Atuguba upholds ‘ballot stuffing’?

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Pelicles 10 years ago

His understanding of over-voting is questionable.

His understanding of over-voting is questionable.
Fiifi Dadzi 10 years ago

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Londoners be warned! Do not ever use "Black Star Direct"located on the Lea bridge Road,in East London, to send your goods to Ghana. The company is corrupt, incompetent and unrelaible. Avoid the company as far as you can to protect your hard earned money.
Sappey Agboh- Atsiame-Lagbokope 10 years ago

My brother, needless to add that I was a victim. I spent money buying stuff, labeling and packing the stuff, they picked it up, received their payment and that was the last I heard of my stuff. Somebody unknown to my family w ...
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My brother, needless to add that I was a victim. I spent money buying stuff, labeling and packing the stuff, they picked it up, received their payment and that was the last I heard of my stuff. Somebody unknown to my family went and claimed the goods and Black Star Direct could not tell me who the person was.
Kway 10 years ago

What kind of brain do these people have? If registered voters on voters register is 71, and 67 people voted, and presiding officer erroneously states that 21 people were registered to vote, where from the over-voting? Is the ...
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What kind of brain do these people have? If registered voters on voters register is 71, and 67 people voted, and presiding officer erroneously states that 21 people were registered to vote, where from the over-voting? Is the voters register not the primary document to show how many people are registered to vote?

That second definition of over-voting is just purely sickening. Don't take us for fools, we can reason on our own. If 100 ballots were cast and 99 were issued to voters, the EC has explained MANY TIMES that its as a result of one spoilt ballot which will be recorded at another portion of the pinksheet. DOES THAT AMOUNT TO BALLOT-STUFFING? Is the NPP trying to tel us that anytime ballot papers get spoilt at polling stations, (which causes a difference between ballots cast and issued), votes should be annuled.

This is pure desperation to the point that, common sense doesnt work out anymore. The EC has given simple and very reasonable reasons for these little issues, yet the lazy, intellectually lazy part of the NPP fail to understand

U LOST THE ELCTION BECAUSE OF YOUR HIGHLY TRIBALISTIC NATURE. WORK ON IT AND COME AGAIN. PERIOD!!
Mike 10 years ago

Where in the article you didn't understand. if 66 ballots are issued and 67 ballots are found in the box what is it called. You see, today you win but remember, ghana elections will never be the same. maybe years down the rao ...
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Where in the article you didn't understand. if 66 ballots are issued and 67 ballots are found in the box what is it called. You see, today you win but remember, ghana elections will never be the same. maybe years down the raod when you are issued with the same bias definition of over voting, you will be saying the same story i am saying today. At the end of the day, remember the very reason why we all goes to the polls would be undermine and it is the politicians who will always win and we the people lose. be truthful and face the reality.
Kwabena Twum 10 years ago

We all saw and listened to the case. Even one of the judges said it before they referred to the voter's register that the 21 was actually 71. So you need to get it right, it wasn't 66 ballots issued and 67 found in the ballot ...
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We all saw and listened to the case. Even one of the judges said it before they referred to the voter's register that the 21 was actually 71. So you need to get it right, it wasn't 66 ballots issued and 67 found in the ballot box but 66 valid votes and 1 rejected vote which totaled 67. So the question was how come 21 people registered to vote but 67 votes found in the ballot box according to the pink sheet. You and the writer need to go back and check before speculating anything. Just because Addison showed that particular pink sheet does not means that it was right. They had a copy of the register but yet they ignore to double check or they deliberately did that to confuse the judges that why they objected when EC was trying to prove that that was just a mere mistake by the presiding officer by showing the court and us the actual people registered to vote on the voter's register.
BALAWO 10 years ago

IS THIS SNAKE THEY CALL JUDGE ATUGUBA?

IS THIS SNAKE THEY CALL JUDGE ATUGUBA?
Dzato 10 years ago

Mike there is an end to everything. If anybody want to stuff a ballot box he will not do it with only one ballot paper. How stupid can one be to keep holding on to one ballot overvoting which has been reasonably explained. I ...
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Mike there is an end to everything. If anybody want to stuff a ballot box he will not do it with only one ballot paper. How stupid can one be to keep holding on to one ballot overvoting which has been reasonably explained. I can understand if you talk about 10 or more ballot papers.
Pankopi 10 years ago

Listen to Atuguba talk about spirit of the constitution. What a biased and bad judge

Listen to Atuguba talk about spirit of the constitution. What a biased and bad judge
Ben K 10 years ago

You call an error of "1" ballot stuffing? Don't you think an error of 1 could occur during the issue and recording of the ballot papers? I don't think you know what is ballot stuffing even if it hit you in the face.

You call an error of "1" ballot stuffing? Don't you think an error of 1 could occur during the issue and recording of the ballot papers? I don't think you know what is ballot stuffing even if it hit you in the face.
696969696969 10 years ago

CAN I A PIG BE CLEAN FOR AT LEAST 1 HOUR? NO. A PIG IS ALWAYS IS A PIG. SHIT CARRIERS, TOWN SWEEPERS, WATCHMEN AND KAYAYO WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME AND FOREVER REMAIN THE SAME.IN FACT IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE NORTHERN PART ...
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CAN I A PIG BE CLEAN FOR AT LEAST 1 HOUR? NO. A PIG IS ALWAYS IS A PIG. SHIT CARRIERS, TOWN SWEEPERS, WATCHMEN AND KAYAYO WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME AND FOREVER REMAIN THE SAME.IN FACT IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE NORTHERN PART OF GHANA YOU ACTUALLY WEEP FOR THE INHABITANTS.JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA HAS RISEN TO THIS LEVEL SIMPLY BECAUSE HE HAS ASSOCIATED HIMSELF WITH SOME AKANS.IN FACT HE NOW SEES HIMSELF TO BE THE MOST BLESSED MAN EVER LIVED ON EARTH. HE NEVER BELIEVED HE WAS AT THE SEAT OF THE THING MADE FOR THE AKANS.BUT NO MATTER WHAT A PIG IS ALWAYS A PIG. WITHOUT A RENOWNED KING MAHAMA WOULD HAVE BEEN DISGRACED BY BEING DEPOSED OFF THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAT. EVEN WITH THAT HE STILL DOES NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE SEAT. HE STILL PREFER TO BE A LEADER OF SECURITY GUARDS.
WILLIAM ATUGUBA HAS DEMONSTRATED IT CLEARLY IN HIS JUDGEMENT AS SUPREME COURT JUDGE. HIS POSITION IS TOO HIGH FOR HIM.
THE 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
HMMMMMM 10 years ago

WHY SHOULD AMERICA HARBOUR CRIMINALS? EVERY CRIMINAL POLITICIAN IS ABLE TO RUN TO THE US WHY? UPON ALL THEIR PREACHING S OF DEMOCRACY THE HARBOUR ALL CORRUPT AFRICAN POLITICIANS IN THE END.

WHY SHOULD AMERICA HARBOUR CRIMINALS? EVERY CRIMINAL POLITICIAN IS ABLE TO RUN TO THE US WHY? UPON ALL THEIR PREACHING S OF DEMOCRACY THE HARBOUR ALL CORRUPT AFRICAN POLITICIANS IN THE END.
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago

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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
Kojo T 10 years ago

IF an excess of 50 is material in your world , it is not in this case

IF an excess of 50 is material in your world , it is not in this case
TOFFEE 10 years ago

PELICIES, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL YOURSELF, YOUR MOTHER, FATHER AND ALL YOUR RELATIVES ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE A ZERO IQ. STUPID GHANAIAN

PELICIES, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL YOURSELF, YOUR MOTHER, FATHER AND ALL YOUR RELATIVES ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE A ZERO IQ. STUPID GHANAIAN
Fine Boy. 10 years ago

Stupid Pelicles,if justice Atugbuba has low IQ then you have negative IQ,you can't even reason well,stop this kind of nonsense.

Stupid Pelicles,if justice Atugbuba has low IQ then you have negative IQ,you can't even reason well,stop this kind of nonsense.
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

Afari Gyan has whipped all the petitioners in less than 5 minutes,what an incredible feat?The NPP 20 lawyers are all bomgams and bongalese.Please leave Atuguba alone,he has done his job alright.Thank you.

Afari Gyan has whipped all the petitioners in less than 5 minutes,what an incredible feat?The NPP 20 lawyers are all bomgams and bongalese.Please leave Atuguba alone,he has done his job alright.Thank you.
. ...... 10 years ago

UR MOM's ROOMT EMPERATUTE LAST NIGHT WAS 120 DEG THE FOOD SHE ATE WAS EQUAL to or less THAN asiedu nkasee's dog food.

UR MOM's ROOMT EMPERATUTE LAST NIGHT WAS 120 DEG THE FOOD SHE ATE WAS EQUAL to or less THAN asiedu nkasee's dog food.
Proud Pepeman. 10 years ago

SO DO YOU WANT TO USE THIS ONE INSTANCE OF BAWUMIA'S DEFINITION TO GET AKUFFO IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR? LET SLEEPING DOGS SLEEP. NEXT TIME, IF YOUR AGENTS ARE SIGNING THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE ...
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SO DO YOU WANT TO USE THIS ONE INSTANCE OF BAWUMIA'S DEFINITION TO GET AKUFFO IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR? LET SLEEPING DOGS SLEEP. NEXT TIME, IF YOUR AGENTS ARE SIGNING THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE, TRAIN THEM PROPERLY AND LET THEM SHINE THEIR EYES. SHINE YOUR EYES.
nanayaw 10 years ago

Atuguba, waisted brain, posterity will ridicule your lack of reasoning and insensitivity.

Atuguba, waisted brain, posterity will ridicule your lack of reasoning and insensitivity.
PLUMBER 10 years ago

Go read Justce Dotse opinion. The classical ballot stuffing as we knew it the past cannot happen now. This is largely due to measures Afari Gyan introduced. Ballot papers are numbered, are stamped and signed by presiding offi ...
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Go read Justce Dotse opinion. The classical ballot stuffing as we knew it the past cannot happen now. This is largely due to measures Afari Gyan introduced. Ballot papers are numbered, are stamped and signed by presiding officers.So to sort out these foreign material from genuine ballots, the numbers have to be inspected to find out if they fall within the numbers in the booklets used, from which of these booklets were they torn, wwere they stamped and signed/ These would weed out any such stuffed fake ballots for the genuine ones to be counted. There is therfore no grounds for annuling any votes because of the presence of fake ballots. The situation could be improved further by requiring the party representaives to countersign the ballots and that will make any attempt at stuffing unattractive.
OKPO 10 years ago

Really a waste on the Ghanaian judiciary

Really a waste on the Ghanaian judiciary
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

Shame on you guys.Thank you.

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

Atuguba's long-winding circumlocution on that particular issue is just a disgrace to common sense!

Atuguba's long-winding circumlocution on that particular issue is just a disgrace to common sense!
NASH 10 years ago

I don't understand what kind pvolitics that is going on bt Atuguba said “scenario where the number of ballots in the ballot box exceeds the number of ballot papers issued to the relevant polling station” does not constitu ...
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I don't understand what kind pvolitics that is going on bt Atuguba said “scenario where the number of ballots in the ballot box exceeds the number of ballot papers issued to the relevant polling station” does not constitute over-voting. A that's ballot stuffing clear and that was the same position Justice Ansah took. So I don't know who is confused hear or there is a problem with grammer?
KKO 10 years ago

NAsh,
This is what Justice Ansah said:

"The foregoing evaluation of the impact of the nullified votes shows that they resulted in neither the first petitioner nor the first respondent obtaining the critical fifty perce ...
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NAsh,
This is what Justice Ansah said:

"The foregoing evaluation of the impact of the nullified votes shows that they resulted in neither the first petitioner nor the first respondent obtaining the critical fifty percent plus one valid vote threshold.

As neither the first petitioner nor the first respondent had the required number of votes by the constitution to be declared the President of the Republic of Ghana,
I make the following conclusions and directions:

1. That the relief that an declaration be made that Mr. John Dramani Mahama was not validly elected the President of Ghana, is hereby granted;

2. That a declaration be made that Nana Akufo-Addo be declared the candidate who was validly elected the President of Ghana, is also refused.

3. The consequential order I make is that the E.C. conducts a re-run of the Presidential elections for the two leading candidates, Mr. John Dramani Mahama and Nana Akufo-Addo, in all the polling stations affected and indicated in the petition and its supporting documents, forthwith."
Obed Adore 10 years ago

...The foregoing evaluation of the impact of the nullified votes shows that they resulted in neither the first petitioner nor the first respondent obtaining the critical fifty percent plus one valid vote threshold...
If this ...
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...The foregoing evaluation of the impact of the nullified votes shows that they resulted in neither the first petitioner nor the first respondent obtaining the critical fifty percent plus one valid vote threshold...
If this what what Justice Ansah wrote, then the net effect was zero. and the Mahama's delaration as president be maintained. The justice seemed to have contradicted himself though.
The net effect is Mahama is the president; no two ways about it!
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

Dr Afari Gyan is the man of the year.20 lazy Npp lawyers tried to pull him down but the greatest son of Ghana,Dr Afari Gyan resisted and floored all of them in less than 5 minutes.Now listen to what Dr Afari Gyan said concern ...
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Dr Afari Gyan is the man of the year.20 lazy Npp lawyers tried to pull him down but the greatest son of Ghana,Dr Afari Gyan resisted and floored all of them in less than 5 minutes.Now listen to what Dr Afari Gyan said concerning the duplicate of serial numbers on the pink sheets."This is the weakest claim by the petitioners" and indeed it was 9-0 on the verdict.Bravo Doc.we love your honesty.Thank you.
Kojo 10 years ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNFlHQUPcE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNFlHQUPcE
B.B.C. NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

To all Ga people,, the land ur living on belong to wee the Akuapems, It was given to u when u came back from Nigeria. You were fisher men living in waters.Ga people be quite, if u play a fool, we gona kicked u back to Niger ...
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To all Ga people,, the land ur living on belong to wee the Akuapems, It was given to u when u came back from Nigeria. You were fisher men living in waters.Ga people be quite, if u play a fool, we gona kicked u back to Nigeria.Fools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kwame 10 years ago

Imbeciled illitrate

Imbeciled illitrate
KK 10 years ago

PLEASE CHECK THE VERDICT AND REFLECT ON THE CASES USED AND THINK B4 WRITING SUCH ARTICLES.

PLEASE CHECK THE VERDICT AND REFLECT ON THE CASES USED AND THINK B4 WRITING SUCH ARTICLES.
ohenenana 10 years ago

where is the Chief Justice on this? I think the cheif justice owes it to the nation to make a satement on this whole election petitions pile of ineptitude of the panel of judges. They obviously have not been clear on what the ...
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where is the Chief Justice on this? I think the cheif justice owes it to the nation to make a satement on this whole election petitions pile of ineptitude of the panel of judges. They obviously have not been clear on what they did and most Ghanaians would like to understand the whole thing, and what it means to adjudication of justice relating to elections in Ghana.
Woman's wisdom 10 years ago

Atuguba is the just insane. He is just as unjust as all the other justices who saw nothing wrong with all the irregularities encircling the 2012 election results even as Afari gyan admitted to same. Corrupt is the right word ...
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Atuguba is the just insane. He is just as unjust as all the other justices who saw nothing wrong with all the irregularities encircling the 2012 election results even as Afari gyan admitted to same. Corrupt is the right word for him and he will suffer greatly for telling such blatant lies.
Kway 10 years ago

Intellectually lazy. What kind of brain do these people have? If registered voters on voters register is 71, and 67 people voted, and presiding officer erroneously states that 21 people were registered to vote, where from the ...
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Intellectually lazy. What kind of brain do these people have? If registered voters on voters register is 71, and 67 people voted, and presiding officer erroneously states that 21 people were registered to vote, where from the over-voting? Is the voters register not the primary document to show how many people are registered to vote?

That second definition of over-voting is just purely sickening. Don't take us for fools, we can reason on our own. If 100 ballots were cast and 99 were issued to voters, the EC has explained MANY TIMES that its as a result of one spoilt ballot which will be recorded at another portion of the pinksheet. DOES THAT AMOUNT TO BALLOT-STUFFING? Is the NPP trying to tel us that anytime ballot papers get spoilt at polling stations, (which causes a difference between ballots cast and issued), votes should be annuled.

This is pure desperation to the point that, common sense doesnt work out anymore. The EC has given simple and very reasonable reasons for these little issues, yet the lazy, intellectually lazy part of the NPP fail to understand

U LOST THE ELCTION BECAUSE OF YOUR HIGHLY TRIBALISTIC NATURE. WORK ON IT AND COME AGAIN. PERIOD!!
NPP IS A PARTY OF FOOLS 10 years ago

Losers.

Losers.
Trokosi Bastard 10 years ago

You piece of dog shit, you are the biggest fool

You piece of dog shit, you are the biggest fool
God is great 10 years ago

Afari Gyan never accepted their concept of over voting. How do you have over voting without any reference to the polling station register. If you depend on only the ballot papers issued you are wrong in the sense that you ana ...
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Afari Gyan never accepted their concept of over voting. How do you have over voting without any reference to the polling station register. If you depend on only the ballot papers issued you are wrong in the sense that you analysis would not have taken into account spoilt ballots which were replaced
Kojo Samla 10 years ago

They are simply to wise. They have began digging their grave again.

They are simply to wise. They have began digging their grave again.
Al 10 years ago

Please be careful else Justice "Contempt" Atuguba will hurl you all for contempt charges.

Please be careful else Justice "Contempt" Atuguba will hurl you all for contempt charges.
Kong 10 years ago

In those stations where the results were cancelled, the over votes were identified by the presiding officer and the polling agents and the results were duly cancelled in public.

Pink sheet overvotes were administrative err ...
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In those stations where the results were cancelled, the over votes were identified by the presiding officer and the polling agents and the results were duly cancelled in public.

Pink sheet overvotes were administrative errors that were never associated with complaints from polling officers, presiding officers or members of the public who were present when counting took place!!

Common sense should be applied to the Law.
Thank God for the five judges.

Just imagine going for a routine check up and having an ECG (heart tracing) that is flat meaning you are dead!
You say to the doctor "hey I am alive, feeloing well and talking to you!!".
The doctor replies "well according to my ECG recording (pink sheet) you are dead" and proceeds to give you a lethal injection to prove his ECG tracing correct.

He never for once accepts that the is an error with the ECG machine!!

No complaint from 11,000+ NPP agents yet the 4 judges will want to annul votes (anagalous to giving you a letal injection to prove the pink sheets right)

Remeber how this all started Vote padding, Vote subtraction and Fax-jacking.

All fabrications that had no bassis so the vile dishonest people tried to get in through the back door using administrative errors.

It makes me cringe to think that some judges would be prepared to give the lethal injection, just because they could!!
NANA 10 years ago

Those guys are so desperate that they won't let go the past.

Those guys are so desperate that they won't let go the past.
jonny 10 years ago

NPP is very good at criticizing and at opposition.Mind your house problems. stratagize otherwise in 2016 u will be overtaken by surprise again

NPP is very good at criticizing and at opposition.Mind your house problems. stratagize otherwise in 2016 u will be overtaken by surprise again
TOFFEE 10 years ago

SINCE THE SUPREME COURT'S VERDICT SO MANY IMBECILES ARE EMERGING FROM THEIR HIDEOUTS AND WRITING STUPID COMMENTS. LET THEM CONTINUE UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION AND THEY WILL SEE HOW THEIR STUPITY WILL AFFECT THE PARTY THEY SUPPOR ...
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SINCE THE SUPREME COURT'S VERDICT SO MANY IMBECILES ARE EMERGING FROM THEIR HIDEOUTS AND WRITING STUPID COMMENTS. LET THEM CONTINUE UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION AND THEY WILL SEE HOW THEIR STUPITY WILL AFFECT THE PARTY THEY SUPPORT.
Truth 10 years ago

Our approach to interpretation in Ghana is the modern purpose and not the mechanical literalist approach. The Supreme Court so held in Asare v Attorney General. Even before then we had the classic dictum of Sowah jsc in Tuf ...
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Our approach to interpretation in Ghana is the modern purpose and not the mechanical literalist approach. The Supreme Court so held in Asare v Attorney General. Even before then we had the classic dictum of Sowah jsc in Tuffuor v AG. Please read Atuguba's judgement carefully and stop poisoning us.
Pinkblue 10 years ago

NPP are sore losers

NPP are sore losers
NII LARTEY NARTEY 10 years ago

Ghanaians should be grateful to Jehovah almighty that, we have a opposition leader who has been wrongly accused by the rather criminally tyrant blood founded NDC monsters and their demi-god buffoonery outlawed followers.

E ...
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Ghanaians should be grateful to Jehovah almighty that, we have a opposition leader who has been wrongly accused by the rather criminally tyrant blood founded NDC monsters and their demi-god buffoonery outlawed followers.

Everybody saw how the Supreme Court went and we all did observed the brilliancy of that young energetic, articulate, versatile, thoughtful and intellectually powerful, internationally respectful but calm and cool Dr. Mumuni Bawumia who through the proceedings demystified one of the master demonic brains of the NDC Tsatsu Tsikata by punching the old monster trokosi crook so heavily that dazed him to only repeat and repeat himself shamelessly standing before the cameras as an idiot baboon.

The bias and hypocrite shamed Atuguba was selected as the head of the 9 member Justices for a purpose to dramatize the proceedings and come out with a criminal verdict for criminal retention of the wrong man we unfortunately have as imposed President for the next three years, thanks to the bono kwasia-kwasia- kwasiato! old man Agya Afari Djan.

You can force a horse to the river site but can not certainly force it to drink the water. Lets see if these gangsters who sees nothing wrong for giving a needed national priority to guinea fowls can perform as they are wrongfully and criminally forced on the people to rule.

Nana, thank you and may God sustain you and your family for not letting us go the Ivory Coast way here in Ghana as the bloody demonic national traitors and wrecker criminals had planned.
Me 10 years ago

Atuguba is dangerous to Ghana.

Atuguba is dangerous to Ghana.
Asteix 10 years ago

I was reading hs judgement and was shocked to realize that he termed this serious malpractice as ballot stuffing which ought to have been investigated by the returning officers or whatever.
To be honest I am at a lost, becau ...
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I was reading hs judgement and was shocked to realize that he termed this serious malpractice as ballot stuffing which ought to have been investigated by the returning officers or whatever.
To be honest I am at a lost, because whatever material was used to stuff the ballot box ( be it leaves or toilet rolls}, it has been counted and written on the pink sheets and subsequently used to declare the winner. Common sense dictates that whether ballot stuffing or over voting it must be rejected.
This man was quoting a lot of cases in his written judgement to justify this corrupt judgement.
The evil that men do used to live after them, but these days the evil that men do chases them like cruise missiles!
yaw 10 years ago

what at all were your agents doing at the polling stations? instead of you thinking of how to train them better you are insulting the judge. why?

what at all were your agents doing at the polling stations? instead of you thinking of how to train them better you are insulting the judge. why?
SAY IT AS IT IS! 10 years ago

Trying to say you know too much will make you a fool someday. and that is what is killing the NPP, instead of thinking hard to know the foolish mistake they made the last time to correct it they are blaming what is not there.

Trying to say you know too much will make you a fool someday. and that is what is killing the NPP, instead of thinking hard to know the foolish mistake they made the last time to correct it they are blaming what is not there.
kofi ofori amoako 10 years ago

NPP lost the case at the very inception when Atuguba intimidated them to withdraw their very valid and lawful motion to recuse Atuguba from the case.Is there a single person in Ghana who doubted who Atuguba was going to vote ...
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NPP lost the case at the very inception when Atuguba intimidated them to withdraw their very valid and lawful motion to recuse Atuguba from the case.Is there a single person in Ghana who doubted who Atuguba was going to vote for? His mind was made up before the case even commenced and he was going to vote for Raymond Atuguba and his boss regardless of the evidence. This is very shameful and has cast an unrepairable aspersion on the integrity of the supreme court. When a judge is having ex parte communications with parties who have a case before him as Atuguba was doing with RAYMOND and his boss, it calls into question the integrity of the whole proceedings. This man does not deserve to be a judge.
Whatever 10 years ago

This is nothing more than NPP buffonery.
Since when did Gabby and his NPP add ballot stuffing to their case in which they repeatedly insisted was "on the face of the pink sheet"? Something is wrong with the NPP

This is nothing more than NPP buffonery.
Since when did Gabby and his NPP add ballot stuffing to their case in which they repeatedly insisted was "on the face of the pink sheet"? Something is wrong with the NPP
Tonga Tonga 10 years ago

So the SC has given the green light for : over-voting is ok; presiding officer's signature not necessary; voting without biometric verification is ok ; double-voting too is ok.
Ghana will forever be the victim and loser in ...
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So the SC has given the green light for : over-voting is ok; presiding officer's signature not necessary; voting without biometric verification is ok ; double-voting too is ok.
Ghana will forever be the victim and loser in rigged elections.
696969 10 years ago

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 ...
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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
BabaUS 10 years ago

Leave Atubuga alone. He was not the only judge on the Panel and the petitioners agreed to the constitution of the panel all along. Lazy NPP propaganda nonsense will not work

Leave Atubuga alone. He was not the only judge on the Panel and the petitioners agreed to the constitution of the panel all along. Lazy NPP propaganda nonsense will not work
Nana Yaw III 10 years ago

To the writer (or to the Statesman): Irresponsible reporting will not earn you credibility. Educate if you know, and stop the irresponsible behaviour. You ought to be keen on causing mischief when you conveniently substitute ...
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To the writer (or to the Statesman): Irresponsible reporting will not earn you credibility. Educate if you know, and stop the irresponsible behaviour. You ought to be keen on causing mischief when you conveniently substituted BOOK with BOX, because by doing so, you created a totally different scenario. Atuguba's judgement is not a secret. It is a published document, just as that of all the other judges. I reproduce below the complete paragraph:

"The first is where the number of those who voted at a polling station exceeds the number of voters contained in the relevant polling station register. The second SITUATION IS WHERE THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN THE BALLOT BOOK EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF BALLOT PAPERS ISSUED TO THE RELEVANT POLLING STATION. Pondering over these two categories closely I would think that the second category of overvoting is rather an instance of ballot stuffing as testified by Johnson Asiedu Nketia."

Your version is as follows:
“SCENARIO WHERE THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN THE BALLOT BOX EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF BALLOT PAPERS ISSUED TO THE RELEVANT POLLING STATION”

In an era of COPY AND PASTE it is unfortunate that you can’t copy and paste. It tells how SLOPPY you are.

Shame!!!!!!
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

How

How
SPIRITS OF THE FOREFATHERS 10 years ago

ATUGUBA RUN AWAY TO USA BECAUSE HE KNEW THE SMART PEOPLE IN GHANA WOULD NOT BELIEVE IN THE VERDICT AND MIGHT RIOT. ONLY GOD, AND THE ITELLIGENT BRAVE PEOPLE CAN SAVE GHANA FROM THE CORRUPT DEVILS AND THEIR FOOLISH FOLLOWERS W ...
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ATUGUBA RUN AWAY TO USA BECAUSE HE KNEW THE SMART PEOPLE IN GHANA WOULD NOT BELIEVE IN THE VERDICT AND MIGHT RIOT. ONLY GOD, AND THE ITELLIGENT BRAVE PEOPLE CAN SAVE GHANA FROM THE CORRUPT DEVILS AND THEIR FOOLISH FOLLOWERS WHO REFUSE TO THINK EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SUFFERING IN POVERTY.THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND PERSONNEL HAS TO BE UPDATED TO MAKE IT MORE PROFFEESIONAL, JUST, AND TRANSPARENT TO YIELD QUALITY OUTCOME ALWAYS FOR THE SAKE OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE.
SPIRITS OF THE FOREFATHERS 10 years ago

IF SUPREME COURT JUDGES CAN BE BOUGHT, THE SEED OF ANARCHY HAS BEEN SOWED. IF THE RULE OF LAW IS OUT THEN EACH ONE FOR HIMSELF IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY, THEN THE PEOPLE GAIN THE RIGHT TO PROTECT, AND DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM ANY ...
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IF SUPREME COURT JUDGES CAN BE BOUGHT, THE SEED OF ANARCHY HAS BEEN SOWED. IF THE RULE OF LAW IS OUT THEN EACH ONE FOR HIMSELF IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY, THEN THE PEOPLE GAIN THE RIGHT TO PROTECT, AND DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM ANY THREAT FROM ANY SOURCE.
Kafui Detsi 10 years ago

This shows how corrupt our system is. The same man rants at politicians as if he is a saint but yet still stoop so low to take money from them. God will punish him even in his grave

This shows how corrupt our system is. The same man rants at politicians as if he is a saint but yet still stoop so low to take money from them. God will punish him even in his grave
abena tufuor 10 years ago

there were two justices at the supreme court. one took a bribe and killed justice. the other served justice and gave birth to the truth that was there for all to see. the truth about the election petition is in the court of p ...
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there were two justices at the supreme court. one took a bribe and killed justice. the other served justice and gave birth to the truth that was there for all to see. the truth about the election petition is in the court of public opinion. even mahama belongs to this group.
geeda,error corrupt mahama rot 10 years ago

FAKE TO THE NATION,PERIOD

FAKE TO THE NATION,PERIOD
Frederick Kofi Tawiah 10 years ago

I think, our Judges have done great disservice to God and Ghanaian. Atubuga is a human. but God is best judge. Atubuga fail Ghanians

I think, our Judges have done great disservice to God and Ghanaian. Atubuga is a human. but God is best judge. Atubuga fail Ghanians
SPIRITS OF THE FOREFATHERS 10 years ago

PEOPLE OF GHANA FORGET ABOUT POLITICS AND FACE THE TRUTH AND THINK OR BE DOOMED TO AGONY OF HARDSHIP AND ANARCHY. TO THE YOUTH, SERIOUSLY THINK OF THE FUTURE OF YOU AND GHANA, BE INTELLIGENT, THINK, DONT BE TIMID OR COWARD, B ...
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PEOPLE OF GHANA FORGET ABOUT POLITICS AND FACE THE TRUTH AND THINK OR BE DOOMED TO AGONY OF HARDSHIP AND ANARCHY. TO THE YOUTH, SERIOUSLY THINK OF THE FUTURE OF YOU AND GHANA, BE INTELLIGENT, THINK, DONT BE TIMID OR COWARD, BE TRUTHFUL AND BRING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC FORTUNES OF GHANA
objective analyst 10 years ago

Atuguba is an uncompromising Ndc judge.

Atuguba is an uncompromising Ndc judge.
objective analyst 10 years ago

I don't think even a magistrate can allow biasm to mare his judgment like atuguba, a supreme court judge

I don't think even a magistrate can allow biasm to mare his judgment like atuguba, a supreme court judge
razak seini 10 years ago

Atuguba's judgement is a master piece. I read all the judgements of all the justices and accepted that apart from law there was a lot of wisdom and brain power but justice Enim's own was a little doused.......

Atuguba's judgement is a master piece. I read all the judgements of all the justices and accepted that apart from law there was a lot of wisdom and brain power but justice Enim's own was a little doused.......

Atuguba upholds ‘ballot stuffing’?

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