Is Maurice saying that the petitioners discharged the burden of proof beyond all reasonable doubts but that Justice Atugba ignored the evidence just on the basis of this simple statement? I thought he was somebody some of tho ... read full comment
Is Maurice saying that the petitioners discharged the burden of proof beyond all reasonable doubts but that Justice Atugba ignored the evidence just on the basis of this simple statement? I thought he was somebody some of thought he was working to elevate the level of political discourse in the country? He has disappointed me
Kay 10 years ago
HE WILL RECEIVE THE WRATH OF GOD.
HE WILL RECEIVE THE WRATH OF GOD.
Ben 10 years ago
It is a fact that this man delivered a terrible judgement and got a Visa and run out of the country.
It is a fact that this man delivered a terrible judgement and got a Visa and run out of the country.
Kodjo 10 years ago
Ignorant fool!!
Ignorant fool!!
Fofie 10 years ago
When is he returning to Ghana? Coming events casts their shadows.
When is he returning to Ghana? Coming events casts their shadows.
Krachie 10 years ago
When will you guys just accept defeat?. There will never come a time to do that. I hope if you ever win again you tell Ghanaians that the EC favored you, instead of the losers.
When will you guys just accept defeat?. There will never come a time to do that. I hope if you ever win again you tell Ghanaians that the EC favored you, instead of the losers.
IDRIS PACAS 10 years ago
When will nPP members stop daydreaming? These people are happy to be known as Minority in parliament, but erroneously think that what affects them affects the majority in Ghana. Daydreamers! First, redirect your analysis to f ... read full comment
When will nPP members stop daydreaming? These people are happy to be known as Minority in parliament, but erroneously think that what affects them affects the majority in Ghana. Daydreamers! First, redirect your analysis to finding out why lost the 2012 elections. Second, praise the SC for hearing your misfiled case which should have been thrown out long before.
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william 10 years ago
is ampaw a lawyer or a village letter writer?What a shame? And this is dishonorably stated at a function by a so-called 'institute' bearing Danquah's name!!!
is ampaw a lawyer or a village letter writer?What a shame? And this is dishonorably stated at a function by a so-called 'institute' bearing Danquah's name!!!
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago
How comes, were you there as a witness
come out to say your vedict in public.
How comes, were you there as a witness
come out to say your vedict in public.
kofi 10 years ago
I thought people would look at this article objectively and make informed judgment. How could people be so partisan in their analysis. Please let's think about the country first before a tribe or party. If we as a country don ... read full comment
I thought people would look at this article objectively and make informed judgment. How could people be so partisan in their analysis. Please let's think about the country first before a tribe or party. If we as a country don't have this dangerous judgment set aside we shall court real danger come 2016 by which time things would have been too late.
True True 10 years ago
Atuguba, most compromised and so easily bribeable judge of this era. Oh, what a disgraced judged!!
Atuguba, most compromised and so easily bribeable judge of this era. Oh, what a disgraced judged!!
Fo Kwaku - Tanyingbe 10 years ago
NOT ON TECHNICALITIES OR ON THE FACE OF PINKSHEETS. NPP GET IT INTO YOUR UGLYHEADS
NOT ON TECHNICALITIES OR ON THE FACE OF PINKSHEETS. NPP GET IT INTO YOUR UGLYHEADS
Yaw(VA) 10 years ago
elections, just as they are won at the Polling Stations, are also stolen at the Polling Station, FOOL! That election was not won but stolen, IDIOT. Get that thru your thick head.
elections, just as they are won at the Polling Stations, are also stolen at the Polling Station, FOOL! That election was not won but stolen, IDIOT. Get that thru your thick head.
Nsohbunu 10 years ago
Since you are that smart can you tell us how the election was stolen? I don't remember hearing that as one of the pleadings. No presiding officer appeared anywhere to say he/she did not sign because the results were false or ... read full comment
Since you are that smart can you tell us how the election was stolen? I don't remember hearing that as one of the pleadings. No presiding officer appeared anywhere to say he/she did not sign because the results were false or he/she was coerced not to do so, nobody came out anywhere including all the NPP supporters to say that he/she voted without going through biometric registration, and none of the NPP polling against laid any complaint of over voting in any of the disputed polling stations. These are the processes that the NPP needed to dwell on if GENUINELY they felt they won the election. But they never pursued any of those courses because they will not help them. They simply relied on errors to get to power and thanks to the discerning judges who were smarter in ensuring that they did not circumvent the will of the populace.
Okanta Otanka 10 years ago
Get it through your own thick skull that if the only means of winning elections in Ghana is through rigging, then Kuffour rigged the elections in 2000 and 2004 so let's live with it.
Get it through your own thick skull that if the only means of winning elections in Ghana is through rigging, then Kuffour rigged the elections in 2000 and 2004 so let's live with it.
BABZY 10 years ago
This maurice fool is a disgrace to the profession. An ignorant frustrated lawyer
This maurice fool is a disgrace to the profession. An ignorant frustrated lawyer
Brainy guy 10 years ago
Please write a sensible rebuttal to his article instead of insulting him.
Please write a sensible rebuttal to his article instead of insulting him.
Concerned 10 years ago
During the petition hearing I used to listen to Maurice on TV3 and thought he was good and politically neutral. He praised the SC President profusely when he stabilised the country. I now feel completely let down.
During the petition hearing I used to listen to Maurice on TV3 and thought he was good and politically neutral. He praised the SC President profusely when he stabilised the country. I now feel completely let down.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago
This group of Danquah Jazzmen faking under the institutional status of credence, may sooner than later burn Oman Ghana down before all. If they are not at the helm of affairs, then all is wretchedly bad and nothing is looking ... read full comment
This group of Danquah Jazzmen faking under the institutional status of credence, may sooner than later burn Oman Ghana down before all. If they are not at the helm of affairs, then all is wretchedly bad and nothing is looking up in the country. I guess Justice Atuguba is bad and don't give a hoot about the petition's evidence on illegalities, irregularities, omissions, commissions, violations or malpractices that they claimed came across his desk hence his indifferent attitude even before the election petition trial, huh?
The year is 2013, digitally din dunged and none is ever going to fool us again with their cheap and bias talk just to mount the corridors of the presidency at our expense. It's all over, NPP, those days are gone for good, period.
NPP - Disillusioned Desperadoes 10 years ago
“For starters I would state that the Judiciary in Ghana, ....., does not READILY (caps mine) invalidate a public election, .......”
Some of these NPP personnel anad lawyers must stop exposing their shallow mindedness ( ... read full comment
“For starters I would state that the Judiciary in Ghana, ....., does not READILY (caps mine) invalidate a public election, .......”
Some of these NPP personnel anad lawyers must stop exposing their shallow mindedness (in fact half-bakedknowledge). Justice Atuguba was careful to qualify the statement with READILY. He didnt rule out a verdict that could favour the petitioners. I believe the use of READILY just presupposed that to get a ruling in their favour the petitioners needed to adduce overwhelming, indisputable eveidence backed by credible witnesses.
I would have thought lawyers undergo a careful rigorous selection process and subsequent intensive training prior to qualification. This election palaver has really exposed how superficial lots of thes supposedly learned fraternity chaps are.
This election case was not an ordinary/light weight case to be disposed off flippantly. The judges allowed this clearly baseless case to run for some 9months withthe petitioners flip flopping over specifics/ and essence of their accusations/allegations.
NPP grow up and be fair to the average Ghanaian and let us enjoy some peace of mind to continue with our "hussling". The case was blatantly bogus and had no bit of merit. Accept the verdict and move on. 2016 is upon us already!!!
DDH 10 years ago
Man, you must be one of the guys who really learnt very well in school. You have excellent knowledge of issues. Ghana we seriously lack analytical minds. That is what is worrying NPP. There a group of people with money and bo ... read full comment
Man, you must be one of the guys who really learnt very well in school. You have excellent knowledge of issues. Ghana we seriously lack analytical minds. That is what is worrying NPP. There a group of people with money and booklong but lack analytical mind, hence they keep on worrying us. Well, we should also blame ourselves as a nation for allowing every block headed person to become a lawyer. This is the result-9months of lawsuit
Akwadaa_Nyame 10 years ago
First time I heard him speak on a legal matter on JoyFM`s PM Express.
His answers to simple questions posed by the host were so convoluted that I think he left his listeners more than they were before the programme. I have h ... read full comment
First time I heard him speak on a legal matter on JoyFM`s PM Express.
His answers to simple questions posed by the host were so convoluted that I think he left his listeners more than they were before the programme. I have heard several other interviews he has granted after the initial 'disaster',and his participation in the recent needless post-mortem panel discussion on the SC verdict,blew his cover as an ardent NPP sympathizer/member! I find him to be too flaky even on purely legal matters.
TT 10 years ago
If good legal brains will not discuss issues on TV. The void must be filled
If good legal brains will not discuss issues on TV. The void must be filled
Dzato 10 years ago
The election will always be rigged but sice the court does not have jurisdiction to overturn a disputed results we have to start fighting like it is the case in other African countries.
The election will always be rigged but sice the court does not have jurisdiction to overturn a disputed results we have to start fighting like it is the case in other African countries.
Agbedefu 10 years ago
Nonsense
Nonsense
koo 10 years ago
fuck you. we will advice our selfs next time.
fuck you. we will advice our selfs next time.
Okanta Otanka 10 years ago
Cowards like you will always shout fight fight but will shift in your pants at the sound of a fire cracker.lol
In the early 80s to 90s your uncles,grand fathers,and fathers were cowed by the mere sight of a man in uniform ho ... read full comment
Cowards like you will always shout fight fight but will shift in your pants at the sound of a fire cracker.lol
In the early 80s to 90s your uncles,grand fathers,and fathers were cowed by the mere sight of a man in uniform holding a shot gun(otiabrofre) So just forget it ryt .
SHEIK 10 years ago
LOOK AT THIS FOOLISH MAN TOO AND HIS SAYINGS.WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR STUPIDITY OF GOING TO COURT
LOOK AT THIS FOOLISH MAN TOO AND HIS SAYINGS.WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR STUPIDITY OF GOING TO COURT
DONBOLI 10 years ago
Another Stupid man who thinks from his eyes. There is no Judge how can over turn our Supreme Court decision. Foolish are those who think Atuguba can over turn our Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court made John Mahama Pre ... read full comment
Another Stupid man who thinks from his eyes. There is no Judge how can over turn our Supreme Court decision. Foolish are those who think Atuguba can over turn our Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court made John Mahama President not Electoral Comission. The SC knew what they were doing, the Judges can not overturn a decision the made only in Janaury 4.
People should stop undermining our Supreme Court and respect their decision. How stupid will Atuguba look if he breaks our Supreme Court Laws. Supreme Court decisions are always right in the eyes of the Law and we should respect it.
Swearing John Mahama as President in January can never be change. The Petition was against Electoral Comission not the Supreme Court. The SC had already decided and made JM the president. Its wouldnt be Supreme if thing decided by it can be change or overturn.
Ampaw should go back to school of Law and get some respect for our SC.
Another dickhead.
Yaw Amofa 10 years ago
When the guy used to ran commentary for TV3 during the trial, he was always struggling in explaining basic things. He doesn't even have good command over English language. He is a quack.
When the guy used to ran commentary for TV3 during the trial, he was always struggling in explaining basic things. He doesn't even have good command over English language. He is a quack.
Beejoe 10 years ago
Amofa, you see how stupid you are? Where on earth do we use Someone's Language as a yard-stick to measure the intelligent level of a person? No Wonder people like you always rely on the state to be what you are.
Amofa, you see how stupid you are? Where on earth do we use Someone's Language as a yard-stick to measure the intelligent level of a person? No Wonder people like you always rely on the state to be what you are.
Yaw Amofa 10 years ago
If you weren't an idiot, you would have known that the official language of the Ghanaian judiciary is English, so if you have a lawyer who is not articulate, how do they perform? Your bloody self did not post in Arabic, did y ... read full comment
If you weren't an idiot, you would have known that the official language of the Ghanaian judiciary is English, so if you have a lawyer who is not articulate, how do they perform? Your bloody self did not post in Arabic, did you? I don't blame you, it is the fault your gay father who hired someone to fuck your mum resulting in your miserable self. Bastard.
Agbedefu 10 years ago
The truth is as Justice William Atuguba said. The supreme interest of the public supersedes everything else. That is considering the peace and safety of Ghanaians before anything else; such as the arrogancy and I must be Pres ... read full comment
The truth is as Justice William Atuguba said. The supreme interest of the public supersedes everything else. That is considering the peace and safety of Ghanaians before anything else; such as the arrogancy and I must be President by all means and at all cost. Justice Atuguba is a hero.
Johnson Adjei 10 years ago
Akufo Addo wants to be president as all costs, I see no reason why he wants Ghanaians to put him at the Flagstaff House, he should have gone there and claim the presidency orally, I AKUFU ADDO I DECLARE MYSELF AS PRESIDENT O ... read full comment
Akufo Addo wants to be president as all costs, I see no reason why he wants Ghanaians to put him at the Flagstaff House, he should have gone there and claim the presidency orally, I AKUFU ADDO I DECLARE MYSELF AS PRESIDENT OF GHANA BY A DECREE. No problem, arrogance at its best. Akyem
Kodjo 10 years ago
All these fools should give us all a break. If you as a lawyer refuse to have confidence in the SUPREME COURT of the land then what the hell do they expect from the rest of the populace. These NPP apologist should please SHUT ... read full comment
All these fools should give us all a break. If you as a lawyer refuse to have confidence in the SUPREME COURT of the land then what the hell do they expect from the rest of the populace. These NPP apologist should please SHUT UP!!! Abah!!!
kooljaay 10 years ago
Maurice is a big fool who Does not know his left from right. Maurice can continue to work for his pay masters.nonsense and rented minded lawyer. appuuu!
Maurice is a big fool who Does not know his left from right. Maurice can continue to work for his pay masters.nonsense and rented minded lawyer. appuuu!
KOFI ADU 10 years ago
Yr 2016 will be war...We shall all carry our pink sheets-signed or unsigned, and see what the idiot Afari Gyan will do..Atuguba is evil, but like Kofi Awonnor, the EVIL that men do lives on after them
Yr 2016 will be war...We shall all carry our pink sheets-signed or unsigned, and see what the idiot Afari Gyan will do..Atuguba is evil, but like Kofi Awonnor, the EVIL that men do lives on after them
Kodjo 10 years ago
Kofi, you and who will fight for these dickhead politicians??? Don't be stupid and go find something useful to do with your spare time!! And by the way Dr Afari Gyan would have retired GRACEFULLY and I for one will recommend ... read full comment
Kofi, you and who will fight for these dickhead politicians??? Don't be stupid and go find something useful to do with your spare time!! And by the way Dr Afari Gyan would have retired GRACEFULLY and I for one will recommend him for the Order of the Volta!!
OBIBINI 10 years ago
Dr Ampaw is day dreaming.So he wanted the votes of thousands of ghanaians to be invalidated in favour of Akuffo-Addo.Was that not going to be a traversity of justice?The NPP can continue to cry over a spilled milk and who car ... read full comment
Dr Ampaw is day dreaming.So he wanted the votes of thousands of ghanaians to be invalidated in favour of Akuffo-Addo.Was that not going to be a traversity of justice?The NPP can continue to cry over a spilled milk and who cares.They can keep crying.
AFARI GYAN - 27 ZERO;CREATED,LOOTED 10 years ago
Unjust Atuguba - full of sound and fury signifying NOTHING!!! These Ghanaian leaders without principles e.g. Atuguba & Co. will wake up day and realise the adverse effects of their actions - the consequences of their actions ... read full comment
Unjust Atuguba - full of sound and fury signifying NOTHING!!! These Ghanaian leaders without principles e.g. Atuguba & Co. will wake up day and realise the adverse effects of their actions - the consequences of their actions are coming.
ASANTE 10 years ago
AMPAW YOU ARE A FOOL YOU KNOW NOTHING
AMPAW YOU ARE A FOOL YOU KNOW NOTHING
Ike Kofi-kyei 10 years ago
at least Atuguba Jsc made it clear to the world by the statement that he and other judges were just wasting our time and they were not about law but abt sustaining John Mahama. We just have to advice ourselfs in the subseque ... read full comment
at least Atuguba Jsc made it clear to the world by the statement that he and other judges were just wasting our time and they were not about law but abt sustaining John Mahama. We just have to advice ourselfs in the subsequent elections. I only weep for women and children in this country.
ODIKRO 10 years ago
A WHOLE MONTH AFTER THE VERDICT, IS THIS WHAT DR. AMPAW CAN COME UP WITH? SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO BE HEARD. SOME EVEN WHEN THEY SNORE. PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC
A WHOLE MONTH AFTER THE VERDICT, IS THIS WHAT DR. AMPAW CAN COME UP WITH? SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO BE HEARD. SOME EVEN WHEN THEY SNORE. PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC
Wahab klagon 10 years ago
May God granted us long life and healthy 2016 if single bloodshed lose we didnt forgive him and his corruption judges because nobody will file any petition to supreme court.
May God granted us long life and healthy 2016 if single bloodshed lose we didnt forgive him and his corruption judges because nobody will file any petition to supreme court.
GHANAIAN OBSERVER 10 years ago
THE IMAGE OF GHANA'S SUPREME COURT IS ALREADY DENTED. WITH JUSTICES ATUGUBA AND BAMFO (LATE ATTA MILLS CONCUBINE/GIRLFRIEND) SIDED AND SHARED SECRET NOTES WITH RESPONDENT (NDC, MAHAMA AND ELECTORAL COMMISIONER) LAWYERS AFTER ... read full comment
THE IMAGE OF GHANA'S SUPREME COURT IS ALREADY DENTED. WITH JUSTICES ATUGUBA AND BAMFO (LATE ATTA MILLS CONCUBINE/GIRLFRIEND) SIDED AND SHARED SECRET NOTES WITH RESPONDENT (NDC, MAHAMA AND ELECTORAL COMMISIONER) LAWYERS AFTER EVERY PROCEEDINGS; AND ATUGUBA OPEN COURT SHOUT AND YELLING AT PETITIONERS LAWYERS; AND ATUGUBA’S MACHO AND AUTHORITARIAN ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR AS PRESIDENT OF THE COURT, HAS MADE GHANA'S SUPREME COURT USELESS, LAUGHING STOCK AND UNIMPORTANT JUDICIAL HEAD OF THE COUNTRY. IN THE EYES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND GHANAIAN POPULACE AT HOME AND ABROAD, THE TOP COURT IS BIAS AND CORRUPT. GHANAIANS CAN NO LONGER DEPEND ON IT TO SAFEGUARD AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION. INDEED, IT IS VERY PATHETIC FOR CHIEF JUSTICE TO APPOINT PARTISAN AND BIAS JUDGE LIKE ATUGUBA TO HEAD SUCH SENSITIVE AND IMPORTANT CASE. ATUGUBA’S BEHAVIOR AND ATITUDE HAS BROUGHT ONE OF THE REPUTABLE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED COURT IN THE WORLD, GHANA SUPREME COURT INTO THE MUD. IT WILL TAKE YEARS FOR THE COURT TO REDEEM ITS IMAGE.
peace 10 years ago
forget this and remove that idiot mahama from office
forget this and remove that idiot mahama from office
Ghanaian 10 years ago
If Mahama is idiot? then i wonder what ur father will be.
If Mahama is idiot? then i wonder what ur father will be.
KWAKU 10 years ago
WHEN I LOOK AT THE WAY LAWYERS ARE GENERALLY QUICK AT DENIGRATING THEIR OPPONENTS BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL INCLINATIONS, I BEGIN O UNDERSTAND WHY SOME JUDGES WERE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD IN THE PAST. THE UTTERANCE ... read full comment
WHEN I LOOK AT THE WAY LAWYERS ARE GENERALLY QUICK AT DENIGRATING THEIR OPPONENTS BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL INCLINATIONS, I BEGIN O UNDERSTAND WHY SOME JUDGES WERE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD IN THE PAST. THE UTTERANCES OF LAWYERS IN THIS COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY AFTERMATH THE LANDMARK RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT ON THE ELECTIONS PETITION, HAS REVEALED THE TRUE FACE OF LAWYERS IN THIS COUNTRY. NOW THOSE OF US WHO ARE POLITICALLY NEUTRAL ARE BEGINNING TO IMAGINE IF IT`S POSSIBLE FOR OUR JUDGES TO PASS RULING AND DELIVER TRUE JUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. THE NPP LAWYERS DO NOT SEEM TO REALIZE THAT IN THEIR BID TO RUNDOWN THE PANEL WHICH SAT ON THE CASE INVOLVING NDC, NPP, EC, AND THE PRESIDENT, THEY ARE INDIRECTLY DENTING THE IMAGE OF THE ENTIRE JUDICIARY INCLUDING THE NPP LAWYERS THEMSELVES IN THE EYES OF DISCERNING GHANAIAN. AND WHEN PEOPLE LOSE FAITH IN THE JUDICIARY YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. LAWYERS AND JUDGES BECOME TARGETS FOR REASONS RELATED TO POLITICS AND, THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR LAWYERS GENERALLY AND THOSE AFFILIATED TO POLITICAL PARTIES IN PARTICULAR. WHEN MOTHER COW IS CHEWING AT IT`S CUD, IT`S YOUNG ONES ARE WATCHING IT` MOUTH
Nsohbunu 10 years ago
You may not agree with this but the way some of the SC judges upheld some of the reliefs really baffles me. That is actually the danger - that an SC knowing very well that the petitioners refused to bring presiding officers t ... read full comment
You may not agree with this but the way some of the SC judges upheld some of the reliefs really baffles me. That is actually the danger - that an SC knowing very well that the petitioners refused to bring presiding officers to explain why they did not sign, to appreciate the pink sheet as a complete document rather than look out for errors, to invite anybody including NPP members and the petitioners themselves who voted without biometric registration to testify or get their polling agents to agree that there was actually over-voting in the disputed polling stations. Nobody who has the public at heart should vote for any of these reliefs and that is why I understand how dangerous judges can be in this country. I would love to have a candid chat with any of those judges to see if they really believed that what they did was in the interest of the country.
all the way 10 years ago
atuguba is a big thief
atuguba is a big thief
Sarfo Ba 10 years ago
Who to be blamed NPP. Too match trust will kill NPP. Say it if you don't aggree thats why I like Sir John. He may sound stupid but man maintain this guy.
Who to be blamed NPP. Too match trust will kill NPP. Say it if you don't aggree thats why I like Sir John. He may sound stupid but man maintain this guy.
BUKARI 10 years ago
ATUBIGA DESERVES NOT TO BE AT SUPREME COURT.HE IS CORRUPT AND SHOULD BE MADE TO REFUND THE 5M BRIBE.
ATUBIGA DESERVES NOT TO BE AT SUPREME COURT.HE IS CORRUPT AND SHOULD BE MADE TO REFUND THE 5M BRIBE.
Johanny 10 years ago
If you live in Ghana you may feel everything in Ghana is ok, and will not notice what you these people are lacking. It is not your fault.
If you live in Ghana you may feel everything in Ghana is ok, and will not notice what you these people are lacking. It is not your fault.
Ghanaian 10 years ago
Am sory for NPP.
Am sory for NPP.
yaw buadu 10 years ago
This petition was so bias and sort of "arm-twisting" approach to seeking justice.
This petition was so bias and sort of "arm-twisting" approach to seeking justice.
Raymond 10 years ago
This man doeds not have a PHD. He was honoured by the a religious body.This empty brain calls himself a social commentator? We are watching those media houses who invite him and introduce him as an independent panelist
This man doeds not have a PHD. He was honoured by the a religious body.This empty brain calls himself a social commentator? We are watching those media houses who invite him and introduce him as an independent panelist
Papa Yaw 10 years ago
How
How
jojo 10 years ago
Why not try going to war if you think you guys want to rule anyhow.
Why not try going to war if you think you guys want to rule anyhow.
JAN 10 years ago
MOVE THE PARTY ON AND STO THIS NONSENCE. GABY WILL GROUND THE PARTY IN A SENSATIONAL FASHION.
MOVE THE PARTY ON AND STO THIS NONSENCE. GABY WILL GROUND THE PARTY IN A SENSATIONAL FASHION.
Kofi Ghana 10 years ago
He made up his mind long before the decision was made!
He made up his mind long before the decision was made!
Spider 10 years ago
Ghana is now controled by idiots. They do not even look like Ghanians
Ghana is now controled by idiots. They do not even look like Ghanians
Kwame Aidoo 10 years ago
He does not belong to our country no more due to his ill-judgement and nation wrecking decision in the last SC failure.We, Ghanaians are ready to defend our nation in the name togetherness and peace.Any nation-wrecker must be ... read full comment
He does not belong to our country no more due to his ill-judgement and nation wrecking decision in the last SC failure.We, Ghanaians are ready to defend our nation in the name togetherness and peace.Any nation-wrecker must be outcast from our dear nation.Atuguba, running away after his unpopular SC decision has sold his birthright and fled to a nation he will not even fight for.SHAME ON ALL OF YOU COWARDS!!!!!
Pee 10 years ago
I think the Justices were sympathetic to even allow the case to go as far as it went. if there was anything bad about the case it was that sort of tolerance. How can any right-thinking legal scholar even imagine that one can ... read full comment
I think the Justices were sympathetic to even allow the case to go as far as it went. if there was anything bad about the case it was that sort of tolerance. How can any right-thinking legal scholar even imagine that one can use inscriptions on a piece of paper to prove what exists on a machine. Even some of the evidence were forged and they allowed it to go unpunished. This people should give a break. It is surprising that, in Ghana, anyone with Dr in front of his name is granted a media space. Where his writings? How many books has he published?
Osei Yao 10 years ago
Whwere were these latter-day lawyers. The NPP would have done better with them pleading the case. Of course any nincompoop can now speak if only to vilify the judges.
Whwere were these latter-day lawyers. The NPP would have done better with them pleading the case. Of course any nincompoop can now speak if only to vilify the judges.
Johnson Adjei 10 years ago
Maurice Ampaw go hang yourself this NPP and their all die be die, win at all cost mantra, do you expect the SC should throw away 4 million votes cast so that your drug dealer should be crowned president?, you are out of your ... read full comment
Maurice Ampaw go hang yourself this NPP and their all die be die, win at all cost mantra, do you expect the SC should throw away 4 million votes cast so that your drug dealer should be crowned president?, you are out of your mind, NPP losers how can you win an election with only two regions out of ten regions in Ghana,go hang your self and the rest of NPP who will no to answer, let peace reign in Ghana.
JOSH 10 years ago
It is a disheartening to hear that Ghanaians were disappointed in the judgment. Who are those Ghanaians? the majority who voted for JM or the NPP followers and surrogates? Someone should educate me. I really did not know that ... read full comment
It is a disheartening to hear that Ghanaians were disappointed in the judgment. Who are those Ghanaians? the majority who voted for JM or the NPP followers and surrogates? Someone should educate me. I really did not know that Maurice Ampaw was an NPP surrogate. In any case the petitioners could not discharge the burden of proof beyond reasonable doubts to convince the Justices. It is simply a case of seeking the Presidency through the backdoor. Which election has ever been conducted without flaws. If the SC had sustained the petitioners wish, future elections in Ghana would been determined thru the SC. "Show me a sinless man and the fellow would be the first to cast the stone." I thought Dr. Ampaw was somebody who was fair and transparent as well as working to elevate the level of political discourse in the country? He has disappointed me indeed. He was one of noisemaking lawyers who chastised Tsatsu for his fair statements about Annin Yeboah. How do you reconcile Ampaw's statements about Atuguba vis-a-vis Tsatsu. Hypocrites.
Woman's Wisdom 10 years ago
Ghanaians in US must look for Atuguba and deal with him. The man is evil and Satanic.
Ghanaians in US must look for Atuguba and deal with him. The man is evil and Satanic.
jim 10 years ago
Hmmmmmm interesting indeed.The irony of the Ghanaian intellectual.We were all struggling in practice at the courts then he is awarded a hononary doctorate degree by a theological institute at Gbawe and suddenly he becomes an ... read full comment
Hmmmmmm interesting indeed.The irony of the Ghanaian intellectual.We were all struggling in practice at the courts then he is awarded a hononary doctorate degree by a theological institute at Gbawe and suddenly he becomes an expert in electoral matters.He has not got even one case reported in the law reports and yet he has become a legal critic.Africa.
curious 10 years ago
why don't you bring all of your woman's wisdom' with you to the US and look for him and deal with him as you think fit?
why don't you bring all of your woman's wisdom' with you to the US and look for him and deal with him as you think fit?
nicman@atl 10 years ago
how did you know there will ba an election decided by the supreme court. still under the influence of the 77 missen parcels of cocaine.
how did you know there will ba an election decided by the supreme court. still under the influence of the 77 missen parcels of cocaine.
Analyst 10 years ago
Perhaps somebody (probably some layman) has to explain Justice Atugugah to the learned lawyer.
This is what the Justice said: “For starters I would state that the Judiciary in Ghana, like its counter parts in other jurisdi ... read full comment
Perhaps somebody (probably some layman) has to explain Justice Atugugah to the learned lawyer.
This is what the Justice said: “For starters I would state that the Judiciary in Ghana, like its counter parts in other jurisdictions, does not readily invalidate a public election, but often strives in the public interest, to sustain it.”
This statement is another way of saying that, it would take the petitioner to prove all his allegations beyond all reasonable doubts to reverse the EC's results. This is because, the EC holds a constitutional mandate to run an election in Ghana and duly declare the result. So if the SC reverses the EC's decision based on flimsy allegations, the mandate and relevance of the EC would be completely wiped out and this is a recipe of chaos.
For instance, let's use the following scenario in a presidential election. At several polling stations (whose total votes can affect the results), and a candidate through his agents at the polling stations complained about cheating, rigging or fraud and nothing was done about it by the EC. Then the polling agents protested accordingly by not signing the electoral records (or pink sheets) and filled the complaints forms. If the candidate proceeded from there with a petition to the SC, that will be a solid case.
Contrast this to what happened on 7 & 8 December 2012. There were no protests from the polling stations. But after the overall result was announced, one losing candidate set-up a task force to assemble the pink sheets and took advantage of the clerical errors and non-signatures by the presiding officers to make a petition. This is clearly a useless petition hence its dismissal. That is the import of Justice Atubugah's argument.
kofi ofori amoako 10 years ago
NPP lost the case when Atuguba intimidated the NPP lawyers into withdrawing their motion to have him recused from the case because he is the uncle of Raymond Atuguba,Mahama's executive assistant who at one point used to write ... read full comment
NPP lost the case when Atuguba intimidated the NPP lawyers into withdrawing their motion to have him recused from the case because he is the uncle of Raymond Atuguba,Mahama's executive assistant who at one point used to write opinions for his uncle. NPP had solid legal basis to demand his withdrawal but chickened out. Atuguba was not going to vote against Mahama and let his nephew lose his job. He was secretly communicating with his nephew who was passing on information to the respondents during the entire proceedings. He is a disgrace to the judiciary and is not worthy to be referred to as ajudge.
frank 10 years ago
If things go againt you, then hell should break loose.
Shambolic and bogus analysi
leave this nobel man alone
he stood firm against all npp mavirics
If things go againt you, then hell should break loose.
Shambolic and bogus analysi
leave this nobel man alone
he stood firm against all npp mavirics
hb 10 years ago
Apaw, you have nothing to say give us a break.
Apaw, you have nothing to say give us a break.
VAVIOTO 10 years ago
HISTORY HAD BEEN MADE. NO PROBLEMS ON ANY FUTURE ELECTION WILL BE SENT TO COURT AGAIN. OUR SUPREME COURT JUDGES DID NOT JUDGE WITH MUCH OBJECTIVITY. IT WAS A ONE SIDED AFFAIR. ONLY VIOLENCE WILL BE USED TO SETTLE ELECTION P ... read full comment
HISTORY HAD BEEN MADE. NO PROBLEMS ON ANY FUTURE ELECTION WILL BE SENT TO COURT AGAIN. OUR SUPREME COURT JUDGES DID NOT JUDGE WITH MUCH OBJECTIVITY. IT WAS A ONE SIDED AFFAIR. ONLY VIOLENCE WILL BE USED TO SETTLE ELECTION PROBLEMS MARK MY WORD.
ATUGUBA AND HIS TEAM FAILED TO USE JUDICIAL AND PRACTICAL ADULT KNOWLEDGE AND HOME SENSE TO HANDLE THIS CASE SATISFACTORILY.
OSEI TAWIA JUSTICE (USA). 10 years ago
WE ARE SICK AND TIED OF THIS USELESS AND STUPID DANQUAH INSTITUTE. ANY THING THAT GOES AGAINST THIS SO CALLED DANQUAH, BUSIA, DOMBO PEOPLE IS NOT A GOOD ONE WHY?''NKWASIAFUO''.
WE ARE SICK AND TIED OF THIS USELESS AND STUPID DANQUAH INSTITUTE. ANY THING THAT GOES AGAINST THIS SO CALLED DANQUAH, BUSIA, DOMBO PEOPLE IS NOT A GOOD ONE WHY?''NKWASIAFUO''.
ABBAS 10 years ago
u people are just confused, the chief justice per the constitution of the land appointed 9 justices, and am sure the judgement was not only from atuguba even though he presided over the land mark case. i expect the DI to chan ... read full comment
u people are just confused, the chief justice per the constitution of the land appointed 9 justices, and am sure the judgement was not only from atuguba even though he presided over the land mark case. i expect the DI to channel their energy to educate the npp to be bold and tell its supporter the truth and stop always behaving as DADA BEES
WIGGY 10 years ago
so if I may know. what is your problem. NPP will be in opposition for a very long time. come 2016 NPP will lose. then u will know your party never won 2012. mind you it is Ghanaians who decides who should be president and not ... read full comment
so if I may know. what is your problem. NPP will be in opposition for a very long time. come 2016 NPP will lose. then u will know your party never won 2012. mind you it is Ghanaians who decides who should be president and not SC judges!
SAY IT AS IT IS! 10 years ago
One gets sick to read from people you think to know better if they are not sick in thier heads. Is is just sicken to read this from someone like AMPAW to stoop so low as he has done at this so called DI. Pity iwill say and ma ... read full comment
One gets sick to read from people you think to know better if they are not sick in thier heads. Is is just sicken to read this from someone like AMPAW to stoop so low as he has done at this so called DI. Pity iwill say and many who are clear in thier heads will agree with me that some of the people we think in our society who should know better and talk sense always talk as if they have lost the brain in thier heads.
hb 10 years ago
Is npp having problem sleep at a dog, and solving your own problems?
Is npp having problem sleep at a dog, and solving your own problems?
YAA 10 years ago
WHAT ARE SUPRISE OFF, WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? FOOL NDC NKWASIAFUO, NDC THIEVES AND BASTARDS, YOU WILL ALL ROTE IN HELL.
WHAT ARE SUPRISE OFF, WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? FOOL NDC NKWASIAFUO, NDC THIEVES AND BASTARDS, YOU WILL ALL ROTE IN HELL.
Nii Ashitey 10 years ago
Dr Ampaw has exhibited a crass misunderstanding of how the courts arrive at their judgements and the rules that they follow.Every case that goes to the court, the court must premise its search for the facts or the truth with ... read full comment
Dr Ampaw has exhibited a crass misunderstanding of how the courts arrive at their judgements and the rules that they follow.Every case that goes to the court, the court must premise its search for the facts or the truth with the presumption that the defendant or the accuse is innocence until proven otherwise.
Its therefore goes without saying that since the evidential burden and onus of proof lies with the plaintiff or petitioners,it is their duty to discharge that that duty on the balance of probabilities that their case is more probable than that of the defendant.Until then that presumption of innocence stands.
For the judge to start from that basis and for Ampaw to twist the normal process to mean bias and preconceived ideas is a very irresponsible thing to say by a lawyer.I have had the occasion of listening to some of his legal analysis on joy news so I am not surprise about his lack of knowledge on judicial reasoning.
The little I know about him suggests he is a legal lightweight and he should not be taken serious.If I have had any doubt at all about his legal credentials and weight it has been dispelled by his very partisan and cheap hype at this judge even more so his lack of in depth of the law.
Ghana 10 years ago
Ghana posterity will judge
Ghana posterity will judge
James, Karikari 10 years ago
Ampaw must be cautious with his utterances. It is always better to have a responsible attitude and make intelligent argument than making wide and wild claims without any logic or foundation of the truth. For any respectable ... read full comment
Ampaw must be cautious with his utterances. It is always better to have a responsible attitude and make intelligent argument than making wide and wild claims without any logic or foundation of the truth. For any respectable citizen it is not worth it telling lies or fabricating stories just to the cheers of the narrow minded and political sycophants because the lies and the fabrications one tells follow them. 'The evil that men do follow them'. To accuse His Lordship, Judge Atuguba of making up his mind before the election petition trial is one of 'below the belt' and disgraceful utterance by a so called legal person. Search your conscience, Lawyer Ampaw. Simply learn to be responsible.
MENSAH 10 years ago
I am so! so! so! disappointed in you Maurice. I thought you we a descent neutral panelist when you were appearing on TV3 discussions during the petition hearings. I never thought you were a ravaging wolf in sheep skin. The de ... read full comment
I am so! so! so! disappointed in you Maurice. I thought you we a descent neutral panelist when you were appearing on TV3 discussions during the petition hearings. I never thought you were a ravaging wolf in sheep skin. The defeat of the NPP has unmasked characters like you. Did you remember the sort of things characters like you said when the Great Tsikata gave his personal opinion on Justice Ennim Yeboah? You people behave as if you are more Ghanaians have more right than Tsikata.
SAKARA 10 years ago
npp LAWYER, YOU CAN SEND LAWYER ATUGUBA TO COURT IF YOU KNOW THE LAW MORE THAN HIM. ARE YOU REALLY A LAWYER? OH MY GOD. npp LAWYER GHANA NEED PEACE.
npp LAWYER, YOU CAN SEND LAWYER ATUGUBA TO COURT IF YOU KNOW THE LAW MORE THAN HIM. ARE YOU REALLY A LAWYER? OH MY GOD. npp LAWYER GHANA NEED PEACE.
Mark 10 years ago
Please be mindful of your comments. You can disagree with what Maurice said without insulting him. Educated people should always keep thier comments decent
Please be mindful of your comments. You can disagree with what Maurice said without insulting him. Educated people should always keep thier comments decent
BOB MARLEY J 10 years ago
THIS UGLY PEPENII JUDGE WILL SURELY BURN IN HELL. THIS FOOL KILLED DEMOCRACY IN GHANA AND THE REST OF AFRICA. FROM NOW ON WHAT IS THE POINT IN ANYONE GOING TO COURT. THIS UGLY BEAST ATUGUBA (ONCE A TOILET CARRIER) SHOULD HIDE ... read full comment
THIS UGLY PEPENII JUDGE WILL SURELY BURN IN HELL. THIS FOOL KILLED DEMOCRACY IN GHANA AND THE REST OF AFRICA. FROM NOW ON WHAT IS THE POINT IN ANYONE GOING TO COURT. THIS UGLY BEAST ATUGUBA (ONCE A TOILET CARRIER) SHOULD HIDE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN GHANA. YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Relistic 10 years ago
MAURICE THIS SHAMEFULL OF YOU IF INDEED THIS PIECE IS FACTUAL! I TOT YOU WERE VERY OBJECTIVE,TRY & ANALISE ATUGUBA PROPERLY. AFTERALL WHAT MASSIVE EVIDENCE DID NPP PROVED TO HAVE WON THEM THE VERDICT? STOP THIS! IF...
MAURICE THIS SHAMEFULL OF YOU IF INDEED THIS PIECE IS FACTUAL! I TOT YOU WERE VERY OBJECTIVE,TRY & ANALISE ATUGUBA PROPERLY. AFTERALL WHAT MASSIVE EVIDENCE DID NPP PROVED TO HAVE WON THEM THE VERDICT? STOP THIS! IF...
osei-rotterdam 10 years ago
i am trabalistic here because atuguba is the number one trabalistic man in ghana.
i am trabalistic here because atuguba is the number one trabalistic man in ghana.
Agbee 10 years ago
even lawyers can make blanket statements like this. what is the number of Ghanaians who confined in Dr. Ampaw, that they had been disappointed by judgement? it is evident that some Ghanaians (the petitioners and allies)had be ... read full comment
even lawyers can make blanket statements like this. what is the number of Ghanaians who confined in Dr. Ampaw, that they had been disappointed by judgement? it is evident that some Ghanaians (the petitioners and allies)had been disappointed, but this does not mean the majority of Ghanaians had been disappointed.
tohugu 10 years ago
Maurice Ampaw's argument is so laced with NPP lies that even a drunk can quickly tell of how insubstantively warped it is. It is a shame that warped-minded individuals with myopic thinking and parading themselves on conferenc ... read full comment
Maurice Ampaw's argument is so laced with NPP lies that even a drunk can quickly tell of how insubstantively warped it is. It is a shame that warped-minded individuals with myopic thinking and parading themselves on conference floors as something-when the only thing they know is to lie-will be allowed a platform cum microphone to spew such concortion of deceit, to deceive the hearts and minds of unsuspecting Ghanaians.Ampaw and his so called Danquah Institute/NPP propaganda platform should be ashamed of themselves. They stop their hogwashy speeches.
Mr. Haircare 10 years ago
the terrorists will SOON run over AtuguBA. How on earth did we expect him to rule against a northerner and more so when his nephew has a position in the administration? Death to him and all who ruled with him.
the terrorists will SOON run over AtuguBA. How on earth did we expect him to rule against a northerner and more so when his nephew has a position in the administration? Death to him and all who ruled with him.
tohugu 10 years ago
When Ampaw cites 1300 dead kenyans and 600,000 others displaced, is he in a veiled way suggesting that Ghanaians are so unwise and prone to violence like other countries, to emulate their unwise animalism? Ampaw should unders ... read full comment
When Ampaw cites 1300 dead kenyans and 600,000 others displaced, is he in a veiled way suggesting that Ghanaians are so unwise and prone to violence like other countries, to emulate their unwise animalism? Ampaw should understand that the average Ghanaian is not that foolish to waste away his life for some selfish politician who could care less whether he-average Ghanaian- lives or dies after he-the politician has secured his vote to win an election.
SAKARA 10 years ago
What's your name? Who say WHO SAY NAM NO DAY MAN DAY. What's your name Damongo man?
What's your name? Who say WHO SAY NAM NO DAY MAN DAY. What's your name Damongo man?
DDH 10 years ago
I cry for this nation. Every idiot comes out to say any rubbish and call themselves lawyers.
I cry for this nation. Every idiot comes out to say any rubbish and call themselves lawyers.
zongo president 10 years ago
Atuguba is corrupt judge,,,,his hands is in the pocket of ndc party, with that dont be surprise he is another stupid pepeniii.....
Atuguba is corrupt judge,,,,his hands is in the pocket of ndc party, with that dont be surprise he is another stupid pepeniii.....
kofi 10 years ago
I thought people would look at this article objectively and make informed judgment but all that some people could do was to insult others who had done diligent assessment of this corrupt judgment. Atuguba and the so called ma ... read full comment
I thought people would look at this article objectively and make informed judgment but all that some people could do was to insult others who had done diligent assessment of this corrupt judgment. Atuguba and the so called majority have done a great disservice to mot Ghana. If we don't have this judgment set aside before 2016 only God knows what would befall our dear nation. God have mercy
YAA 10 years ago
YES ATUGUBA MADE UP HIS MIND BEFORE THE PETITION STARTED. GOD PUNISH YOU ATUGUBA, YOU WILL NEVER KNOWN PEACE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. SHAME ON YOU. WHERE ARE YOU? COME TO GHANA AND FACE THE MUSIC. GHANAIANS ARE WAITING FOR ... read full comment
YES ATUGUBA MADE UP HIS MIND BEFORE THE PETITION STARTED. GOD PUNISH YOU ATUGUBA, YOU WILL NEVER KNOWN PEACE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. SHAME ON YOU. WHERE ARE YOU? COME TO GHANA AND FACE THE MUSIC. GHANAIANS ARE WAITING FOR YOU, ABOA, KWASIA, FOOL AND A BASTARD.
Whatever 10 years ago
Loser stop looking for excuses for court defeat over your "you and I were not there petition". Are you a lawyer or a psychologist? crazy nonsense
Loser stop looking for excuses for court defeat over your "you and I were not there petition". Are you a lawyer or a psychologist? crazy nonsense
venom 10 years ago
Grant Ghanaians a break with your election bla..bla...blaaah.It is over and just get back to work. The distasteful truth is you cannot win an election with only two regions. Even with those regions NDC had managed to impact t ... read full comment
Grant Ghanaians a break with your election bla..bla...blaaah.It is over and just get back to work. The distasteful truth is you cannot win an election with only two regions. Even with those regions NDC had managed to impact the result of what otherwise would have been declared a clean sheet outcome for NPP. Yes Atugubah made up his mind before the court proceedings because he was in Ghana and followed every news leading up to the declaration of the election results. To allow the legal tussle to rage on was therefore just a matter of formality and I believe very honest NPP followers saw a losing verdict coming their way. It is about time the party admits losing the 2012 election and start to digest what really went wrong. An olive leaf to Brobbey, Pianim, Asabee and of course the Doc. will be a plus for NPP. Best of luck.
yahaya jafaru 10 years ago
Dr.Ampaw should know better as a lawyer,when a parson is having conflict desires like Nana, it manifest anger and hatred,so ampaw and co should learn how to live with it or should go to hell.
Dr.Ampaw should know better as a lawyer,when a parson is having conflict desires like Nana, it manifest anger and hatred,so ampaw and co should learn how to live with it or should go to hell.
Justman 10 years ago
LAWYER AMPAW WAS DIAGONSED AS SUFFERING FROM HIGH FEVER AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTION PETITION.SO HE DREAMI NG THAT HE IS IN THE MIND OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE ATUGUBA. A SERIOUS HIGH FEVER CONDITION THAT IS INCURABLE.
LAWYER AMPAW WAS DIAGONSED AS SUFFERING FROM HIGH FEVER AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTION PETITION.SO HE DREAMI NG THAT HE IS IN THE MIND OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE ATUGUBA. A SERIOUS HIGH FEVER CONDITION THAT IS INCURABLE.
Justman 10 years ago
LAWYER AMPAW DIAGONSED OF INCURABLE HIGH FEVER SYNDROM THAT MAKES HIM SEE HIMSELF IN THE MIND OF JUDGE ATUGUBA.
LAWYER AMPAW DIAGONSED OF INCURABLE HIGH FEVER SYNDROM THAT MAKES HIM SEE HIMSELF IN THE MIND OF JUDGE ATUGUBA.
Francis 10 years ago
The face of Atuguba was like a roasted pawpaw. It was like more than a Brutus. What did God told Cain after he had murdered his brother, if you have done well , but sin is before you,pursuing you.Why did he run to US to ban ... read full comment
The face of Atuguba was like a roasted pawpaw. It was like more than a Brutus. What did God told Cain after he had murdered his brother, if you have done well , but sin is before you,pursuing you.Why did he run to US to bank his $5,000.00 the most disgraceful and corrupted judge in Africa and the whole world.
Francis 10 years ago
Big head like Athuguba's own is full of wickedness.He should pray for forgiveness from the righteous Judge if he had ever fined or jailed some one before. For what Samuel and other Judges didn't do he embraces it. shame Atug ... read full comment
Big head like Athuguba's own is full of wickedness.He should pray for forgiveness from the righteous Judge if he had ever fined or jailed some one before. For what Samuel and other Judges didn't do he embraces it. shame Atuguba
Francis 10 years ago
Atuguba swam in dirty muddy water like swine to cool down the body temperature because of the under laid fat
Atuguba swam in dirty muddy water like swine to cool down the body temperature because of the under laid fat
Philip 10 years ago
I'm actually not surprise about the verdict because from day one this judge Atuguba or whatever his name is took sides in the case,i was rather surprise to hear Tsatsu saying one one of the jugdes made his polictical support ... read full comment
I'm actually not surprise about the verdict because from day one this judge Atuguba or whatever his name is took sides in the case,i was rather surprise to hear Tsatsu saying one one of the jugdes made his polictical support cloud his judgement,i wanted some of the leading members in the NPP to reply by saying exactly what they saw in the presiding judge,but they were all cowed to keep quiet because of contempt of court.This judgement has set a very bad precedent for future national elections, because whatever way you use to win the court cannot overturn it because a win is a win,and that can bring caos in the country.Nobbody wants to take his/ his case pertaining to elections to court anymore but rather look for all means to win the elections even if it will call for some innocent people's death.
I'm really glad this was telecast to the world public.We all saw the outcome of this election,but the supreme court didn't see anything wrong with it because maybe nobody died from it.The whole nation should thank Akuffo Addo for being a very peaceful politician.
Isaac Agyekum 10 years ago
The lord wil judge every body including atuguba himself
The lord wil judge every body including atuguba himself
Is Maurice saying that the petitioners discharged the burden of proof beyond all reasonable doubts but that Justice Atugba ignored the evidence just on the basis of this simple statement? I thought he was somebody some of tho ...
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HE WILL RECEIVE THE WRATH OF GOD.
It is a fact that this man delivered a terrible judgement and got a Visa and run out of the country.
Ignorant fool!!
When is he returning to Ghana? Coming events casts their shadows.
When will you guys just accept defeat?. There will never come a time to do that. I hope if you ever win again you tell Ghanaians that the EC favored you, instead of the losers.
When will nPP members stop daydreaming? These people are happy to be known as Minority in parliament, but erroneously think that what affects them affects the majority in Ghana. Daydreamers! First, redirect your analysis to f ...
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is ampaw a lawyer or a village letter writer?What a shame? And this is dishonorably stated at a function by a so-called 'institute' bearing Danquah's name!!!
How comes, were you there as a witness
come out to say your vedict in public.
I thought people would look at this article objectively and make informed judgment. How could people be so partisan in their analysis. Please let's think about the country first before a tribe or party. If we as a country don ...
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Atuguba, most compromised and so easily bribeable judge of this era. Oh, what a disgraced judged!!
NOT ON TECHNICALITIES OR ON THE FACE OF PINKSHEETS. NPP GET IT INTO YOUR UGLYHEADS
elections, just as they are won at the Polling Stations, are also stolen at the Polling Station, FOOL! That election was not won but stolen, IDIOT. Get that thru your thick head.
Since you are that smart can you tell us how the election was stolen? I don't remember hearing that as one of the pleadings. No presiding officer appeared anywhere to say he/she did not sign because the results were false or ...
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Get it through your own thick skull that if the only means of winning elections in Ghana is through rigging, then Kuffour rigged the elections in 2000 and 2004 so let's live with it.
This maurice fool is a disgrace to the profession. An ignorant frustrated lawyer
Please write a sensible rebuttal to his article instead of insulting him.
During the petition hearing I used to listen to Maurice on TV3 and thought he was good and politically neutral. He praised the SC President profusely when he stabilised the country. I now feel completely let down.
This group of Danquah Jazzmen faking under the institutional status of credence, may sooner than later burn Oman Ghana down before all. If they are not at the helm of affairs, then all is wretchedly bad and nothing is looking ...
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“For starters I would state that the Judiciary in Ghana, ....., does not READILY (caps mine) invalidate a public election, .......”
Some of these NPP personnel anad lawyers must stop exposing their shallow mindedness ( ...
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Man, you must be one of the guys who really learnt very well in school. You have excellent knowledge of issues. Ghana we seriously lack analytical minds. That is what is worrying NPP. There a group of people with money and bo ...
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First time I heard him speak on a legal matter on JoyFM`s PM Express.
His answers to simple questions posed by the host were so convoluted that I think he left his listeners more than they were before the programme. I have h ...
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If good legal brains will not discuss issues on TV. The void must be filled
The election will always be rigged but sice the court does not have jurisdiction to overturn a disputed results we have to start fighting like it is the case in other African countries.
Nonsense
fuck you. we will advice our selfs next time.
Cowards like you will always shout fight fight but will shift in your pants at the sound of a fire cracker.lol
In the early 80s to 90s your uncles,grand fathers,and fathers were cowed by the mere sight of a man in uniform ho ...
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LOOK AT THIS FOOLISH MAN TOO AND HIS SAYINGS.WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR STUPIDITY OF GOING TO COURT
Another Stupid man who thinks from his eyes. There is no Judge how can over turn our Supreme Court decision. Foolish are those who think Atuguba can over turn our Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court made John Mahama Pre ...
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When the guy used to ran commentary for TV3 during the trial, he was always struggling in explaining basic things. He doesn't even have good command over English language. He is a quack.
Amofa, you see how stupid you are? Where on earth do we use Someone's Language as a yard-stick to measure the intelligent level of a person? No Wonder people like you always rely on the state to be what you are.
If you weren't an idiot, you would have known that the official language of the Ghanaian judiciary is English, so if you have a lawyer who is not articulate, how do they perform? Your bloody self did not post in Arabic, did y ...
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The truth is as Justice William Atuguba said. The supreme interest of the public supersedes everything else. That is considering the peace and safety of Ghanaians before anything else; such as the arrogancy and I must be Pres ...
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Akufo Addo wants to be president as all costs, I see no reason why he wants Ghanaians to put him at the Flagstaff House, he should have gone there and claim the presidency orally, I AKUFU ADDO I DECLARE MYSELF AS PRESIDENT O ...
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All these fools should give us all a break. If you as a lawyer refuse to have confidence in the SUPREME COURT of the land then what the hell do they expect from the rest of the populace. These NPP apologist should please SHUT ...
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Maurice is a big fool who Does not know his left from right. Maurice can continue to work for his pay masters.nonsense and rented minded lawyer. appuuu!
Yr 2016 will be war...We shall all carry our pink sheets-signed or unsigned, and see what the idiot Afari Gyan will do..Atuguba is evil, but like Kofi Awonnor, the EVIL that men do lives on after them
Kofi, you and who will fight for these dickhead politicians??? Don't be stupid and go find something useful to do with your spare time!! And by the way Dr Afari Gyan would have retired GRACEFULLY and I for one will recommend ...
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Dr Ampaw is day dreaming.So he wanted the votes of thousands of ghanaians to be invalidated in favour of Akuffo-Addo.Was that not going to be a traversity of justice?The NPP can continue to cry over a spilled milk and who car ...
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Unjust Atuguba - full of sound and fury signifying NOTHING!!! These Ghanaian leaders without principles e.g. Atuguba & Co. will wake up day and realise the adverse effects of their actions - the consequences of their actions ...
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AMPAW YOU ARE A FOOL YOU KNOW NOTHING
at least Atuguba Jsc made it clear to the world by the statement that he and other judges were just wasting our time and they were not about law but abt sustaining John Mahama. We just have to advice ourselfs in the subseque ...
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A WHOLE MONTH AFTER THE VERDICT, IS THIS WHAT DR. AMPAW CAN COME UP WITH? SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO BE HEARD. SOME EVEN WHEN THEY SNORE. PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC
May God granted us long life and healthy 2016 if single bloodshed lose we didnt forgive him and his corruption judges because nobody will file any petition to supreme court.
THE IMAGE OF GHANA'S SUPREME COURT IS ALREADY DENTED. WITH JUSTICES ATUGUBA AND BAMFO (LATE ATTA MILLS CONCUBINE/GIRLFRIEND) SIDED AND SHARED SECRET NOTES WITH RESPONDENT (NDC, MAHAMA AND ELECTORAL COMMISIONER) LAWYERS AFTER ...
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forget this and remove that idiot mahama from office
If Mahama is idiot? then i wonder what ur father will be.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE WAY LAWYERS ARE GENERALLY QUICK AT DENIGRATING THEIR OPPONENTS BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL INCLINATIONS, I BEGIN O UNDERSTAND WHY SOME JUDGES WERE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD IN THE PAST. THE UTTERANCE ...
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You may not agree with this but the way some of the SC judges upheld some of the reliefs really baffles me. That is actually the danger - that an SC knowing very well that the petitioners refused to bring presiding officers t ...
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atuguba is a big thief
Who to be blamed NPP. Too match trust will kill NPP. Say it if you don't aggree thats why I like Sir John. He may sound stupid but man maintain this guy.
ATUBIGA DESERVES NOT TO BE AT SUPREME COURT.HE IS CORRUPT AND SHOULD BE MADE TO REFUND THE 5M BRIBE.
If you live in Ghana you may feel everything in Ghana is ok, and will not notice what you these people are lacking. It is not your fault.
Am sory for NPP.
This petition was so bias and sort of "arm-twisting" approach to seeking justice.
This man doeds not have a PHD. He was honoured by the a religious body.This empty brain calls himself a social commentator? We are watching those media houses who invite him and introduce him as an independent panelist
How
Why not try going to war if you think you guys want to rule anyhow.
MOVE THE PARTY ON AND STO THIS NONSENCE. GABY WILL GROUND THE PARTY IN A SENSATIONAL FASHION.
He made up his mind long before the decision was made!
Ghana is now controled by idiots. They do not even look like Ghanians
He does not belong to our country no more due to his ill-judgement and nation wrecking decision in the last SC failure.We, Ghanaians are ready to defend our nation in the name togetherness and peace.Any nation-wrecker must be ...
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I think the Justices were sympathetic to even allow the case to go as far as it went. if there was anything bad about the case it was that sort of tolerance. How can any right-thinking legal scholar even imagine that one can ...
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Whwere were these latter-day lawyers. The NPP would have done better with them pleading the case. Of course any nincompoop can now speak if only to vilify the judges.
Maurice Ampaw go hang yourself this NPP and their all die be die, win at all cost mantra, do you expect the SC should throw away 4 million votes cast so that your drug dealer should be crowned president?, you are out of your ...
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It is a disheartening to hear that Ghanaians were disappointed in the judgment. Who are those Ghanaians? the majority who voted for JM or the NPP followers and surrogates? Someone should educate me. I really did not know that ...
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Ghanaians in US must look for Atuguba and deal with him. The man is evil and Satanic.
Hmmmmmm interesting indeed.The irony of the Ghanaian intellectual.We were all struggling in practice at the courts then he is awarded a hononary doctorate degree by a theological institute at Gbawe and suddenly he becomes an ...
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why don't you bring all of your woman's wisdom' with you to the US and look for him and deal with him as you think fit?
how did you know there will ba an election decided by the supreme court. still under the influence of the 77 missen parcels of cocaine.
Perhaps somebody (probably some layman) has to explain Justice Atugugah to the learned lawyer.
This is what the Justice said: “For starters I would state that the Judiciary in Ghana, like its counter parts in other jurisdi ...
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NPP lost the case when Atuguba intimidated the NPP lawyers into withdrawing their motion to have him recused from the case because he is the uncle of Raymond Atuguba,Mahama's executive assistant who at one point used to write ...
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If things go againt you, then hell should break loose.
Shambolic and bogus analysi
leave this nobel man alone
he stood firm against all npp mavirics
Apaw, you have nothing to say give us a break.
HISTORY HAD BEEN MADE. NO PROBLEMS ON ANY FUTURE ELECTION WILL BE SENT TO COURT AGAIN. OUR SUPREME COURT JUDGES DID NOT JUDGE WITH MUCH OBJECTIVITY. IT WAS A ONE SIDED AFFAIR. ONLY VIOLENCE WILL BE USED TO SETTLE ELECTION P ...
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WE ARE SICK AND TIED OF THIS USELESS AND STUPID DANQUAH INSTITUTE. ANY THING THAT GOES AGAINST THIS SO CALLED DANQUAH, BUSIA, DOMBO PEOPLE IS NOT A GOOD ONE WHY?''NKWASIAFUO''.
u people are just confused, the chief justice per the constitution of the land appointed 9 justices, and am sure the judgement was not only from atuguba even though he presided over the land mark case. i expect the DI to chan ...
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so if I may know. what is your problem. NPP will be in opposition for a very long time. come 2016 NPP will lose. then u will know your party never won 2012. mind you it is Ghanaians who decides who should be president and not ...
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One gets sick to read from people you think to know better if they are not sick in thier heads. Is is just sicken to read this from someone like AMPAW to stoop so low as he has done at this so called DI. Pity iwill say and ma ...
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Is npp having problem sleep at a dog, and solving your own problems?
WHAT ARE SUPRISE OFF, WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? FOOL NDC NKWASIAFUO, NDC THIEVES AND BASTARDS, YOU WILL ALL ROTE IN HELL.
Dr Ampaw has exhibited a crass misunderstanding of how the courts arrive at their judgements and the rules that they follow.Every case that goes to the court, the court must premise its search for the facts or the truth with ...
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Ghana posterity will judge
Ampaw must be cautious with his utterances. It is always better to have a responsible attitude and make intelligent argument than making wide and wild claims without any logic or foundation of the truth. For any respectable ...
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I am so! so! so! disappointed in you Maurice. I thought you we a descent neutral panelist when you were appearing on TV3 discussions during the petition hearings. I never thought you were a ravaging wolf in sheep skin. The de ...
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npp LAWYER, YOU CAN SEND LAWYER ATUGUBA TO COURT IF YOU KNOW THE LAW MORE THAN HIM. ARE YOU REALLY A LAWYER? OH MY GOD. npp LAWYER GHANA NEED PEACE.
Please be mindful of your comments. You can disagree with what Maurice said without insulting him. Educated people should always keep thier comments decent
THIS UGLY PEPENII JUDGE WILL SURELY BURN IN HELL. THIS FOOL KILLED DEMOCRACY IN GHANA AND THE REST OF AFRICA. FROM NOW ON WHAT IS THE POINT IN ANYONE GOING TO COURT. THIS UGLY BEAST ATUGUBA (ONCE A TOILET CARRIER) SHOULD HIDE ...
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MAURICE THIS SHAMEFULL OF YOU IF INDEED THIS PIECE IS FACTUAL! I TOT YOU WERE VERY OBJECTIVE,TRY & ANALISE ATUGUBA PROPERLY. AFTERALL WHAT MASSIVE EVIDENCE DID NPP PROVED TO HAVE WON THEM THE VERDICT? STOP THIS! IF...
i am trabalistic here because atuguba is the number one trabalistic man in ghana.
even lawyers can make blanket statements like this. what is the number of Ghanaians who confined in Dr. Ampaw, that they had been disappointed by judgement? it is evident that some Ghanaians (the petitioners and allies)had be ...
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Maurice Ampaw's argument is so laced with NPP lies that even a drunk can quickly tell of how insubstantively warped it is. It is a shame that warped-minded individuals with myopic thinking and parading themselves on conferenc ...
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the terrorists will SOON run over AtuguBA. How on earth did we expect him to rule against a northerner and more so when his nephew has a position in the administration? Death to him and all who ruled with him.
When Ampaw cites 1300 dead kenyans and 600,000 others displaced, is he in a veiled way suggesting that Ghanaians are so unwise and prone to violence like other countries, to emulate their unwise animalism? Ampaw should unders ...
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What's your name? Who say WHO SAY NAM NO DAY MAN DAY. What's your name Damongo man?
I cry for this nation. Every idiot comes out to say any rubbish and call themselves lawyers.
Atuguba is corrupt judge,,,,his hands is in the pocket of ndc party, with that dont be surprise he is another stupid pepeniii.....
I thought people would look at this article objectively and make informed judgment but all that some people could do was to insult others who had done diligent assessment of this corrupt judgment. Atuguba and the so called ma ...
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YES ATUGUBA MADE UP HIS MIND BEFORE THE PETITION STARTED. GOD PUNISH YOU ATUGUBA, YOU WILL NEVER KNOWN PEACE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. SHAME ON YOU. WHERE ARE YOU? COME TO GHANA AND FACE THE MUSIC. GHANAIANS ARE WAITING FOR ...
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Loser stop looking for excuses for court defeat over your "you and I were not there petition". Are you a lawyer or a psychologist? crazy nonsense
Grant Ghanaians a break with your election bla..bla...blaaah.It is over and just get back to work. The distasteful truth is you cannot win an election with only two regions. Even with those regions NDC had managed to impact t ...
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Dr.Ampaw should know better as a lawyer,when a parson is having conflict desires like Nana, it manifest anger and hatred,so ampaw and co should learn how to live with it or should go to hell.
LAWYER AMPAW WAS DIAGONSED AS SUFFERING FROM HIGH FEVER AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTION PETITION.SO HE DREAMI NG THAT HE IS IN THE MIND OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE ATUGUBA. A SERIOUS HIGH FEVER CONDITION THAT IS INCURABLE.
LAWYER AMPAW DIAGONSED OF INCURABLE HIGH FEVER SYNDROM THAT MAKES HIM SEE HIMSELF IN THE MIND OF JUDGE ATUGUBA.
The face of Atuguba was like a roasted pawpaw. It was like more than a Brutus. What did God told Cain after he had murdered his brother, if you have done well , but sin is before you,pursuing you.Why did he run to US to ban ...
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Big head like Athuguba's own is full of wickedness.He should pray for forgiveness from the righteous Judge if he had ever fined or jailed some one before. For what Samuel and other Judges didn't do he embraces it. shame Atug ...
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Atuguba swam in dirty muddy water like swine to cool down the body temperature because of the under laid fat
I'm actually not surprise about the verdict because from day one this judge Atuguba or whatever his name is took sides in the case,i was rather surprise to hear Tsatsu saying one one of the jugdes made his polictical support ...
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The lord wil judge every body including atuguba himself