Justice Dotse's comment on Afari-Gyan is a minority opinion - Amaliba

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Kofi - USA 10 years ago

DOES IT MATTER WHETHER IT IS A MINORITY OPINION OR NOT. THE POINT IS THAT JUSTICE DOTSE PASSED A DAMNING ASSESSMENT ABOUT THE COMPETENCE OF THE EC CHAIRMAN. WE ALL SAW THE PROCESS UNFOLDING ON TV AND WE DONT NEED TO BE TOLD H ...
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DOES IT MATTER WHETHER IT IS A MINORITY OPINION OR NOT. THE POINT IS THAT JUSTICE DOTSE PASSED A DAMNING ASSESSMENT ABOUT THE COMPETENCE OF THE EC CHAIRMAN. WE ALL SAW THE PROCESS UNFOLDING ON TV AND WE DONT NEED TO BE TOLD HJOW INCOMPETENCE AFARI-GYAN IS. AFARI-GYAN NEEDS TO GO IF THERE IS GOING TO BE PEACE IN GHANA. HE DOES NOT NEED TO BE TOLD BUT DO THE RIGHT THING. OF COURSE AFRICANS IN POWER DONT KNOW HOW TO STEP ASIDE EVEN WHEN DISGRACED. POOR GHANA.
insight to the bone 10 years ago

There is no smoke without fire , many times our chiefs for 30 pieces of silver have betrayed the interests of the people . they not only take money but also actively promote the most toxic of ideas against the welfare of the ...
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There is no smoke without fire , many times our chiefs for 30 pieces of silver have betrayed the interests of the people . they not only take money but also actively promote the most toxic of ideas against the welfare of the people . We have had an ayigbe/pepeni revolution and now the wind changes and the Akan revolution will come to be whether through the ballot box or by war it will come to pass . let these pepeni and ayigbe feel what its like to see their women stripped naked and whipped in the streets by our frisky boys , let them see what its like for both the innocent and guilty without discrimination be accused corruption and thrown in jail , let them see what its like to have their eminent men manhandled and tortured so that a few years later they all die of stroke , heart attaches and stress, let them see what is like to watch their sons and daughters have to travel the 7 seas just to find a better future as at home pepeni and ayigbe revolutionaries will steal their businesses or deny them the chance . yes we now not only polarize but radicalize since liberals like mills are killed and nana rejected ,it is time for fearless righteous Akans like ken agyapong , ursula and sir john to be flag bearers . ndc you just continue your corrupt ways but soon we will have you , your wives , children , girlfriends pay the a very dear price for your greed . keep on bribing these chiefs we have the family heads and clans on our side , long live the republic of Akan
Error President 10 years ago

Ghana is a fucking failed state. Thieves and nation wreckers in power. All the institutions are nothing but weak, incompetent and corrupt to the bone. Take a look the police, customs and immigration, just to mention a few.

Ghana is a fucking failed state. Thieves and nation wreckers in power. All the institutions are nothing but weak, incompetent and corrupt to the bone. Take a look the police, customs and immigration, just to mention a few.
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Mahmoud 10 years ago

The EC Boss should resign honorably. With all this controversy around his name, I think he should have resigned honorably for the EC to start afresh.

Politics has blinded Ghanaians so much so that they no longer think in ...
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The EC Boss should resign honorably. With all this controversy around his name, I think he should have resigned honorably for the EC to start afresh.

Politics has blinded Ghanaians so much so that they no longer think in terms of the interest of Ghana as a whole but the interest of one party or the other. It is for NDC today and it will be for NPP or the other parties tomorrow. But what is for Ghana will continue to serve all Ghanaian. Truly, impartial reforms cannot take place under a controversial figure like Dr. Afari-Gyan and should have resigned before being told to do so if he were an honorable and patriotic man.

Dr. Afari-Gyan should not remain in that office to pave the way for a Kigali type of killings after elections in Ghana. Are we ready to go on telling the world that the African is not capable of ruling himself?
AGAMADO JASIKAN 10 years ago

THIS BOFOON LAWYER BOASTS HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE WON A CASE FOR NDC AND ALWAYS WANTS GHANAIANS TO HEAR HIS VOICE. ENOUGH OF YOU SIR. IF YOU ARE INDEED A PATRIOTIC GHANAIAN, YOU WOULD ADVICE AFARI GYAN, NOW G ...
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THIS BOFOON LAWYER BOASTS HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE WON A CASE FOR NDC AND ALWAYS WANTS GHANAIANS TO HEAR HIS VOICE. ENOUGH OF YOU SIR. IF YOU ARE INDEED A PATRIOTIC GHANAIAN, YOU WOULD ADVICE AFARI GYAN, NOW GHANA'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE TO RESIGN HONORABLY. I AM NOT CONDEMNING AFARI GYAN NEITHER AM I BEING A PARTISAN BUT WITH AFARI GYAN AS THE CHAIRMAN OF EC, BET ME, NO ELECTION IN GHANA IS GOING TO END PEACEFULLY. SO IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA, AFARI GYAN MUST RESIGN. PERIOD.
william 10 years ago

Why will the opinion of one out of nine have any weight? In which part of the world have you seen that? And was his opinion of Afari Djan not clearly a subjective matter? Even Bawumia in his evidence in chief could not infer ...
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Why will the opinion of one out of nine have any weight? In which part of the world have you seen that? And was his opinion of Afari Djan not clearly a subjective matter? Even Bawumia in his evidence in chief could not infer any wrong doing by Afari Djan and EC except for instances of routine adminstrative lapses of some presiding officers!If they want hitch free elections then our focus should be more on the capacity building needs of political parties to effectively partner the EC, WHICH ALTHOUGH FAR FROM PERFECT IS DEFINITELY DOING VERY WELL!
Kwobia,Toronto 10 years ago

What counts is that Ghana won the verdict,hence Afari Gyan and the EC have been
Vindicated for standing up for those who wanted to win the election through the back door.

What counts is that Ghana won the verdict,hence Afari Gyan and the EC have been
Vindicated for standing up for those who wanted to win the election through the back door.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

Dr Afari Gyan is my hero and will remain so for posterity.He has done his best for Ghana,we must be grateful to this great son of Ghana.Thank you.

Dr Afari Gyan is my hero and will remain so for posterity.He has done his best for Ghana,we must be grateful to this great son of Ghana.Thank you.
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

How

How
Fernando S 10 years ago

I think it is time this Urs.Owusu lawyer apologised to the nation for imputing wrong doing on Mahama and Afari -Gyan

I think it is time this Urs.Owusu lawyer apologised to the nation for imputing wrong doing on Mahama and Afari -Gyan
KOMOO FRANCE. 10 years ago

Now ndc, the whole world knows why this judgement was ruled in your favour.mahama is the most disgraced president in the annals of ghanaian political history.

Now ndc, the whole world knows why this judgement was ruled in your favour.mahama is the most disgraced president in the annals of ghanaian political history.
TerriblY Spe cifi. 10 years ago

So someone can tell me that this amaliba is a ghanaian? apuuu look at his face, this is pure africa monkey.

So someone can tell me that this amaliba is a ghanaian? apuuu look at his face, this is pure africa monkey.
DONDOLI 10 years ago

If Amaliba is a true Lawyer he wouldnt be making such stupid comments. Amaliba dont know what Supreme Court is.
The 9 SC judges who sat on the petition were not looking for winners or losers. They were there to hear a petit ...
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If Amaliba is a true Lawyer he wouldnt be making such stupid comments. Amaliba dont know what Supreme Court is.
The 9 SC judges who sat on the petition were not looking for winners or losers. They were there to hear a petition Nana Addo and co made against the Electoral Comission.
Supreme Court made John Mahama the president 4 january 2013 by ghana supreme court. Those stupid people who go about tell people the 9 judges can overturn our Supreme Court decision are in sane.
When a Supreme Court decides something, that something is final.
Those who think Supreme Court is the judges who work there are those who are lying to ghanaians.
Supreme Court is not a human being, its (Supreme) and dont change any decision he made. God (Supreme) dont change his decision likewise ghana SC.
Those calling themselvies Lawyers but wouldnt teach the people is not a Lawyer.
Do anybody think the 9 judges can change what our SC decided, they can never and Atuguba knows that.
Those who keep blaming the judges about the way they voted are the stupid ones.
Its time a good Judge or Lawyer to explain what is SC and how its works. SC is never wrong in his decision, and the decision the SC made in 4 january 2013 to make John Mahama was the final. Any tom dick can fool them.
Steve 10 years ago

A sc can arrive at a different decision at a future trial. but for now this is it. npp has to live with the fact that they lost.please go to the corner and lick your wound.

A sc can arrive at a different decision at a future trial. but for now this is it. npp has to live with the fact that they lost.please go to the corner and lick your wound.
Analyst 10 years ago

Clearly, Justice Dotse allowed his bias to mislead him. How can you blame Dr Afari Gyan for presiding officers' non-signature of pink sheets?
Justice Dotse is isolated in his foggy reasoning.
As judge, he was supposed to ...
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Clearly, Justice Dotse allowed his bias to mislead him. How can you blame Dr Afari Gyan for presiding officers' non-signature of pink sheets?
Justice Dotse is isolated in his foggy reasoning.
As judge, he was supposed to rule on the 6 pleadings the petitioners brought before them. All the jazz he sang about Afari Gyan was not one of the petitioners' pleadings. Dotse should be ashamed of himself because he deviated.
It is good the EC is asking the public to submit the reforms they want. It is not enough to demand reforms; the typeof reforms must also be submitted. I will be glad for NPP to submit the reforms they require.
Steve 10 years ago

Right on.

Right on.
Richard 10 years ago

What does the constitution say about?

What does the constitution say about?
Ex-Ayigbe 10 years ago

Amaliba you would have been wise to shut up. You have just joined the stupid ones. For a lawyer, I would expect you to respect the opinions of all the judges, majority or minority. As Ghanaians we should all find a way forwar ...
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Amaliba you would have been wise to shut up. You have just joined the stupid ones. For a lawyer, I would expect you to respect the opinions of all the judges, majority or minority. As Ghanaians we should all find a way forward. The fact is that Afari- Gyan did not come out smelling roses even from a neutral corner. What is this girly Ama in your name.
Agyapong 10 years ago

This party must be stop from controlling all the institutions in the country otherwise Ghana is at risk for 2016.They have invaded all the institutions to work against any opponent and that is not democracy. Ghana will only m ...
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This party must be stop from controlling all the institutions in the country otherwise Ghana is at risk for 2016.They have invaded all the institutions to work against any opponent and that is not democracy. Ghana will only make head way after this party NDC has gone back to opposition. They are practicing what president Mugabee is doing in Zimbabwe. After supreme court verdict all foreigners believe Ghana motto has change to freedom and corruption it is a shame.
Ohene. 10 years ago

Everything about Ghana is stupid,,,,,idiot ppl,,

Everything about Ghana is stupid,,,,,idiot ppl,,
Yaw 10 years ago

Amaliba or whatever, they call you. There universal truth is that majority decision are not always right. we all know that the SC ruling was influenced by economic factors, tribalism, political affiliation and so on... Tsikat ...
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Amaliba or whatever, they call you. There universal truth is that majority decision are not always right. we all know that the SC ruling was influenced by economic factors, tribalism, political affiliation and so on... Tsikata attested to this truth by his comment. Indeed, minority decision was right in this case. so stop this fallasy
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

An old man and a young boy were traveling through their village with their donkey. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.

As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was w ...
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An old man and a young boy were traveling through their village with their donkey. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.

As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding.

The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.

Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They then decided they both would walk.

Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So, they both rode the donkey.

Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying, "How awful to put such a load on a poor donkey."

The boy and man said they were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey.

As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.

The moral of the story?

If you try to please everyone, you may as well just kiss your ass goodbye.
what ever you do ,people will talk about you.
ROGUE LAWYER 10 years ago

justice Dotse comments was not faire to dr afari gyan-the learned justice if he wanted to Balance his Position would have notice that
1.dr Afari gyan was not the one who signed or not sogned the pinksheet
2.dr Afari Gyan a ...
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justice Dotse comments was not faire to dr afari gyan-the learned justice if he wanted to Balance his Position would have notice that
1.dr Afari gyan was not the one who signed or not sogned the pinksheet
2.dr Afari Gyan admitted though the presiding officers made a mistake on the pinksheet the number of voters who voted for their prefered candidate was clearly indicated

we can fault EC as an Institution for employing semi illiterates to do the Job but that is the Nation we live in whereby majority of the People have been denied the right to education.
so to take such a strong Position on the personality of dr afari Gyan was not faire comment.
everybody who dont want to look through a political lense can Attest that Dr afari gyan was sincere and honest in all his presentations -where he had to admit and even take the blame he admitted so why the personal atack my Lord?
william 10 years ago

Check recruitment into the public service in the last 12 years.!!!Why attack EC as if they are an island? Yes it is wrong to have semi literates as presiding officers. But let's be honest and ask 'na who really causam'?

Check recruitment into the public service in the last 12 years.!!!Why attack EC as if they are an island? Yes it is wrong to have semi literates as presiding officers. But let's be honest and ask 'na who really causam'?
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

justice Dotse is clearly the person who came out strongly against the litany of anomalies that were traceable to the EC Office but he wasn't the only justice that took the EC to task. Others also did but were more subtle.

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justice Dotse is clearly the person who came out strongly against the litany of anomalies that were traceable to the EC Office but he wasn't the only justice that took the EC to task. Others also did but were more subtle.

On unsigned Pink sheets and barometric verification, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, for instance, was of the opinion that one would have expected the EC to have shown the petitioners the signed original copies or bring them and also the barometric print-outs to court as evidence if they were indeed signed or everybody was NBVNV respectively as Dr. Afari-Gyan was insisting in court. But he failed to do any such thing! His conduct and "indecent haste" in announcing the results and telling the PETITIONERS TO GO TO COURT is to be blamed most for all this most expensive and diversionary frivolous case brought by the petitioners simply to make a point! Well, they had made it and kudos to them! They should now tell their supporters to cool it off and not become delusional and suppose that they had a winnable case.

Andy-K
jj 10 years ago

who cares, your opinion is not supreme

who cares, your opinion is not supreme
Kosmic Boombaya 10 years ago

In the US, one justice writes for the majority and another one write the opinion for the minority....looks like in Ghana every justice wrote his or her own opinion...total confusion

In the US, one justice writes for the majority and another one write the opinion for the minority....looks like in Ghana every justice wrote his or her own opinion...total confusion
Kangaroo 10 years ago

Future Unsure!

Future Unsure!

Justice Dotse's comment on Afari-Gyan is a minority opinion - Amaliba

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