The Supreme Court is considering a suit demanding the re-arrest of three NDC supporters whose three months jail term for contempt, was cut short by a presidential pardon.
The suit is one of three legal attempts seeking to challenge the decision by former President John Dramani Mahama to grant the pardon.
Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Masse who were part of a political talkshow on Accra-based Montie FM were jailed July 27 2016 following threats, made live on radio, to kill some judges whose judgements they disagreed with.
They also threatened to rape the Chief Justice Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood on the same show.
Despite a three-month jail sentence handed by the Supreme Court, the NDC supporters were set free by the President, in August 22nd 2016, after they served more than three weeks in jail.
One of the plaintiffs, Nana Asante Bediatuo, is convinced that the presidential pardon granted the three was unconsitutional.
He has said the president has the power to pardon people convicted for criminal offences but does not have same to pardon convicts for criminal contempt.
President John Mahama is no longer in office after his government lost the general elections last December. Nana Asante Bediatuo is now Executive Secretary to President Akufo-Addo.
The hearing of the case has began at the Supreme Court Thursday. The apex court has granted a request by the Attorney General's Department to be given 7 days to file a response to the three separate suits filed in September 2016.
After the Attorney-General files a response within seven days, the court registrar is expected to set a date for the hearing of the case.
Fosua Amagyei who is counsel for Nana Asante Bediatuo, told Joy News "if the courts find our case favourable, they should go back to prison and continue where they left off".
Source: myjoyonline.com
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NPP!!! gyimi, gyimi, gyimi papa. I do not know why I belong to this party. Instead of hitting the ground running, you are going to waste the time of Ghanaians with this sort of cases. At the end of the day you will get tagged and lose the following of the people. 4 years less 4 days is just around the corner, Ghanaians would no longer vote because there is no money in their pockets, they will vote based on the number of scores you were able to settle. Asemsebe
PLEASE LET LEAVE IT AS IT IS FOR NOW. I KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE ***barred word*** AND WILL DEFINITELY COMMIT AGAIN, SO LET LIFE TO SEE.
One thing must be clear:the suit was filed last year September! Therefore it has nothing to do with"new government"! The rule of law must prevail. The point is not to just put them back in jail but to seek the court's interpretation of the powers of the president to pardon in a matter of contempt; I am very interested to know,and I think many Ghanaians are.
Nana addo is an axis of evil, satanic and certificateless lawyer
Democracy is all about the rule of the accepted law. If the accepted law will rule the people, then it means the law as accepted by the people is well understood by them. I believe that the greatest will of the people is being exercised but not the will of the ruling government or some group of people. Democracy will always serve the democrats.
The rule of law must be at work.
Is good Paaa to deal with them especially Mugabe
let it go good people...let Mahama leave with that guilt...please discontinue the case ...my humble plea
27 years of Mandela came to an end, and not three months, npp time will also be up one day.
This world is really a global village! But then, let's not forget we are one!! This same world shall rotate to meet us in 2020.