The 2020 presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. John Dramani Mahama has said Ghanaians will always remember the moment when his lead counsel for the 2020 Election Petition, Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, quoted from the Holy Bible in Hosea 8;7, urging the Justices of the Supreme Court to be faithful to their Judicial Oath and their conscience.
He said after this Bible quote in the Court only for the lawyer representing Nana Akufo-Addo, the 2nd Respondent, to argue for the exclusion of God in the matter, adding, Yet, in the courts of Ghana, people swear on the Bible or the Cross, as others also do with the Holy Koran, to speak the truth and nothing but the truth.
Mr. Mahama said Ghanaians will also remember this 2021 Election Petition for that profound moment when the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission opted to evade public scrutiny. Everything was done in this trial to prevent the Commission from accounting to the people in whose name they hold office.
The former president who was seeking to return to the seat said this when he was addressing the media after the Supreme Court of Ghana delivered its verdict on a petition he filed against the declaration made on the evening of 9th December 2020 by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Mrs. Jean Mensa, on the Presidential Elections of December 7.
“Requests for Interrogatories were dismissed. A request to inspect documents in the possession of the Commission was turned down. The request for admission of facts was ignored. Worse still, she was aided by her counsel and the court to avoid explaining to the good people of Ghana from her testimony, under oath in a properly constituted court of law, the errors she admits to having committed in the declaration of the 2020 Presidential election results. “
“This is a clear stab in the heart of transparency and accountability to the sovereign people of Ghana. Whatever the reasons for not allowing Mrs. Jean Mensa to testify or answer any questions, it leaves an embarrassing stain, not only on our justice delivery system but also, on the nation’s electoral system, which has deepened the grave doubts harbored by many Ghanaians about the true outcome of the December 2020 Presidential Election. “
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
