Musah Ahmed
The Judicial Service of Ghana has received a five-page petition from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as part of the ongoing #DemocracyUnderAttack protest.
Judicial Secretary, Musah Ahmed, received the petition on behalf of the Service and assured that it would be forwarded to the leadership.
“On behalf of the Judiciary and the Judicial Service, I wish to acknowledge receipt of your petition from the New Patriotic Party for the attention and consideration of the judges. I assure you that I will deliver it. When there is a need for us to respond to you, we shall do so.
And thank you for your peaceful demonstration — not being violent, not being abusive. Your political statements, I leave that for you and the politicians. We, the court, are independent, and we assure you we will continue to be independent for the survival of our country. Thank you so much for coming. I wish you the best of luck in this demonstration. I am hoping that it will remain peaceful,” he said.
Before handing over the petition, NPP General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Koduah, popularly known as JFK, alleged that the Chief Justice under President Mahama is practicing selective justice.
“Whereby members of the New Patriotic Party are being arrested, detained, and arraigned before the court. Understand that when members of our party are arrested, their bail conditions are set higher,” he said.
“We believe that democracy is supposed to be supreme. We believe that democracy should ensure that when someone finds himself on the wrong side of the law, they should face it, irrespective of the political party a person belongs to.
Members of the NPP are being persecuted. Meanwhile, people within the NDC who have committed crimes and the court has found them guilty are being set free. This is not the kind of Ghana we all want to see,” he added.
Mr. Koduah expressed hope that the document would not be thrown away.
“We hope the Judicial Council will take their time, go through the issues that we have raised, for the sake of our country, for the sake of our democracy, and advise the government. That is the duty of the arm of government,” he said.
By Prince Fiifi Yorke