The heart of the petition

Call it political fanatism or whatever but I refer to it as paranoid

suspicion in the light of what the NPP's leadership made Ghanaians believed

that the frivolous petition which was finally rubbished by the Supreme

Court was indeed something substantial to the course of our democracy.

The petition which was built on straw legs, though was bound to crumble but

attempted to borrow enough time to save the entire leadership of the NPP

from severe embarrassment bestowed on them on the 9th December, 2012

following their abysmal poll performance, it again attempted to tab and

hack into the administrative prospects of John mamaha whose legitimacy was

pushed to face impunity. It also attempted to taint and corrupt the

integrity of the entire electoral commission of Ghana and Dr.Kwadwo Afari

Djan whose integrity stands unrivalled in all democratic dispensations.

On the line of logic and common sense, one did not need any legal education

to have perceived and envisaged the pathetic end of the already hyped

petition based on the shreds of unsubstantiated and fragmentary evidence

pushed to the judges for determination.

Some people argued categorically that the petition was a lost battle being

persued just for the records, others called it good academic exercise and a

test of our democracy. But to some us the petition was frivolous, trivial,

vexatious, a total waste of time and a slap on the face of economic

development. In my earlier submission, l enthusiastically described the

petition as a rehash of December 9th desperation jaundiced with lack of

proper convictions to make a case and that position has been vindicated per

the ruling.

The rendition of the entire petition is ascribed to a deliberate conspiracy

theory propounded by the NPP just to cause mischief and wreck Mahama's

administration as was confirmed within their circus of making the nation

ungovernable immediately they were declared loosers of the December polls.

It is indeed hard to believe that at this level of our democracy such a

charade could sneak into our political system but we must also admit that

desperation is much too powerful to tickle someone to embark on such a

reckless journey irrespective of the consequences being so fatal.

My fear was widened upon realizing the extent at which the numerous

supporters and the sympathizers of the NPP were deceived for a victory

ride.The deception and the false claims made by the npp, assuring their

followers of victory ahead of the court's ruling when the petitioners were

by themselves as a matter of facts, privy to the likely fall of the battle

which was eventually taken away from being the Lord's to the court's ,quite

extenuating and shambolic situation which was powered by sentimentalism.

The rush to go to court to subvert the legitimate will of the people by

resorting to political " galamsey " tactics failed to win the legal

convictions of the constitution.

The insinuations, the innuendos and the game of suppositions played at

court were substantial enough to render any kind of judicial coup detat

abortive.

The clueless defence put in by the petitioners and their counsel appeared

to have a weakening effect on the petition, the newly coined and unsellable

expression like you and l were not there ", further and better particulars,

on face of the pinksheet, it's not in the analysis and several others

failed willfully to justify their course and as a matter of facts remained

just political rhetorics which presented them no judicial trophy.



To have intellectuals commending the petitioners for putting a test on our

judicial system is quite sickening in the face of the numerous economic

setbacks this petition has brought and the kind uncharitable image the paid

communicators painted about the president and the nation in the diaspora.

The throngs of allegations levelled against both the EC and the president,

the casting of sneer and slurs at the president, the verbal abuses and

death threats suffered by the judges. You remember the popular " julor " (

thief = John Mahama ) l'm sure it's still fresh on your memory.



To the petitioners they went to court to seek justice, the ruling failed

considerably to grant their request, per the ruling, out of the six counts

of instances where the petitioners alleged infractions, irregularities and

malpractices not even one was upheld by the highest court of the land, yet

a new page was flipped, the lambasting spree. .travesty of justice,

farcical and corrupt judgement, a rape on justice, these are their words

after the judgement, this then spring to mind, what then is justice? The

incessant chanting of war choruses in the airwaves before and after the

petition were/are enough to poss a threat to the existence of peace and

tranquility.

The indiscriminate subjection of the judgement to merciless criticisms in

the media by political commentators who have "dead brains" in understanding

legal intricacies of the judgement by the Supreme Court is quite

problematic,they have been consistently nailing the justices to the cross

of corruption, partisan affiliations and lack of proper clarity and

convictions in their judgement. Legimate critique of the judgement is

highly welcomed but not this kind of double-standards.

The uncontrollable abusive verbal diarrhoea taking over the entire media

lanscape which has subsequently pushed other matters of national relevance

into the periphery is a huge indictment on our quest for a total

democratization.

The sanctity of our judicial system has been raped by ruthless

communicators who under the influence of their paymasters thread without

veneration.

The petition had only succeeded in washing the integrity of the electoral

commission and the police service in eyes of their worshippers.

I still advocate that the incessant bastardization of state institutions

rendering them polarised for political reasons must be muscled against with

punitive measures.

The npp which touts itself as elites party, had its members at strategic

positions in government boycotting all state activities in the last eight

months including the inauguration ceremony of the president, the one which

can never escape serious minds due to the politico-comedy tagged to it, the

memory of former president Kuffour, the invasion of his residence by gangs

of truants who wanted to have him kidnapped so as deter him from rendering

a custodial duty called on him by the state. So If npp and its leadership

who were behind these needles acts were indeed privy to the full legal

implications of article 64 (2) which states that " A declaration by the

Supreme Court that the election of the President is not valid shall be

without prejudice to anything done by the President before the declaration

" then it would only be surprising to have these claimed class of

intellectuals behaved the way they did. Interesting times l guess.



This scenario only reveals the true motives of the elephants, clinging to

power to use politics as a syphoning machinery for draining the purse of

the state.Their activities over the last eight months and even before do

raise a lot of legitimate questions about the genuine interest of the

elephants.



To render their reckless deeds more passionate and as an atonement for the

irresponsible conducts of several misguided, adventurous and reckless

hooligans from their party who wanted to burn the country because Akuffo

Addo was not declared winner of the elections,they anticipated going to

court would fold their irresponble acts in the darks but never because the

scar has left an indelible imprint on our minds. These gainst the chasing

of journalists into the bushes, the smashing of cars and attacking of

innocent Ghanaians with machete at Obra Sport here in Accra and several

other places have gone down deeper into the minds of decerning voters and

it's expected to have replicative effect on subsequent elections.



The thought that, the mere going to court could restore the lost democratic

fortunes of the npp was just a semblance of their guity anticipation.



I must confess, silent minds and hearts have struggled to survive for the

last eight months, the fear, the anguish and panic stricken situation which

were lowered to our doorsteps by the petition nearly set off mass hysteria.

No wonder confusion has now rocked the npp after the petition, the

intelligent + + are never relaxed in their efforts to take over the front

seat from the intelligent+ for trading the party for their personal agenda.

In my humble submission, l think the intelligent + + must take over and

restore sanity to the npp again..but for the intelligent + who always

thread with invectives,. . .......?

The conviction is obvious that the quest for political power is turning the

current npp under the leadership of Akuffo Addo and sir john into a killing

field.

The current hit is on the Greater Accra communications director, Mike

Ampong, according to him, his own party top officials have planned to have

him killed. Is this Kuffour's NPP? Time will definitely tell, the bible is

my witness.

From; Ivan Kyei Innocent / 0206262717 nanakyei81@gmail.com / 0206262717.