THE RULING!!! “in reaction to the final warning of this court with regards of improper reportage, and the previous warnings of this court concerning contemptuous comments, utterances and attitudes towards this apex court of Ghana issued on the 24th of June 2013. He has apologized and withdrawn the saying before this court and has further undertaken to repeat the retraction by 6pm today. We have also considered with admiration the pleas put in on his behalf both in chambers and out by lead counsel for the parties on both sides of this case. We have however noted with great concern the steady decline of respect for the authority of the judiciary; the third arm of government of this country over the past years. It appears that the warnings of this court particularly that of the 24th day of June 2013 has not been taken seriously. It is apparent that the pompous show of private power in the pursuit of the right to engage in political organizations and activity by which the passions of the humble members of society are stirred up on deliberate false political propaganda is a recipe for chaos and conflict in this country. We have seen the Kenyan precedence and as much as we are concerned not to exercise our undoubted powers as a court of law with an iron fist, we cannot allow the emergence of over mighty subjects in this country as we said on the 24th June 2013. However, in order to show that we mean well for this country with regards to the exercise of our awesome powers, we have decided to stop short of invoking our powers of contempt and we invoke in the alternative our power to control the attendance of our proceedings as a public court by members of the public. We take judicial notice of the fact that Mr. Sammy Awuku has been attending the proceedings of the court in this ongoing case. We think that the exclusion of Mr. Sammy Awuku from attending the proceedings of this court for the rest of the duration of this case should suffice for a start in this direction.” #Right Direction
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:55:00 +0000