Chairman
of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante
has added his voice to calls on Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata, Counsel for the
ruling party in the just-ended election petition, to render an apology
to the Judiciary over comments he made against one of the nine-member
panel.
Rev. Emmanuel Asante wondered why Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata
would “stoop so low”, in his estimation, to single out Justice
Anin-Yeboah and so, asked Ghanaians to forgive him.
He therefore
admonished Lawyer Tsatsu to apologize to the nine-member panel for being
critical of Justice Anin-Yeboah; an attitude he found improper to be
portrayed by him.
Counterbalancing his position on the issue, he
also called on the Chief Executive of the Danquah Institute, Gabby
Otchere-Darko, to render an unqualified apology for alleging that the
verdict by the Supreme Court Judges was “corrupt”.
“The statement
that he made, he’s trying to justify. He’s trying to say that he draws a
clear distinction between the Judges and the judgement but I don’t
think that its right. Let’s cease fire,” he opined.
Lawyer
Tsatsu Tsikata’s remarks about Justice Anin-Yeboah are obviously not a
new item in the media domain as he is quoted to have referred to him
(Justice Anin-Yeboah) as lacking judicial balance and allowing his
partisan bias to cloud his judgement.
Gabby Otchere-Darko on his
part was also said to have dared the Supreme Court Justices to cite him
for contempt for making comments that the court ruling which saw
President John Mahama being declared a “validly elected” Head of State
was corrupt.
Speaking in an interview with Radio Gold, Rev.
Asante called on the two socialites to call it quits and ensure that
they do not disrupt the peace of the nation.
According to him,
the nation should be “guided by the great momentum of peace. The address
of Nana Akufo Addo, the broadcast of the President, the attitude of the
leadership must serve as encouragement to all of us. The time has come
for us to promote partnership and not partisanship.”
Also,
touching on the conduct of the Supreme Court Justices, he commended them
for performing “creditably well and we must congratulate them for the
good performance. I rate them very very high…Ghana can boast that we are
a nation that abides by the rule of law. And the performance of lawyers
from both sides said to me that Ghana, we have a lot to tell the
world.”
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