016).

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• Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

  You should focus on Cameron Duodu's argument which has won with the court: Those aspirants disqualified by the EC should have been given the chance to make corrections on their forms. Period!
  
  Focusing on some abstract scor ...
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  You should focus on Cameron Duodu's argument which has won with the court: Those aspirants disqualified by the EC should have been given the chance to make corrections on their forms. Period!
  
  Focusing on some abstract score to give the impression that our electoral system is superior is rather moot in the context of the prevailing ruling.
  
  Learn how to lose with grace Bro.

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• bashuru 9 years ago

  Lungu the EC must "axe" you to refund the money you took to take Mr Cameron Duodu on. For you are so dense
  that when the superior reasoning of the famous journalist was supported by the courts you still went ahead to pu ...
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  Lungu the EC must "axe" you to refund the money you took to take Mr Cameron Duodu on. For you are so dense
  that when the superior reasoning of the famous journalist was supported by the courts you still went ahead to push on with the old line given to you! Mumu dead-brained Professor who chops the EC's money without being able to delver any valuable propaganda. Both you and your employers are totally shamed now by the judiciary of Ghana. So you want the EC to put the blame on its lawyer? Fool -- give a lawyer a silly brief and no matter how brilliant he may be he will lose the case. So you are admitting that Charlotte the so-called great lawyer could not find a good lawyer for her organization? She's coming for her money right now! Run!

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law,
  You of all people must know this Part 2 of our paper, titled, "RE: Cameron Duodu's "Why our Electoral System has failed" (Part 2)". Ghanaweb edited our title and so made nonsense of it. But, unlike ...
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  Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law,
  You of all people must know this Part 2 of our paper, titled, "RE: Cameron Duodu's "Why our Electoral System has failed" (Part 2)". Ghanaweb edited our title and so made nonsense of it. But, unlike you, we will not chalk that under the activities of the matemeho confederates, the property-owning democrats, so to speak.
  
  Further, you as the lawyer, strangely, do not provide any analysis of the decision from the bench to support Mr. Duodu.
  
  No, we take that one back!
  
  You, Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law, is saying that if they lied and were "...disqualified by the EC (the 'aspirants') should have been given the chance to make corrections on their forms...".
  
  You get that, right?
  
  So, here is to you, Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law!
  
  We did a cursory reading of the opinion from the bench and read comments by other lawyers a lot brilliant and more reflective than many self-proclaimed lawyers we've heard from.
  
  From the little we know, the court has merely directed the EC to allow Nduom (we understand he filed at the 9th hour, after he'd squandered all "Grace-Time"), to re-submit.
  
  Then, there are those among the "disqualified", who, per the EC, fabricated information and/or provided "backers" who have already used their privilege.
  
  Go figure, Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law!

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• DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW 9 years ago

  Such meaningless jabber!
  
  From the very beginning, it has been my position that the arguments used to disqualify the presidential candidates were all pedestrian; that is why only pedestrian arguments could be used by the Co ...
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  Such meaningless jabber!
  
  From the very beginning, it has been my position that the arguments used to disqualify the presidential candidates were all pedestrian; that is why only pedestrian arguments could be used by the Commission's attorney to defend the Commission.
  
  After all, if you understand the overarching ends of democracy as giving the opportunity for the people to elect their leaders, then all other actions ought to be subservient to this view.
  
  As Justice Kyei Bafour eloquently, albeit scathingly, stated in his ruling:
  “If the right to put oneself up as a candidate to contest an election is needlessly denied by the Respondents without due regard to well-trodden paths of fairness and propriety, it renders meaningless the exercise of the right to vote guaranteed by the Constitution in a participatory democracy as the choice of a voter may have been denied him not through the fair means and processes prescribed by law” but in a rather petulant and perverse fashion.
  
  The learned Justice continued,
  “The conduct of the Returning Officer and the Commission in its denial of the right afforded the Applicant by law to make alteration or amendment to his form has been taken in a petulant fashion and their decision in respect of Applicant has been extremely perverse.”
  
  If the Electoral Commission had any clue about its work, it wouldn’t have exposed itself to these demeaning statements by the Court, and if it were not blinded by its own self-conceit and arrogance (or ignorance), it could have foreseen the consequences of all its “petulant” and "perverse" actions.
  
  The implications are therefore damning for the commission which should act now to save whatever is left of its credibility; and this means taking the correct actions to bring to fruition the full force and effect of the Court’s ruling.
  
  If you understand the above analysis, you would not spend further time in a Sisyphean verbiage to discredit Cameron Duodu's lucid argument.
  
  After all, the Court has sided with his argument and rejected yours.
  
  You are so lumber-headed!

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Ha! Ha! Ha!
  
  We see.
  
  You are back hurling insults, and more insults, DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
  
  You've now taken time to provide a comment on the ruling itself, pithy as it is.
  
  That is a good thing, marginal at bes ...
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  Ha! Ha! Ha!
  
  We see.
  
  You are back hurling insults, and more insults, DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
  
  You've now taken time to provide a comment on the ruling itself, pithy as it is.
  
  That is a good thing, marginal at best.
  
  Still, that does not change anything, from our point of view, DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
  
  That is, until it is determined by a competent authority that the EC acted in bad faith - broke the law itself, so to speak.
  
  And so, you still do not address the perversity you created, yourself.
  
  Again, you, Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law, is saying that if they lied on the forms and were "...disqualified by the EC (the 'aspirants') should have been given the chance to make corrections on their forms...".
  
  But for the rest, do have great fun with all of that!

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• Nana Yaw Osei 9 years ago

  A teacher conducting an examination for his pupil might be operating under school rules and regulations governing examination, he did not make. A pupil being forced to take a test and a presidential candidate aspiring for a ...
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  A teacher conducting an examination for his pupil might be operating under school rules and regulations governing examination, he did not make. A pupil being forced to take a test and a presidential candidate aspiring for a higher office are all regulated by a controlled(extrinsic) motivation. Both are extrinsically motivated by the hierarchy of needs. A pupil will say: "i must pass my test to belong" and this is a sort of self-actualization for that infant. A presidential aspirant will say: i must run for a president to belong.Both the pupil and the presidential candidate are regulated by a controlled motivators namely: a teacher and the EC chairperson. Mr. Duodu was right.

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Could have, would have, must have!
  
  This is Part 2 of a 2-part series whose title was edited by Ghanaweb.
  
  And there are "pupils" who never pass the test, which is never a reflection on the teacher.
  
  A student would ...
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  Could have, would have, must have!
  
  This is Part 2 of a 2-part series whose title was edited by Ghanaweb.
  
  And there are "pupils" who never pass the test, which is never a reflection on the teacher.
  
  A student would say "I must take my take my test so I do not get into trouble back at home".
  
  For those of us in the 21st Century who recognize "student", taking the test ought to fulfils the "basic" requirement for any parent. It is not "passing").
  
  The politician create her/his own resources and incentives - that they control. Nobody compels a politician to run for office.
  
  Greetings!

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• Togbe Gator 9 years ago

  Someone says Prof Lungu has a dead brain and he's right.
  
  Otherwise why would he not comprehend a simple analogy but take the analogy literally?
  
  A lecturer or teacher must be monitored to see whether he's teaching ...
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  Someone says Prof Lungu has a dead brain and he's right.
  
  Otherwise why would he not comprehend a simple analogy but take the analogy literally?
  
  A lecturer or teacher must be monitored to see whether he's teaching the syllabus correctly.Over a period should failures from the classes notch up 60% or more that will that not constitute irrefutable evidence that he's not teaching the course(s) competently?
  Will such a situation not prove that although he's got the degrees he does lack communications ability and so cannot be entrusted with the important task of imparting knowledge to young people? He'd face the sack. A journalist understands this but not [an alleged] "Professor"? Lungu must be a fraud!!

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Togbe Gator,
  If we may!
  
  YOU: "...Over a period should failures from the classes notch up 60%...".
  
  dah dah dah dah!
  
  WE SAY: Nice, poor, try.
  
  Not critical enough, without historical foundation.
  
  Let's assume for ...
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  Togbe Gator,
  If we may!
  
  YOU: "...Over a period should failures from the classes notch up 60%...".
  
  dah dah dah dah!
  
  WE SAY: Nice, poor, try.
  
  Not critical enough, without historical foundation.
  
  Let's assume for a minute the 2 cases are analogous.
  
  Where does "Over a period" make sense to you when this is actually the first Presidential election under the new "SHERIFF", who, everyone in town agrees, is in fact the lightning rod.
  
  Nice try!

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• Nsia 9 years ago

  BBC: ONLY ONE STUDENT OUT OF 42,000 PASS EXAMS IN LIBERIA
  October 17, 20168478
  
  
  Only one student in Liberia, out of 42,000 who sat the annual west African regional examinations, has passed the Division One level exams f ...
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  BBC: ONLY ONE STUDENT OUT OF 42,000 PASS EXAMS IN LIBERIA
  October 17, 20168478
  
  
  Only one student in Liberia, out of 42,000 who sat the annual west African regional examinations, has passed the Division One level exams for entry to university.
  
  Armstrong Gbessagee, 18, from the J.J. Roberts United Methodist School in the capital, Monrovia, spoke to me about his unique feat:
  
  No matter where you are from we are not less, intellectually, than other people from across West Africa. I hope others see this as a motivation. “
  
  The examinations are held in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia, all English-speaking countries, to test students’ knowledge.
  
  In 2013, nearly all 25,000 school-leavers failed the test for admission to the University of Liberia, one of two state-run universities.
  
  President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf reacted by calling the education system “a mess”
  
  Source: BBC Africa.

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• Jonathan 9 years ago

  What do you now about Liberia please?
  Even before our civil war our educational attainments could not match those of other WA states. There was discrimination between natives and the rulers -- the Americo-Liberians who we ...
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  What do you now about Liberia please?
  Even before our civil war our educational attainments could not match those of other WA states. There was discrimination between natives and the rulers -- the Americo-Liberians who were affluent enough to send their children to schools in the US whilst neglecting to budget money for education at home. That was one of the reasons for Sgt Doe's coup.
  Later matters got worse when fighting occurred between Doe and other armed groups. Life was hell for over 10 years during which everything got broken especially schools and hospitals. No teachers no books and you expect6ed them to pass examinations?

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  Your arguments and assumptions here reflect what Prof Lungu has been trying to put across.
  
  Please don't hang yourself with them. You have confirmed his assumptions already.
  
  Enjoy your weekend.
  
  Thanks.

  Your arguments and assumptions here reflect what Prof Lungu has been trying to put across.
  
  Please don't hang yourself with them. You have confirmed his assumptions already.
  
  Enjoy your weekend.
  
  Thanks.

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Anokware speak the truth like the solid ground on which we rest!
  
  So, while Ekow Essamuah calls in Danquah-Busia-Dombo reinforcements (below), from the other side:
  
  READ: Allow other candidates to correct errors – Casel ...
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  Anokware speak the truth like the solid ground on which we rest!
  
  So, while Ekow Essamuah calls in Danquah-Busia-Dombo reinforcements (below), from the other side:
  
  READ: Allow other candidates to correct errors – Casely-HayfordRead
  
  Comment: WHY ALLOW THEM TO CORRECT ERRORS?
  Author: Anokware
  Date: 2016-10-29 21:21:30
  Comment to: Allow other candidates to correct errors – Casel
  
  WHY OH! WHY GHANA? IS THERE NO COMMON SENSE PEOPLE IN GHANA.? WHY ALL THESE NONSENSE, A PERSONS WHO WANT BE PRESIDENT OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRY AND, IS INCAPABLE OF COMPLETING A REGISTRATION FORM CORRECTLY AND, PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR THEM TO ALLOWED TO GIVEN A CHANCE TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKES . HOW WILL YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE APPLIES FOR HEADMASTER'S POST WITH MISTAKES; WILL HAVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN THE PERSON'S ABILITY FOR THE JOB, WILL YOU CALL THEM BACK TO AMEND THE MISTAKES? ARE STUDENTS CALLED BACK TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKES AFTER THEY HAND IN THEIR EXAMINATION PAPERS. ABOVE ALL, IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED THAT SOME OF THE REGISTRATION FORMS WERE FRAUDULENTLY COMPLETED. THEY MAY WIN IN COURT ON TECHNICALITY BUT, WE SHOULD QUESTION THEIR WISDOM, NOT HOW DEEP IS THEIR POCKETS. I rest my case."
  
  Peace!

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  I also rest my case. There is a huge problem we have right here on Ghanaweb. Some don't read critically.
  
  Anokware's was exactly the point I tried to make in my article on Madam Charlotte Osei and the disqualifications.
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  I also rest my case. There is a huge problem we have right here on Ghanaweb. Some don't read critically.
  
  Anokware's was exactly the point I tried to make in my article on Madam Charlotte Osei and the disqualifications.
  
  I think she did the right thing. Let us wait and see what will become of electors who vote twice (or thrice, etc) in the upcoming general elections!
  
  I think what you have posted here, Prof Lungu from Anokware, reflects the subtext of my intentions.
  
  Have a great weekend!

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• Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 9 years ago

  Lungu will always lose every legal argument because his weedy head does not enable him to reason like a human being.
  
  He must always reason like a typical Nkrumaist who was raised in the Young Pioneer tradition to bleat in ...
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  Lungu will always lose every legal argument because his weedy head does not enable him to reason like a human being.
  
  He must always reason like a typical Nkrumaist who was raised in the Young Pioneer tradition to bleat in agreement with incongruous perorations.
  
  What does Lungu know about the democratic process or the rule of law?
  
  As much as Nkrumah knew.
  
  NOTHING.

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• Ekow Essamuah 9 years ago

  Oh! DR. SAS, Why has thou forsaken us? We the children of Danquah-Busia-Dombo miss you soooo much. Come rescue us from the ferocious rapids of Lungu, Bokor and Kwarteng, the supporters of create, loot and share and hateful in ...
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  Oh! DR. SAS, Why has thou forsaken us? We the children of Danquah-Busia-Dombo miss you soooo much. Come rescue us from the ferocious rapids of Lungu, Bokor and Kwarteng, the supporters of create, loot and share and hateful inventors of abject stupidity.

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