Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has asked petitioners in the ongoing 2020 Election petition at the Supreme Court not to bastardize the court when their pleas are not upheld.
Addressing the media after Friday’s court hearing, Hon. Oppong Nkrumah said the rule of law and due process must work at all times under Ghana’s democratic dispensation.
“We have now come into a democratic era, so everything including justice, the rule of law is hinged on the constitution and is hinged on the law. So justice is what we expect to be done in this matter and we expect that it is done in accordance with the law.
“That is why whatever prayers we have we will say it before the court, they will rise, think through it and they will come back. What we must not do is to bastardize the courts when we don’t get our way,” he added.
He slammed the petitioners for commending the court only proceedings go in their favour but are quick to chide the court when things do not go their way.
Hon. Oppong Nkrumah urged the petitioner’s side to learn from the second respondent who has been consistent.
“You notice that our friends when they don’t get their prayers upheld they come here and they say it doesn’t make sense, they are not being fair.
“Today when some of their arguments are upheld, they say the court is the best court that they have seen. So they must be consistent, we have been consistent from day one,” he stated.
At Friday’s hearing, lawyers of the Respondents raised objections to 23 out of the 32-paragraph witness statement of Rojo Mettle Nunoo who’s the third witness for the petitioner
Out of the 23 paragraphs objected to, five were granted which are portions of paragraph 4, and the entirety of paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 18.
Hearing of the case been adjourned to Monday, February 8, 2021 at 9:30 am where Rojo Mettle-Nunoo is expected to be cross-examined.
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