New Patriotic Party Former Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South in the
Brong Ahafo Region, Stephen Kwaku Balado Manu has urged the Ghana Bar
Association and National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to
heighten public education on the legal system of the nation.
Speaking
to Oman FM on Tuesday, Hon. Balado Manu was of a strong view that
Ghana’s Judiciary has disappointed the nation for not utilizing its
communicative tools to explain the content and purport of contempt to
Ghanaians.
According to him, several Ghanaians are ignorant of
the constitution of being contemptuous of the court and therefore it
behooves the Bar Association and the NCCE to raise awareness about it.
“The
institution called Judiciary is the entity that has disappointed Ghana.
Because they have a Public Relations outfit which should have
interacted with people to teach them about the nature of things [in the
judicial system].”
“Ignorance of the law”, he stated, is no
defence but “ignorance of a fact could be defence”, hence the need for
the two law enforcement entities to educate Ghanaians about the laws
governing the nation.
He however debunked any notion that the GBA
is an offspring of the opposition NPP, saying it is a “figment of
ignorance” on the part of the proponents, but held strongly that the
Association has not helped Ghanaians, “they were paid to help the
development of the country and if the country will progress, there is
law in the country for human understanding. So, a person should be able
to understand the law, that’s why the law must be publicized…so that it
will be in the realm of the people.” |
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