Kwame Ohene Asare : Throughout history, Ghanaians everywhere, have loved to tout their Law Abiding credentials, without providing any essential details. A close examination of this claim will reveal that the assertion is somewhat economical with the truth, if not ‘factually empty and wholly devoid of logic’ (deriving a little assistance from Lawyer Tsikata with some words). My American pal once commented in rather poignant language, “men…., the people can’t obey basic road traffic rules, the police and judiciary won’t deal with them because they will readily take bribes and worse, you can enter the country with almost anything”. Unfortunately, the recent Supreme Court judgment seriously undermines any hope I had that the Ghanaian would sooner than later begin to cherish the importance of rules & procedures and at long last endeavour to comply. As the whole Country awaits the Statements of Reasons underlying the recent Judgment of the Supreme Court of the Land I cannot help but note a rather painfully obvious predilection of even the Highest Court of the Land, to disobey the Supreme Law of the Land. The specific provision being Article 49 of the constitution....
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:25:30 +0000
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