Media discussions on election verdict needless – Mahama

President John Mahama has repudiated the insults hurled at some of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court after the recently-decided election petition case.

As far as he is concerned, the various media discussions on the matter are “unnecessary”.

President Mahama added: “The Bible says ‘Judge that ye be not judged’, but in human society, we need the judiciary to adjudicate matters so that society can go on; and so when God says ‘judge that ye be not judged’, he was not talking about our justices. Our Justices have a very difficult job. You bring a case to them; they must decide one way or the other. This case [election petition] could have gone the other way and so when they have taken a decision, must we vilify them?”

“Today everybody gets up and is insulting the Justices,” he bewailed.

He said the Justices “have a difficult job as it is. They have taken a decision, let’s put it behind us and let’s look forward”.

“…They are not gonna take this nation forward”, Mr. Mahama noted.

The President was at the Cedar Mountain Chapel in Accra on Sunday September 15, 2013, for a post-election petition verdict thanksgiving service.

He told the congregation that the “cacophony, insults, intemperate language” being used on the airwaves against the Justices was condemnable and risked stifling progress.

“…Is that moving society forward?” He asked.