The Curious Case of the First Respondent.

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K. Boateng 11 years ago

Jed Rii wrote "A new development, is the attempt by the New Democratic Congress [NDC]..."

Please the "N" in the NDC is not "New" as you wrote up there; it is rather NATIONAL. The NDC stands for NATIONAL Democratic Congres ...
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Jed Rii wrote "A new development, is the attempt by the New Democratic Congress [NDC]..."

Please the "N" in the NDC is not "New" as you wrote up there; it is rather NATIONAL. The NDC stands for NATIONAL Democratic Congress. Thanks.
Sani 11 years ago

Is that not a very minor mistake that can easily be overlooked? You know well articles on ghanaweb are not edited. The webmaster closes his eyes when he posts articles. Make the mistake of sending him the same article twice a ...
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Is that not a very minor mistake that can easily be overlooked? You know well articles on ghanaweb are not edited. The webmaster closes his eyes when he posts articles. Make the mistake of sending him the same article twice and he will post it twice - one immediately after the other. He can't be bothered...
K. Boateng 11 years ago

Sani, every "mistake" counts a lot, especially in our current political environment and therefore one must not live anything to chance.Moreover, names count a lot and therefore changing one's name, either by accident or by mi ...
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Sani, every "mistake" counts a lot, especially in our current political environment and therefore one must not live anything to chance.Moreover, names count a lot and therefore changing one's name, either by accident or by mistake, completely alters what that name stands for and the message it conveys.
Nanakofi 11 years ago

The two candidates stood on the ticket of political parties and not on their own accord [they were not independent candidates but selected in elections by political parties], therefore any decision arrived at by the SC will d ...
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The two candidates stood on the ticket of political parties and not on their own accord [they were not independent candidates but selected in elections by political parties], therefore any decision arrived at by the SC will directly affect the political parties [even more than the candidites], to ignore this fact is short sighted and dangerous. One should conclude therefore that the constitution is not fine, it misses a very important element in the election process, the political parties.
Afranie 11 years ago

Would someone explain to me the interest of obestebi lamptey in the Supreme Court case? Was he the one who was allegedly robbed in the elections? If is name is on the sheet why shouldn't the NDCs name not be on the sheet?

Would someone explain to me the interest of obestebi lamptey in the Supreme Court case? Was he the one who was allegedly robbed in the elections? If is name is on the sheet why shouldn't the NDCs name not be on the sheet?
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

Methinks, the mere accusation of a person of wrong doing does not amount to the establishment of a prima facie case against him. That must be determined by the judge/s upon hearing the initial evidence against defendant/s bid ...
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Methinks, the mere accusation of a person of wrong doing does not amount to the establishment of a prima facie case against him. That must be determined by the judge/s upon hearing the initial evidence against defendant/s bid or motion to have the case thrown out for lack of merit, etc.

I think the NPP has made a case for irregularities in the balloting, in the face of technical challenges, rather than rigging orchestrated by the respondents intended to benefit the President. They (NPP) also benefited from the votes they claimed were cast by people who were not BVD, etc. Their beef is that the President got more of those votes? Had it been the other way round, does anyone believe they'd be asking for those votes to be rejected??? Nei da!

Then, like myself and some others, you think that the President enjoys immunity and the SC will or should throw out the case against him, and along with the NDC motion for a joinder hinged on the suit against the President. Qs is, can the SC do that when the lawyers for the President - to my limited knowledge at the moment, as I haven't read yet their full response even tough I've access to it - pleaded immunity for the President? I just hope they did insert that too in their response.

Anyway, I've already pronounced that it is a circus. Hope you also get plentiful supply of popcorns and candy floss ready! They have 4800 witnesses to call on one side alone! Phew!

Andy-K
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

Just managed to rush through the 16-page response of the 1st Respondent. Save sections 1 & 2 which refer to the respondent being president at the time of the elections and has since then been sworn, there was no reference to ...
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Just managed to rush through the 16-page response of the 1st Respondent. Save sections 1 & 2 which refer to the respondent being president at the time of the elections and has since then been sworn, there was no reference to his immunity and the relevant Const'nal clause bestowing immunity upon him as part of his defensive tools.

Andy-K
Wise man 11 years ago

From my lay man point of view I do not understand why Nana Addo should even mention Mahama in his suit because it was the Electoral Commission which conducted the elections, tabutated the figures and declared the winner. So t ...
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From my lay man point of view I do not understand why Nana Addo should even mention Mahama in his suit because it was the Electoral Commission which conducted the elections, tabutated the figures and declared the winner. So then why sue or take the President to court for election fraud or irregularitis. To me Akufo Addo did that just to discredit the President. President Mahama didn't declare hinseld the winner like Sir John did for Akufo. And NPP should stop saying Ghanaians were robbed because it is only the Asantis and Akyems who are complaining. Nana should instead sue Pastor Mensa Otabil and Kennedy Agyepong to their evil deeds.
ROMANUS DE CAPITOL 11 years ago

YOU MADE A GOOD POINT. BUT I DISLIKE THE WAY YOU ENDED UP TRIBALIZING THE ISSUE AND NAERROWING DOWN TO THE ASHANTIS AND AKYEMS. THERE ARE MUMEROUS AKYEMS AND ASHANTIS WELL GROUNDED AND SOLIDLY BEHIND MAHAMA. THIS IS NOT A TRI ...
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YOU MADE A GOOD POINT. BUT I DISLIKE THE WAY YOU ENDED UP TRIBALIZING THE ISSUE AND NAERROWING DOWN TO THE ASHANTIS AND AKYEMS. THERE ARE MUMEROUS AKYEMS AND ASHANTIS WELL GROUNDED AND SOLIDLY BEHIND MAHAMA. THIS IS NOT A TRIBAL ISSUE. IT IS A GROUP OF MIXED PEOPLE VRS A GROUP PF MIXED PEOPLE FROM ALL TRIBES, REGIONS, RELIGIONS ETC ETC. THERE ARE MANY NORTHERNERS AND EWES AND FANTES SOLIDLY BEHIND NANA AKUFFO ADDO. LET US DO CLEAN POLITICS DEVOID OF TRIBAL SENTIMENTS. THE MORE WE HAMMER ON THIS TRIBAL MATTERS THE MORE WE DIVIDE AND POLARIZE THE NATION. (Romanus likes politics but does not like tribalism)
Tuf. Osei 11 years ago

You can say that again. So many are so blinded by this tribal sentiment to the point where every thing now in Ghana politics has a tribal implication. Let's for once see ourselves as Ghanaians with different political views ...
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You can say that again. So many are so blinded by this tribal sentiment to the point where every thing now in Ghana politics has a tribal implication. Let's for once see ourselves as Ghanaians with different political views.
ROMANUS DE CAPITOL 11 years ago

ALL THESE STUFF IN THE ARTICLE IS SUGGESTING THAT MAHAMA DID NO WRONG. THE CASE IS BETWEEN THE NANA & CO AND THE EC. AND NANA'S CASE MUST BE THAT MAHAMA HAS BEEN MADE PRESIDENT BY DEFAULT OR WRONGLY BY EC. SO WHY ALL THE ACCU ...
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ALL THESE STUFF IN THE ARTICLE IS SUGGESTING THAT MAHAMA DID NO WRONG. THE CASE IS BETWEEN THE NANA & CO AND THE EC. AND NANA'S CASE MUST BE THAT MAHAMA HAS BEEN MADE PRESIDENT BY DEFAULT OR WRONGLY BY EC. SO WHY ALL THE ACCUSATION AGAINST MAHAMA THAT HE HAD FRAUDULENTLY RIGGED THE ELECTIONS AND CARRIED OUT ACTS OF IRREGULARITIES ETC. WHERE DOES HE COME IN? SO IF THE WRITER IS CONVINCED BY WHAT HE IS SAYING THEN HE SHOULD WRITE TO THE NANA/BAWUMIA/JAKE GROUP TO REWORD THEIR PETITION OR WITHDRAW THE CASE. (It's me Romanus)
MR. FIGURE- OUT 11 years ago

I saw the wisdom in your write up just after I hit the phrase "The perceived wisdom is, never get tangled in a lawsuit and if you find yourself in one, strive to get out as fast as possible". You made things so simple for an ...
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I saw the wisdom in your write up just after I hit the phrase "The perceived wisdom is, never get tangled in a lawsuit and if you find yourself in one, strive to get out as fast as possible". You made things so simple for any idiot to understand. The NDC has no business presenting their guilty self to be sued. Bravo!
Now the framers of the constitution did not make mistake to link the beneficiary of a perceived rig election to a suit though he/she might not be directly involve in the wrong doing. Admitting to have unknowingly purchased a stolen property make you equally guilty as the one who stole it, per the law, so the NPP made no mistake when they sued the silent killer of Mills alongside the boss of the EC. Election is conducted to elect a president. So Mahama being sworn in as a president is an evident that there was an election. So to fault the electoral process as fraudulent managed, the NPP has to drag the ass of Mahama the president 'person' to court as the ' hard evident' to prove its' case. I hope the dummies in the NDc will understand this layman analysis.
Felix 11 years ago

You also may sound good with the english but U don't understand the law. If there is a lawsuit which outcome is likely to affect U negatively, U are better advised to join the suit because after judgement, there is no defence ...
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You also may sound good with the english but U don't understand the law. If there is a lawsuit which outcome is likely to affect U negatively, U are better advised to join the suit because after judgement, there is no defence that I'm affected by the outcome. If the outcome will affect U, U join to have your say and also present why U think U will be affected. The NDC can join because they provided Mahama the platform to fight the election. They either beneficiaries of the results or losers and must therefore be in court to protect their turf. Let me make this analogy, someone fraudulently uses your property to secure a bank loan and defaults. The bank is in court to seek to sell your property won't u join the suit.Does that make U a guilty party to the fraud.I'll and therefore consider me guilty.
Joe 11 years ago

The hatred of Mahama, his tribe and region that the NPP have planted in the minds of their supporters forced them to mention him in the suit. Since then the attacks againts the personality of the President has not stopped. Th ...
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The hatred of Mahama, his tribe and region that the NPP have planted in the minds of their supporters forced them to mention him in the suit. Since then the attacks againts the personality of the President has not stopped. The superiority complex and arrogant posture of the NPP prevents them from simple logic, they are only using the law to to escape from the reality, th rejection of majority of Ghanains of their brand of politics.
Maame Serwaah, Guildford. 11 years ago

Dear Mr/Miss Joe I will advise you to reread MR FIGURE-OUT comment and Felix response and you will see how myopic you are. These guys are putting up very intelligent arguments and you jump in with childish tribal issues. Don' ...
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Dear Mr/Miss Joe I will advise you to reread MR FIGURE-OUT comment and Felix response and you will see how myopic you are. These guys are putting up very intelligent arguments and you jump in with childish tribal issues. Don't you know that there are quite a number of Akans in the NDC and a lot of Northerners also in the NPP? Stop this tribal nonsense and your inferiority complex if you have nothing positive to contribute.
MR. FIGURE- OUT 11 years ago

Let me make it clear to you that nobody hate Mahama except the "Nkana Red" devil in him. Trust me my dad is a Gonja and I have known John the president for so many years when i happened to be a junior rank officer of the Gonj ...
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Let me make it clear to you that nobody hate Mahama except the "Nkana Red" devil in him. Trust me my dad is a Gonja and I have known John the president for so many years when i happened to be a junior rank officer of the Gonja Youth Association. John looks a gentleman but his outfit and what he can do leaves much to be desired. Have you taken your time to read into the the STX and the Brazilian Embraer jet plane Saga? Anyways, this is just by the way. tHE REAL ISSUE ASTAKE IS THAT the elections was rigged and that Mahama's presidency would be short lived , Insha Allah.
Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

You are a great liar.

You are a great liar.
MR. FIGURE- OUT 11 years ago

What shall it profit me if I pose myself a Gonjaman and denounce my Ashanti fraternity. I was born to a useless polygamous Gonja school master and an innocent Ashanti mother, a trader, in Kpandai in the then East Gonja distri ...
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What shall it profit me if I pose myself a Gonjaman and denounce my Ashanti fraternity. I was born to a useless polygamous Gonja school master and an innocent Ashanti mother, a trader, in Kpandai in the then East Gonja district. It took my Gonja Aunties to raise me in Salaga when my mum passed away in the hardest way that one can think of. So where is the lie, you the uncircumcised Trokosi friend of mine.
MR. FIGURE- OUT 11 years ago

.... "Let me make this analogy, someone fraudulently uses your property to secure a bank loan and defaults. The bank is in court to seek to sell your property won't u join the suit.Does that make U a guilty party to the fraud ...
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.... "Let me make this analogy, someone fraudulently uses your property to secure a bank loan and defaults. The bank is in court to seek to sell your property won't u join the suit.Does that make U a guilty party to the fraud.I'll and therefore consider me guilty." This analogy is a total flaw since it will be incumbent on the bank to prove to the court that the fraudster is the true owner of the property. Failure to establish that fact could lead to the dismissal of the bank's application in court.In other words I the true owner of the property don't necessarily have to apply to be a third party in such a case. do you get it, stepson?
Alex 11 years ago

Well, I am impressed by the way you handled the topic. You might be a good lawyer. Big thanks.

Well, I am impressed by the way you handled the topic. You might be a good lawyer. Big thanks.
Paul Amuna 11 years ago

Since you are so plainly biased in favour of all the NPP petitioners, please explain to readers what Obetsebi-Lamptey is doing in the suit if not acting as a proxy for the NPP? I believe some of us have been fair and objectiv ...
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Since you are so plainly biased in favour of all the NPP petitioners, please explain to readers what Obetsebi-Lamptey is doing in the suit if not acting as a proxy for the NPP? I believe some of us have been fair and objective in examining this process and far from people examining the constitution with an external lens, people from all walks of life are trying to interpret the constitution they way they see it and I must say, the good ones I have read understand the constitution.

I would rather you provided a fair, balanced and objective analysis of the situation and attempted to examine the merits of each case. When you use a partisan approach, you lose well meaning readers who simply want to follow and learn from what is going on.
Joint Respondent 11 years ago

Is it because NDC does not trust Mahama or has no confidence in Mahama's ability to defend himself that they want to join the case?

If not i do not understand the rational behind that move.

Is it because NDC does not trust Mahama or has no confidence in Mahama's ability to defend himself that they want to join the case?

If not i do not understand the rational behind that move.
Whatever 11 years ago

It Perhaps a great deal of astonished ignorance demonstrated by NPP fanatics and dreamers alike who have been misled by their leaders that the supreme court has the power to elect a president of the REPUBLIC Ghana. I'm sure e ...
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It Perhaps a great deal of astonished ignorance demonstrated by NPP fanatics and dreamers alike who have been misled by their leaders that the supreme court has the power to elect a president of the REPUBLIC Ghana. I'm sure even the judges or justice administrator at the supreme court will cringe to this notion of them being seen as kingmakers in a democracy because only the people of Ghana in their collective are Kingmakers in our Democracy. Judge play their administrative roles by approving what the people have said. Those who feel aggrieved ar giving the fair chance to state their case to convince all minds beyond any reasonable doubt that they won before a court can order a recount.
Says Who 11 years ago

No one is saying the Supreme Court is a "kingmaker". It is the stipulation of the constitution, that disputes over elections should be dealt with through the courts. When a ruling is given, it will also be in accordance with ...
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No one is saying the Supreme Court is a "kingmaker". It is the stipulation of the constitution, that disputes over elections should be dealt with through the courts. When a ruling is given, it will also be in accordance with the law and follow what the law says should be done. Nothing has been said here which suggest what you are alluding.
Kojo 11 years ago

I beg to differ with your analysis where EC has been left out . Fact is the Suit is against the EC more than President Mahama.

I beg to differ with your analysis where EC has been left out . Fact is the Suit is against the EC more than President Mahama.

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