Monday, August 19, 2013

Nobody Will Fight In Ghana…We’re Much Wiser Than The Politicians Think - Pratt

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has asked skeptics in the country not to put fear in the citizenry while the nation awaits the verdict of the Supreme Court.

He sought to defuse tensions in the public domain as the nation awaits with bated breath the nine-member Supreme Court judges’ final ruling on the pending election case, the Senior Journalist stressed on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo”, that the nation will definitely not become a war zone.

According to him, “nobody will fight in Ghana. It will shock the politicians that the Supreme Court will make its decision…and nothing will happen in Ghana because Ghanaians are smart. Ghanaians are much much wiser than the politicians think we are…And whoever decides to cause mayhem in this country will face the wrath of the security services.”

He also noted that the constitution has vested powers in the Judiciary to adjudicate on disputes and ensure that justice takes its course.

He therefore issued a strong warning to insurgents in the country, saying “all of our powers to determine what is just and what is not just is vested in the Judiciary. The ultimate court is the Supreme Court…So, who are you to say the verdict is unfair? On whose authority do you say the verdict is not fair?”

Also, commenting on the court ruling on the General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie and a youth activist of the party, Hopeson Adorye, who were hauled before the court on Wednesday, 14th August, to defend contempt charges leveled against them, Kwesi Pratt admonished Ghanaians not to rejoice over the punishments meted out to the two political figures but rather draw lessons from the latest development at the Supreme Court.
 
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana

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