Atuguba’s ruling has ‘partysized’ the conduct of elections - Lawyer Prempeh argues

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cha 10 years ago

This is not an obective Judge

This is not an obective Judge
insight to the bone 10 years ago

No matter the lies and deceit some facts are evident and the people have woken up to the reality .One mans reality is another's madness. Hegemony you can only fight with hegemony , tribalism with tribalism , chauvinism with c ...
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No matter the lies and deceit some facts are evident and the people have woken up to the reality .One mans reality is another's madness. Hegemony you can only fight with hegemony , tribalism with tribalism , chauvinism with chauvinism and if you dont fight or adopt the attitude of turning the other cheek you run the risk of your children being enslaved or ending up like second class citizens in their own country like indians in latin america today . We Akans realise these ugly truths and the agenda of the ayigbe toxic program and their pepeni / islamic agenda of enslave the Akan ,deny all rights of self governance etc etc . we have no choice but to fight back and even if it means sacrificing a generation in war we are ready . in fact the whole world knows its now only a matter of months when the shooting actually begins as the injustice today is unbearable . they steal our money in broad day light going for loans and taking bribes from all sources but let their partners in crime know we will not pay these loans especially since there was no benefit in any of these things for the Akans and were approved by a minority govt that has no respect for the majority . this govt has lost all credibility , claiming a throne does not make you a king , we do not recognize this govt and its nothing but a pest . Imagine the nations of the west such as the Americans etc better understand us than our so called neighbors pepeni and ayigbe , just analyze the the insults as its an expression of whats deep down in their black hearts of ignorance,we definately have no business staying in the same country talk less same destiny, long live the republic of Akan
william 10 years ago

If you are wearing the sunglasses of a loser I can understand why you categorise his judgement thus. This cannot be compared with the Tsatsu/Annin Yeboah issue. Tsatsu gave his reasons and we all watched TV and read the judge ...
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If you are wearing the sunglasses of a loser I can understand why you categorise his judgement thus. This cannot be compared with the Tsatsu/Annin Yeboah issue. Tsatsu gave his reasons and we all watched TV and read the judgement to draw our own conclusions IN THE CASE OF ATUGUBA THERE WAS A DELIBERATE CAMPAIGN TO VILIFY HIM EVEN WHEN AS PRESIDING JUDGE HE BALANCED HIS QUESTIONS AND AND INTERVENTIONS. For me anyone who thinks that because the constitution says 'XYZ' therefore it means'xyz' and must be understood to be only 'xyz' and applied'as 'xyz' IS MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. PURPOSIVE INTERPRETATION IS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR GENERATIONS.IT SEEKS TO LOOK INTO THE MINDS OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND NOT ONLY HOW WORD ARE WRITTEN! STRICT WORD FOR WORD READING OF THE CONSTITUTION IS UNIMAGINATIVE, CONSERVATIVE, RETROGRESSIVE AND MISLEADING!THAT IS THE KIND OF READING OF THE HOLY BOOKS THAT IS CREATING RETROGRESSIVE FUNDAMENTALISM. I THEREFORE CALL THIS ONE TOO LITERAL CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDAMENTALISM SUBJECT TO DANGEROUS MISUSE!
ASEMPA NEYE 10 years ago

Atuguba wanted his nephew to keep his job as an Executive Assistant to President Mahamah. Plain and simple. Atuguba was so anxious he read a wrong judgement which was corrected after 24 hours in the books. Atuguba is treacher ...
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Atuguba wanted his nephew to keep his job as an Executive Assistant to President Mahamah. Plain and simple. Atuguba was so anxious he read a wrong judgement which was corrected after 24 hours in the books. Atuguba is treacherous, dishonest, and did not exhibit objectivity throughout the deliberations In fact if Dotse a Kuffuor had not allowed his tribal affliations with Tsikata to cloud his objectivity Mahamah could have lost 4 to 5. THE PETITIONERS in their own right should have taken him off the panel. Isnt it ironic that Rawlings appointees: ATUGUBA, GBADEGBE, AKOTO BAMFO, voted deciding that NO VOTER INFRACTIONS TOOK PLACE in the December 2012 election and that the PETITION was without merit?. GOD SAVE GHANA Nana will win hands down next time. IT is now open sected that ATUGUBA twisted Dotses arms to vote with him.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

With 20 good lawyers in the petitioners team they could not win a single case.What a poor performance?I can say that my hero is Dr Afari Gyan who knocked out Nana Addo in the 1st round with a devastating uppercut.NPP should b ...
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With 20 good lawyers in the petitioners team they could not win a single case.What a poor performance?I can say that my hero is Dr Afari Gyan who knocked out Nana Addo in the 1st round with a devastating uppercut.NPP should blame the lazy intellectual lawyers and set Atuguba free,he has done his job alright.Thank you.
696969696969 10 years ago

A PIG IS ALWAYS IS A PIG. SHIT CARRIERS, TOWN SWEEPERS, WATCHMEN AND KAYAYO WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME.
THERE IS PEACE IN GHANA WILL ALWAYS BE CREDITED TO THE AKANS. MPEPEFUOR IN THE NORTH COULD FIGHT OVER 1 GUINEA FOWL SO HOW ...
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A PIG IS ALWAYS IS A PIG. SHIT CARRIERS, TOWN SWEEPERS, WATCHMEN AND KAYAYO WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME.
THERE IS PEACE IN GHANA WILL ALWAYS BE CREDITED TO THE AKANS. MPEPEFUOR IN THE NORTH COULD FIGHT OVER 1 GUINEA FOWL SO HOW CAN THEY BRING PEACE IN GHANA. IT IS MY OPINION AND WISH THAT ALL AKANS SHOULD FORM A SEPARATE COUNTRY FROM THE PORTORFUOR GROUP OF UNCIVILIZED CREATURES.
A PURE EXAMPLE IS JUSTICE WILLIAM ATUGUBA THE MOST CORRUPT SUPREME COURT JUDGE WHO HAS ALREADY BOUGHT CURSES FOR ALL HIS DESCENDANTS WHO WILL CONDONE HIS BRIBERY NATURE.
WILLIAM ATUGUBA HAS SHOWN TO THE WORLD THAT HE IS THE MOST STUPID CREATURE EVER LIVED.FROM HIS JUDGEMENT JUSTICE WILLIAM ATUGUBA MUST BE SENT TO DISTRICT MAGISTRATE COURT INSTEAD. SUPREME COURT IS TOO BIG FOR JUSTICE WILLIAM ATUGUBA. IN FACT, IN THE ADVANCE COUNTRIES SUCH AS UK WHERE I VOTE ALL THE TIME THERE IS NO PARTY AGENTS APART FROM THE ELECTORAL/RETURN OFFICERS IN GENERAL ELECTION THEREFORE THE SIGNATURE OF PARTY AGENTS ARE NOT MORE AUTHENTIC/LEGAL ON THE PINK SHEET THAN THAT OF THE RETURN OFFICERS.FROM HIS ANALYSIS ATUGUBA SHOULD STOP WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT AS BEING JUDGE AND GO DOWN TO BE A TRAINEE SOLICITOR.
MAHAMA HIMSELF KNEW HE NEVER WON. BRIBE GOT HIM WHERE HE IS.
IN THIS ELECTION PETITION JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA LOST THE CASE BUT THE VERDICT WAS TURNED BECAUSE A RENOWNED KING IN GHANA CAME IN AT THE 11TH HOUR TO LOBBY FOR DRAMANI MAHAMA.
JUSTICE AKOTO BAMFO AND ADINYIRA SOLD THEIR CONSCIENCE FOR $5,000,000 EACH AT THE 11TH HOUR THAT WAS WHY INSTEAD OF 1100 FOR COURT SITTING WAS CHANGED TO 1400. GOD WILL REWARD ALL THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVE IN THE BRIBERY SCANDAL
Agya Kojo Atta 10 years ago

696969 or whatever you call yourself I wonder if you will ever know your father. Your mother the Akan flirt who is now infested with aids actually picked seed in Burkina Faso where she was prostituting but could not identify ...
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696969 or whatever you call yourself I wonder if you will ever know your father. Your mother the Akan flirt who is now infested with aids actually picked seed in Burkina Faso where she was prostituting but could not identify the Moshie or Zambrama man responsible.No wonder she could not even afford to send you to school. ATUBUGA FORTUNATELY knew his parents who sacrificed to make him a good lawyer and JUDGE. JUST CONTINUE CLEANING THE WHITE PEOPLES POO OR ALTERNATIVELY GO HOME AND SERVE AS ATUGUBA'S CAR CLEANER. YOU FOOL.
Ben 10 years ago

this judgement has made ghana a state where now people will not resort to the courtds but find ways and means to seek justice.

this judgement has made ghana a state where now people will not resort to the courtds but find ways and means to seek justice.
CAPE COAST BOY 10 years ago

THE NPP KNEW ATUGUBA WAS CORRUPT FROM DAY ONE THAT IS WHY THEY WALK OUT THE FIRST DAY IN COURT BUT HE HAS PROVE THEM RIGHT

THE NPP KNEW ATUGUBA WAS CORRUPT FROM DAY ONE THAT IS WHY THEY WALK OUT THE FIRST DAY IN COURT BUT HE HAS PROVE THEM RIGHT
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

NPP must blame their lazy 20 lawyers and set Atuguba free,he has done his job.My hero in this petition trial is Dr Afari Gyan,he has whipped the petitioners in less than 5 minutes,good show Doc.Thank you.

NPP must blame their lazy 20 lawyers and set Atuguba free,he has done his job.My hero in this petition trial is Dr Afari Gyan,he has whipped the petitioners in less than 5 minutes,good show Doc.Thank you.
william 10 years ago

bOY kOFI, CORRECT FOR 3 POINTS! tHEY TRIED HARD TO DISGRACE AFARI DJAN AND OTHERS BUT EXPECTEDLY THEY HARVESTED DEFEAT!

bOY kOFI, CORRECT FOR 3 POINTS! tHEY TRIED HARD TO DISGRACE AFARI DJAN AND OTHERS BUT EXPECTEDLY THEY HARVESTED DEFEAT!
kwabena owusu 10 years ago

well if atuguba will pass such a blind judgement and thinks he owe.s alliagiance to ndc then the consequence of his action will be in 2016 elections.

well if atuguba will pass such a blind judgement and thinks he owe.s alliagiance to ndc then the consequence of his action will be in 2016 elections.
perscoba 10 years ago

This is serious and \I guess the only solution is a review not necessarily to change the outcome but just to correct the stupid arguments for posterity sake

This is serious and \I guess the only solution is a review not necessarily to change the outcome but just to correct the stupid arguments for posterity sake
Jake 10 years ago

Guess you have just heard that word. What is there to review? Read the entire summary of judgement. idiotic illiterate literate. vamoose from here.

Guess you have just heard that word. What is there to review? Read the entire summary of judgement. idiotic illiterate literate. vamoose from here.
Mensah 10 years ago

This is what I have been saying all along. The NPP will be doing Ghana a disservice if they don't seek a review to correct Atuguba's jaundiced reasoning. Ghana's democracy will be greatly hindered if a review is not sought.

This is what I have been saying all along. The NPP will be doing Ghana a disservice if they don't seek a review to correct Atuguba's jaundiced reasoning. Ghana's democracy will be greatly hindered if a review is not sought.
Kojo 10 years ago

When will you bozos just settle down and concentrate on wining 2016 elections. We are tired of your hubris and wayward too known attitude. Any yahoo can make spurious allegations. In the end, your case was thrown out because ...
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When will you bozos just settle down and concentrate on wining 2016 elections. We are tired of your hubris and wayward too known attitude. Any yahoo can make spurious allegations. In the end, your case was thrown out because you could not prove your allegations. So stop the belligerence and foolishness. Your attitude is the very reason why you will keep losing elections.
mugu 10 years ago

They think they know everything.

They think they know everything.
Kong 10 years ago

If a Presiding officer refuses to sign for no good reason other than he is constipated or was denied sex the night before, should the voters be disenfranchised?

He should give a valid written reason for not signing.

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If a Presiding officer refuses to sign for no good reason other than he is constipated or was denied sex the night before, should the voters be disenfranchised?

He should give a valid written reason for not signing.

In the absence of a valid written reason for not signing the results will be validated by the signatures of the party polling agents who are enpowered by the "SHALL" in Article 49

""(3) The presiding officer, the candidates or their representative and, in the case of a referendum, the parties contesting or their agents and the polling agents if any, shall then sign a declaration stating (a) the polling station, and (b) the number of votes cast in favor of each candidate or question, and the presiding officer shall, there and then announce the results of the voting at that polling station before communicating them to the returning officer.”
Kofi 10 years ago

Then do we need any person signing the sheets? If the signatures or no signatures do not matter, why bother?

Then do we need any person signing the sheets? If the signatures or no signatures do not matter, why bother?
Kong 10 years ago

Yes they matter.
But if you dont sign you must assign a written reason and raise an official complaint.

Commonsense should be applied to any Law and taht is what the 5 SC Justices did. Sadly 4 of them did not.

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Yes they matter.
But if you dont sign you must assign a written reason and raise an official complaint.

Commonsense should be applied to any Law and taht is what the 5 SC Justices did. Sadly 4 of them did not.

Like I have said before if the presiding officer had refused to sign a nd given a valid reson which was then ignored or overlooked by Afari-Djan then there would be a serious case to answer, This never happened!!

Get over the fact that you lost and move on!
goodman 10 years ago

Kong or what ever you have no sense, animal.

Kong or what ever you have no sense, animal.
Kong 10 years ago

You do not comprehend what I wrote. Or if you do the tryth hits you so bad you do not want to accept
By the way are you a PLANT (cassava)

You do not comprehend what I wrote. Or if you do the tryth hits you so bad you do not want to accept
By the way are you a PLANT (cassava)
Jake 10 years ago

you do not make any sense whatsoever. Go and read the summary of judgement, and consider yourself lucky that you can read, can not spell, and can't reason for yourself. You are on in the herd that follow blindly.

you do not make any sense whatsoever. Go and read the summary of judgement, and consider yourself lucky that you can read, can not spell, and can't reason for yourself. You are on in the herd that follow blindly.
Ayensu 10 years ago

where from this idiot lawyer Prempeh?

where from this idiot lawyer Prempeh?
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

Shame on you guys.Thank you.

Shame on you guys.Thank you.
goodman 10 years ago

Ayensu, you are a pig, sheep, dog. Aboa, you call Lawyer Prempeh idiot? That NDC Atuguba has disgraced himself, a common lawyer can apply logic and reasoning to cases than the corrupt Atuguba

Ayensu, you are a pig, sheep, dog. Aboa, you call Lawyer Prempeh idiot? That NDC Atuguba has disgraced himself, a common lawyer can apply logic and reasoning to cases than the corrupt Atuguba
Jake 10 years ago

The guy just asked a question who this "idoitic' Lawyer is and you insult him?
Unknown quantities and "Figlio d' Putannas" can answer straight questions eh!

The guy just asked a question who this "idoitic' Lawyer is and you insult him?
Unknown quantities and "Figlio d' Putannas" can answer straight questions eh!
Prempeh 10 years ago

Lawyer Prempeh IS a crazy DIRTY PIG

Lawyer Prempeh IS a crazy DIRTY PIG
Half baked lawyer 10 years ago

Mr Prempeh, justice Atuguba did an elaborate literature review and backed/justified every sticky point/bone of contention ten petitioners raised. Fortunately u r not te only one who can read.
All the issues u have addressed ...
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Mr Prempeh, justice Atuguba did an elaborate literature review and backed/justified every sticky point/bone of contention ten petitioners raised. Fortunately u r not te only one who can read.
All the issues u have addressed are pathetically biased and u have only done a huge damage to ur image as a credible professional. you are just pathetic.
The national dailies must serialism or better still publish Justice Atuguba's ruling in its entirety so all can access it.
Your attempt to misinterpret, misrepresent, misguide, mislead the public and dent the Jusctice's reputation and thorough job done has only exposed u as crass and disingenuous. shame on u, you pathetic shameless individual without a conscience. There's no iota of truth in your person!
Bobo Djaba 10 years ago

People like this Prempeh still think that we are still in those days that they used to use their booklong knowledge to deceive the majority illitrates. They refused to understand Afari Gyan, they are refusing to understand At ...
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People like this Prempeh still think that we are still in those days that they used to use their booklong knowledge to deceive the majority illitrates. They refused to understand Afari Gyan, they are refusing to understand Atuguba, I will not be surprised if they will ever understand their own "battle is the Lord's"
mub 10 years ago

your understanding of the law is very,very poor. and i dought whether you are not playing partisan analisys of the ruling. i will help you
1) atubiga rulling was asertive to the point that, agents are not exolted individuals ...
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your understanding of the law is very,very poor. and i dought whether you are not playing partisan analisys of the ruling. i will help you
1) atubiga rulling was asertive to the point that, agents are not exolted individuals but have a duty of protecting the interest of thier principal. you are bias to the point that you are not able to identify that, the presiding officer is not the only person required by law to authenticate the pink sheet by signing and that, the law say p/o and agent must sign.
the reality on the ground is that, the p/o with the help of the agents of the political parties do the ff immidiatly after voting ends
a) sourt (b)count (c)annouce the result in the open, that is why it can only be an ommission on the side of the p/o not sign the pink sheet rather than rejection of the results he/she presided over. in any case if results are to rejected by a p/o, it is not done by not signing the pinksheet but by a prescribed way spelt out by the very law that grants power to declare votes null and void. mr. lawyer come again
Kojo 10 years ago

youtube /watch?v=BRNFlHQUPcE

youtube /watch?v=BRNFlHQUPcE
K K Ntumi 10 years ago

What kind of Lawyer is this Premper, and where did he study. He is a big disgrace to the bar. I advice him to go sit down and study the judgement very well before commenting. Better still he could approach Tsatsu

What kind of Lawyer is this Premper, and where did he study. He is a big disgrace to the bar. I advice him to go sit down and study the judgement very well before commenting. Better still he could approach Tsatsu
Gba 10 years ago

tsatsu was the weakest link in the respondents' team of lawyers. His cover was blown off in the case. He was the loudest, but no substance.

tsatsu was the weakest link in the respondents' team of lawyers. His cover was blown off in the case. He was the loudest, but no substance.
Mary 10 years ago

Studied at Yale and teaches at Sefton Law School

Studied at Yale and teaches at Sefton Law School
Kosoko 10 years ago

But Mary unfortunately, the Sefton Professor's analysis of the judgment is terribly redundant. A first year student of law will do a better job. Prempe's understanding of the judgment is misplaced. Justices Atuguba did not in ...
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But Mary unfortunately, the Sefton Professor's analysis of the judgment is terribly redundant. A first year student of law will do a better job. Prempe's understanding of the judgment is misplaced. Justices Atuguba did not in anywhere in the judgment put premium of the polling agent's signature over that of the presiding officer. He only maintained the by 'fact' and by the 'constitution' contrary of to Prempe's straw man's argument, the polling agent has a duty even if not equal to that of the presiding officer. Therefore circumstances such as (I)voting in public view(II) counted in public view and (III)recorded in public view' without any concerns or protest, common sense dictates not to annul votes. 'Straw man' argument is cheap. Try to criticize objectively.
KK 10 years ago

YOU CANNOT WIN CASES BY ALL MEANS

YOU CANNOT WIN CASES BY ALL MEANS
Kobena 10 years ago

Some of the written judgements that have now been put on the web have nothing to do with LAW or even common sense. I suspect that one of the judges was prevailed upon during the nearly four hour wait, to change his/her posist ...
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Some of the written judgements that have now been put on the web have nothing to do with LAW or even common sense. I suspect that one of the judges was prevailed upon during the nearly four hour wait, to change his/her posistion, so the three substantive issues would go 5-4, 5-4, 5-4, to buy some kind of peace for Ghana.

However, this is only a very temporary peace because come 2016, the "war" will rage at 13,000 polling stations across Ghana simultaneously!
ADA 10 years ago

There was no proof that any of the pink sheets were fraudulently manufactured to favour one party. There was no reason adduced as to why the presiding officers failed to sign the pink sheets. The presiding officers are human ...
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There was no proof that any of the pink sheets were fraudulently manufactured to favour one party. There was no reason adduced as to why the presiding officers failed to sign the pink sheets. The presiding officers are human and bound by human errors. This writer wanted the results annulled for no proof of fraud.Laws are meant for human beings and not human beings for the law. Please be objective in your thinking. Jesus healed the sick man on the sabbath day yet the act contravened the law as per the pharisees, the so called masters of law.
Dr. Mary 10 years ago

This lawyer prempeh is not a good lawyer. If the presiding officer signs and there is a problem, he will be accused of supporting a party. That is why the constitution stipulates that the two should sign. Atubuga is saying th ...
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This lawyer prempeh is not a good lawyer. If the presiding officer signs and there is a problem, he will be accused of supporting a party. That is why the constitution stipulates that the two should sign. Atubuga is saying that in a case where it becomes important for a signature, the candidate or polling agent signature is the important one. We are tired of this NPP kwark lawyers
Tell Me 10 years ago

I just finished reading Justice Atuguba's reasons he assigned for dismissing the petition. Lawyer H.K.Prempeh must have read some other ruling, but not that of Justice Atuguba. Please let us be honest for once.

I just finished reading Justice Atuguba's reasons he assigned for dismissing the petition. Lawyer H.K.Prempeh must have read some other ruling, but not that of Justice Atuguba. Please let us be honest for once.
Pinkblue 10 years ago

NPP are sore losers.

NPP are sore losers.
ME AND YOU WERE NO THERE 10 years ago

During the plan period, Ghana intends to develop the large-scale industrial sector considerably by:-

(a) Setting up industries wherever practicable which will provide domestic substitutes for the manufactured staple ...
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During the plan period, Ghana intends to develop the large-scale industrial sector considerably by:-

(a) Setting up industries wherever practicable which will provide domestic substitutes for the manufactured staples of consumer demand, the supply of which has at present to be imported;

(b) Processing wherever economically feasible, those agricultural and mining commodities that are now exported as primary products, such as cocoa, timber and gold;

(c) Setting up industries to provide materials for the building industry, in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to lower costs of construction;

(d) Setting up, as appropriate, basic industries in the fields of metals and chemicals;

(e) Starting the development of other basic industries which will form part of later stages of industrialisation in subsequent plans;

(f) Planning industrial development in harmony with the development of other African countries.
Ras 10 years ago

Folks just making a fool of themselves by always creating words with no meaning ... partysized , gayism etc...smh Ghana... ha

Folks just making a fool of themselves by always creating words with no meaning ... partysized , gayism etc...smh Ghana... ha
Jake 10 years ago

obetsebi lampteyism, akuffo-addosized, bomb throwingism, all die be dieism, akanfoursized, reviewism, matemehoism kuffoursized aninism these guys make up words as they go along..some NPP chew pour and forget never practiced L ...
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obetsebi lampteyism, akuffo-addosized, bomb throwingism, all die be dieism, akanfoursized, reviewism, matemehoism kuffoursized aninism these guys make up words as they go along..some NPP chew pour and forget never practiced Lawyers.
Always use big words at farmers durbars.
A. B. Suleman (Fame B.) 10 years ago

The prejudice of the presiding judge gets clearer than already in his decision: "I am not aware of any judicial University that has awarded or conferred a graduate or doctoral degree on the pink sheet." Indirectly, he referre ...
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The prejudice of the presiding judge gets clearer than already in his decision: "I am not aware of any judicial University that has awarded or conferred a graduate or doctoral degree on the pink sheet." Indirectly, he referred to Dr. Bawumia as was acclaimed by Mr. Tsatsu's "Dr Pinksheet" in his cross examination of the former.
ADU - BOGYA 10 years ago

ANOTHER STUPID COMMENTARY FROM ALAWYER WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE.

ANOTHER STUPID COMMENTARY FROM ALAWYER WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE.
Kwame 10 years ago

This is a criminal legal brain.
How can a lawyer talk like that when he knows what the constitution says.

This is a criminal legal brain.
How can a lawyer talk like that when he knows what the constitution says.
Truth 10 years ago

You require refresher lessons in statutory interpretation. Please grow up Mr Prempeh!

You require refresher lessons in statutory interpretation. Please grow up Mr Prempeh!
Woman's wisdom 10 years ago

Atuguba is a thief, just like jon MAHAMA. Let us find him and deal with him wherever he goes. This man is a criminal and wanted by INERPOL. Tani aboa.

Atuguba is a thief, just like jon MAHAMA. Let us find him and deal with him wherever he goes. This man is a criminal and wanted by INERPOL. Tani aboa.
Me 10 years ago

Atuguba is dangerous and I am not surprised. He has his price.

Atuguba is dangerous and I am not surprised. He has his price.
GHANABA 10 years ago

Simple nonsense! This man don't know what he's talking about.

Simple nonsense! This man don't know what he's talking about.
Kofi 10 years ago

Very intelligent expose

Very intelligent expose
KWARNING NJ 10 years ago

ATUGUBA IS AN ASS-HOLE

ATUGUBA IS AN ASS-HOLE
BUKARI ALHASSAN 10 years ago

It is now evidently clear that Atuguba could not be principled and therefore followed the thinking of vulture-like Tsatsu Tsikata but the repercussion of his deeds will be upon his children and great grand children.

It is now evidently clear that Atuguba could not be principled and therefore followed the thinking of vulture-like Tsatsu Tsikata but the repercussion of his deeds will be upon his children and great grand children.
akwasi 10 years ago

What a logical and intelligent analysis.

Good job Lawyer Prempeh

What a logical and intelligent analysis.

Good job Lawyer Prempeh
Segbefia - usa 10 years ago

Useless supreme court judge. Ugly "Tanii" God will Punish him with stroke b4 he rich age 70. Next time no court but war

Useless supreme court judge. Ugly "Tanii" God will Punish him with stroke b4 he rich age 70. Next time no court but war
Whatever 10 years ago

You send your case to the supreme court to adjudicate. They've done so and you're still not satisfied. If you think you're much more wiser than Atuguba then go for a review and stop hidng in your office given commentaries.

You send your case to the supreme court to adjudicate. They've done so and you're still not satisfied. If you think you're much more wiser than Atuguba then go for a review and stop hidng in your office given commentaries.
Shaibu 10 years ago

The so called renowned lawyers should spare this ranting and blatant lies
Where in Atugbas ruling does he say that the responsibilities of presiding officers is less important than the poling agents.
How can a failure of ...
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The so called renowned lawyers should spare this ranting and blatant lies
Where in Atugbas ruling does he say that the responsibilities of presiding officers is less important than the poling agents.
How can a failure of a presiding officer to perfor his constitutional duty
Sylvanus Agbemenyah P. K. 10 years ago

Ask them again.

Ask them again.
Friday 10 years ago

Atuguba is simply a shameless person not fit to be even a magistrate court jugde.A person with a sense of shame will not preside over a case in which his direct nephew has interest.

Atuguba is simply a shameless person not fit to be even a magistrate court jugde.A person with a sense of shame will not preside over a case in which his direct nephew has interest.
Dr SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

Prof. Prempeh's argument is disingenuous as it relies for its sensational effect on the contrapositive, which is a fallacy in logical reasoning.
In denying the petitioner's petition under the signature head, Atuguba put up s ...
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Prof. Prempeh's argument is disingenuous as it relies for its sensational effect on the contrapositive, which is a fallacy in logical reasoning.
In denying the petitioner's petition under the signature head, Atuguba put up several arguments, one of which was the presence of the signature of the polling agents. That portion of the opinion neither transposes the agents into the apotheosis of the electoral process nor denigrate the function of the presiding officers into the sanctum of the otiose. If Atuguba wanted those accolades being mouthed by the venerable professor to attach to the polling agents, or the presumed consequence to inure in the electoral process, he would have plainly declared same.
No further meaning of Atuguba's opinion should be inferred from its plain meaning, that in the absence of the presiding officer's signature, the polling agent's signature could be used as a validating factor of the electoral results.
I don't like Atuguba for his stupid contempt convictions, but I respect his argument here and would refrain from a dilatory import of such.
KKO 10 years ago

Dr SAS,
Do you really believe the crap Atuguba concocted about the statutory Presiding Officer and the optional Polling Agent? The person who prepares the document doesn't sign it and it does not matter, but the signature of ...
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Dr SAS,
Do you really believe the crap Atuguba concocted about the statutory Presiding Officer and the optional Polling Agent? The person who prepares the document doesn't sign it and it does not matter, but the signature of the agent who is optional is big deal?

What that ruling means is that next time around, there will be lots of battles at the polling stations, and not much voting will go on!
Kosoko 10 years ago

This is misinterpretation of Justice Atuguba's judgment or a straw man argument. The law doesn't stand in its own right. It must always serve its intended purpose. This is what Dr. SAS was trying to draw your attention. How t ...
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This is misinterpretation of Justice Atuguba's judgment or a straw man argument. The law doesn't stand in its own right. It must always serve its intended purpose. This is what Dr. SAS was trying to draw your attention. How the hell are you going to annul votes declared valid in full public view without concerns or protest because of absence of the presiding officer's signature who did not pend any reasons of misconduct whilst certified by the all candidates' representatives-- (about 5 in number)? In any case, it's it in the interest of justice to punish to punish innocent votes whilst leaving the Presiding Officer who failed to pend his signature?
Dr George ENYO, USA 10 years ago

Justice Atuguba has done a great disservice to Ghana.
He has created more problems for Ghana in the coming elections per his ruling.
He only wanted to save john Mahama from being removed form office. That was all. He shoul ...
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Justice Atuguba has done a great disservice to Ghana.
He has created more problems for Ghana in the coming elections per his ruling.
He only wanted to save john Mahama from being removed form office. That was all. He should bow his head in total shame.!!!
Where on earth can you have 100 per cent turn out in an election? So what at all was referring to as over voting? Is it not nonsense?
Is he really a true judge? then God save Ghana.
pee 10 years ago

Another Asanti speaking,thinking Ghana I s for them

Another Asanti speaking,thinking Ghana I s for them
Andah 10 years ago

My prayer is that I shd never be involved in an electoral dispute in court. If I hv any reason to believe I will be cheated then I will do everything both fair and foul to win at the polling station.

My prayer is that I shd never be involved in an electoral dispute in court. If I hv any reason to believe I will be cheated then I will do everything both fair and foul to win at the polling station.
Andah 10 years ago

Lawyer prempeh's analysis is so accurate. What an intelligent lawyer. This article has really exposed Justice Atuguba

Lawyer prempeh's analysis is so accurate. What an intelligent lawyer. This article has really exposed Justice Atuguba
HONESTY 10 years ago

It amazes me that these NPP thought they could win power by annulling genuinely cast votes just because polling station presiding officers did not sign pink sheets at stations they selected from their opponents strongholds wh ...
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It amazes me that these NPP thought they could win power by annulling genuinely cast votes just because polling station presiding officers did not sign pink sheets at stations they selected from their opponents strongholds whilst ignoring same clerical errors committed in the NPP strongholds. It is a stupid greedy proposition.!!!!
Queen 10 years ago

WHAT A MESS!

WHAT A MESS!
Yaw 10 years ago

You seem 2 be not a serious lawyer. I believe you to law school for nothing. Be serious enough

You seem 2 be not a serious lawyer. I believe you to law school for nothing. Be serious enough
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Lawyer Prempeh,reserve your Judgement
for tomorrow,this hsa passed already
all you are saying is rot.

Lawyer Prempeh,reserve your Judgement
for tomorrow,this hsa passed already
all you are saying is rot.
Kwaku Gloenawo 10 years ago

Prempeh you are being disingenuous. All Atuguba said is that if representatives of parties in the election attest to the validity of the results, the non signing by a presiding officer does not invalidate the results , PERIOD ...
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Prempeh you are being disingenuous. All Atuguba said is that if representatives of parties in the election attest to the validity of the results, the non signing by a presiding officer does not invalidate the results , PERIOD.
If there were no party agents, then we would rely entirely on the presiding officer. Would you then agree with your reasoning that, if a presiding officer makes a mistake and all the party agents attest to the mistake, it will be the presiding officer's mistake that will be validated at law?
Kwobia,Toronto 10 years ago

NPP's legal luminaries have started to misinform Ghanains.Sore losers as always,they
Will be.

NPP's legal luminaries have started to misinform Ghanains.Sore losers as always,they
Will be.
John Dek 10 years ago

“According to the winning logic of Justice Atuguba, acts and omissions of Polling Agents must be irrefutably (and adversely) imputed to the Party or Candidate that appointed them, but acts and omissions of Presiding Officer ...
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“According to the winning logic of Justice Atuguba, acts and omissions of Polling Agents must be irrefutably (and adversely) imputed to the Party or Candidate that appointed them, but acts and omissions of Presiding Officers cannot be adversely imputed to the Electoral Commission, unless those acts or omissions are shown to have been done wilfully.”

This is rather a wrong deduction from Justice Atuguba’s reasoning;
Mr. Prempeh fails to realize that the constitution puts equal weight on both the Presiding Officer and the Polling Agent (Representative of the Candidate). The word shall is applicable to both Presiding officer and the Polling Agent defined here as the representative of the candidates. Mr. Prempeh must read the constitution again and I quote the clause here for him to refresh his mind in case he misread it.
“((49.3) The presiding officer, the candidates or their representatives and, in the case of a referendum, the
parties contesting or their agents and the polling agents if any, shall then sign a declaration stating –“

It is pathetic that some persons have decided to give their own definition of a Polling Agent (PA) and are concluding that the Polling Agent is not required to sign the Pink sheet and that if the PA signs but the Presiding Officer (PO) fails to sign, the votes must be annulled. This amounts to selective justice and I am not surprised that such is the opinion of the NPP activists and their cohorts because their whole line of thinking and reasoning is always selective justice. If the constitution mandates two parties to sign a document, why will you declare that document invalid if one party signs and the other party refuses to sign and there is no evidence provided to prove that the party who failed to sign refused to do so because he/she firmly believes that the poll was fraught with malpractices. The petitioners failed to prove that lack of signatures was a result of the PO dissatisfaction with the poll and the burden of proof lied with them.
Atuguba’s reasoning, to the contrary, is highly logical because what he implies is that, be it the PO or the PA, the failure of any of them to sign should not invalidate the votes of an innocent third party, particularly as there is no evidence before the court that the failure was due to a perceived malpractice and that is very logical and will hold in any court of law. It is rather illogical to conclude that he put more premium on the PA that on the PO.
esi 10 years ago

my comments exactly when i read that portion of Atugubas judgement.
he treats the signature of a presiding agent as nothing magic about it, yet he goes on to raise that of the polling agent to such levels as to say their si ...
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my comments exactly when i read that portion of Atugubas judgement.
he treats the signature of a presiding agent as nothing magic about it, yet he goes on to raise that of the polling agent to such levels as to say their signatures are everything. such hypocrisy. will he say the same thing in four years time given the same conditions and evidence if the NDC is now the petitioners complaining about the same issues of irregularity? will he uphold the same crude definition of over voting if the tides turn? is ballot stuffing a better alternative to overvoting? should we now go and stuff the ballot boxes ahead of the polls and not expect the law to deal with us? JUSTICE INDEED!
Roy 10 years ago

Stupid interpretation and partisan outlook. Give us a break.

Stupid interpretation and partisan outlook. Give us a break.
kga 10 years ago

Folks, please stop the insults and lets think and talk constructively. Electoral law reform is now a dire neccesity for Gg.

Folks, please stop the insults and lets think and talk constructively. Electoral law reform is now a dire neccesity for Gg.
GUY 10 years ago

THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA PRESIDED OVER BY JUSTICE ATUGUBA HAVE LOST THEIR SENSE OF REASONING. EVENTS LEADING TO HOURS BEFORE READING THE SHORT VERDICT ON 29 AUGUST 2013 TOGETHER WITH THE LEGAL REASONS GIVEN IN THE DECISION ...
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THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA PRESIDED OVER BY JUSTICE ATUGUBA HAVE LOST THEIR SENSE OF REASONING. EVENTS LEADING TO HOURS BEFORE READING THE SHORT VERDICT ON 29 AUGUST 2013 TOGETHER WITH THE LEGAL REASONS GIVEN IN THE DECISION CASTS DOUBT ON THE CREDIBILITY OF THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM IN GHANA.
abena tufuor 10 years ago

in the court of public opinion another name for atuguba is fraud. enjoy your bribe money whilst it lasts. posterity is the better judge. God will punish you well well, atuguba

in the court of public opinion another name for atuguba is fraud. enjoy your bribe money whilst it lasts. posterity is the better judge. God will punish you well well, atuguba
Edem 10 years ago

Atuguba is an IDIOT who has solsd his soul for a piece of 'bread'. He has no concience at all! From the way he was cracking jokes one could see thro' his eyes that he was kind of ecstatic from the largesse he received from th ...
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Atuguba is an IDIOT who has solsd his soul for a piece of 'bread'. He has no concience at all! From the way he was cracking jokes one could see thro' his eyes that he was kind of ecstatic from the largesse he received from the NDC! Just look at his face! His name sounds like ..I TOOK BRIBE!
KBL 10 years ago

THIS IS A VERY WEAK LAYWER, THOUGH AM NOT ONE BUT COMMON SENSE WILL ASK THAT WHICH PART OF THE GHANA CONSTITUTION TELLS THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION BOSS TO ANNAUL AN ELECTION RESULT WHEN A PRESIDING OFFICER REFUSES OR FORGETS TO ...
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THIS IS A VERY WEAK LAYWER, THOUGH AM NOT ONE BUT COMMON SENSE WILL ASK THAT WHICH PART OF THE GHANA CONSTITUTION TELLS THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION BOSS TO ANNAUL AN ELECTION RESULT WHEN A PRESIDING OFFICER REFUSES OR FORGETS TO SIGN A PINK SHEET. AND DONT YOU THINK THE NPP INTENTIONALLY ASKED SOME OF THESE POLLING ASSISTANTS AT PREZ JOHN MAHAMA'S STRONG HOLD NOT TO SIGN THE PINK SHEETS SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF THE NPP LOSING THE 2012 ELECTIONS THE NPP COULD USE THAT TO QUASH OF THE VOTES OF THE NDC?
Prince Opoku Agyemang 10 years ago

I pity all you Ghanaians who seems to be congratulating Injustice Atuguba and his corrupt counterparts for the way they handle this case.There is no Justice in Ghana, and our judicial system is now characterized with politica ...
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I pity all you Ghanaians who seems to be congratulating Injustice Atuguba and his corrupt counterparts for the way they handle this case.There is no Justice in Ghana, and our judicial system is now characterized with political corruption.
We should START praying for peace during the 2016 election cos elections will now be won at polling station.
If clearlyA,NPP had had no case then I now feel an attempt to kill shouldn't be treated as a crime cos after all, there will be not enough attempts to have killed the target.God bless Ghana
Basko 10 years ago

We are all thanking God for the cancellation of the doomsday predictions. But that is for the moment only as I can see the planting of an insidious and cancerous seed into our future politics. The SC to which we can all run t ...
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We are all thanking God for the cancellation of the doomsday predictions. But that is for the moment only as I can see the planting of an insidious and cancerous seed into our future politics. The SC to which we can all run to for adjudication in future is so glaring compromised as seen through the eyes of ordinary citizens and even people of the law then what shall we do next time when disputes which shall surely come some day arise again. Really, we should be worried about the future of this country.

Atuguba’s ruling has ‘partysized’ the conduct of elections - Lawyer Prempeh argues

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