The most partisan prosecution that I witnessed in this country was the suit "The State Vrs. Tsatsu Tsikata".
When Tsatsu Tsikata was charged by the state for causing financial lost to the state, he went to the Supreme Cour ... read full comment
The most partisan prosecution that I witnessed in this country was the suit "The State Vrs. Tsatsu Tsikata".
When Tsatsu Tsikata was charged by the state for causing financial lost to the state, he went to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Tsatsu Tsikata that in accordance with Ghana 1992 Constitution and the United Nation Declaration on Human Rights an act enacted cannot take retrospective effect.
In 2001 John Kufuor was the president of Ghana. When the Supreme Court ruled that an act enacted cannot take retrospective effect, John Kufuor was then in Australia.
He told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), that when he, Kuffour returns to Ghana he will appoint more judges to the Supreme Court, have a larger panel that will overturn the ruling against the state.
It happened that the new judges appointed by John Kufuor ruled contrary to the Ghana 1992 Constitution and United Nation's Declaration on Human Rights, that an act enacted can take retrospective effect.
What some of you are saying is that a judge cannot quantified any thing outside court. So, to that effect he cannot tell his child that his performance was better than last year. He cannot tell his assistants that their current performance is better than two years ago.
We must kindly note that the judge and his assistants are employees of the state.
Any employee of the state have the right to appraise the performance of any other state institution or company of which he or she is not an employee.
Where the Chief Justice way be wrong is if there is an issue in contention in court and he goes ahead to give praise to one of the parties before judgement is given.
The Chief Justice has also the right to appraise the performance of parties in court praising for the manner in which they conduct themselves on court, even if the party that conducted itself well in court was the one who lost the case.
The most partisan prosecution that I witnessed in this country was the suit "The State Vrs. Tsatsu Tsikata".
When Tsatsu Tsikata was charged by the state for causing financial lost to the state, he went to the Supreme Cour ...
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