Managing
Editor of the “Gye Nyame Concord” newspaper, Alfred Ogbamey has urged
all political figures and the entire nation to draw lessons from the
legal discipline that was instilled in two leading members of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP).
Making his submissions on the contempt
charges that were brought against the NPP Chief Scribe, Lawyer Kwadwo
Owusu Afriyie and a member of a youth wing of the party dubbed “Young
Patriots”, Hopeson Adorye, Alfred Ogbamey implored the nation to respect
the Justices sitting on the pending election petition.
Speaking
on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo”, he advised Ghanaians and political figures not
to issue threatening words against the judges as the nation awaits
their verdict on the election dispute in which petitioners; Nana Akufo
Addo, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Jake Obetsebi Lamptey are seeking to
revoke the legitimacy of President John Mahama as victor in last year’s
Presidential elections.
“Justice is defined by what the judges
say. Justice is not defined by your interpretation of the law is. So,
let us all agree that we’re going to go through this process and where
the judges give their judgement, if you disagree with them, there’s a
legal process,” he noted.
The panel of judges presided by Justice
William Atuguba, Alfred Ogbamey admonished, “are not gods and nobody is
under the illusions that they are gods…They are human beings, they will
make mistakes but when they make those mistakes, take them on the point
of law. But when you go attacking their personalities, insulting them,
it is a ‘no-no’. And let nobody use the excuse that the judges want to
infringe upon our freedom.”
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