The Cloister of Appeal, in a breach 2-1 decision, accepted the motion of no case filed by the Minority Baton Ato Forson and agent Richard Jakpa.
The two accused were continuing balloon for allegedly causing a banking accident of €2.37 actor to the State in a accord to acquirement 200 ambulances for the country amid 2014 and 2016.
GhanaWeb has aggregate a account of some of these notable Ghanaians and academy who accept reacted to the cardinal below:
1. :
The above president, reacting to the news, said the cardinal is axiomatic of how the country's administrative arrangement can assignment finer in the carrying of justice.
“Good account from the Cloister of Appeal, absolution and absolution above agent accounts abbot in the ambulance case. This is a achievement for the aphorism of law and confirms my long-held appearance that the accomplished case was political persecution.
“This abode was fabricated some time ago back they filed a no-case abode afore the cloister and the High Cloister alone it so they went to appeal.
“So, it came as actually a affable surprise. But it shows that we still accept amends in this country, we can assignment to accomplish the attorneys what we appetite it to be. I agreement to accredit a candid Abbot for Amends who will assignment with the acknowledged fraternity and the Administrative Council to backpack out reforms to ensure we accept a actually absolute attorneys we can all be appreciative of,” he said in his column on X on July 30, 2024.
2. Ghana Bar Association:
The Ghana Bar Affiliation criticized comments by the Attorney General, Godfred Dame, afterward the Cloister of Appeal’s ruling.
The affiliation declared Godfred Dame’s comments as unwarranted, which goes adjoin the administrative principles.
The Public Relations Officer of the GBA adumbrated that the amends minister's best of words was unwarranted.
Saviour Kudze asked that "assuming the decisions were fabricated in his favour, would he be application such words?"
According to him, "He [Attorney General] is the baton of the Bar. We shouldn’t apprehend him to be application such words.
"You could say you disagree with the adjudication of the cloister and you will booty steps. I anticipate that is what everybody does.
"But an official baton application such words, we booty an barring to it,” he added on Tuesday.
3. Bright Simons:
The political commentator, who is additionally a carnality admiral of IMANI Africa, bidding disappointments over Godfred Dame’s aspect on the absolution of Ato Forson.
According to him, the Attorney General is actuality apprenticed by accessory interests and not civic interest.
“I will be apprehensive & accept it. I was one of the bodies who were mesmerised by Ghana's Attorney General back he was the Deputy. It was his adamant assurance in advancing the retrieval of the Woyome funds that becoming my respect. I anticipation it was assumption & civic interest. Now I apperceive better: he is apprenticed by authentic partisanship! Civic absorption be damned. So disappointed,” he acquaint on X.
4. Edudzi Tameklo:
Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe has asserted that the AG’s animadversion does not accomplish him fit to abode the Bar.
Furthermore, he said attempts by the AG to abode the cardinal by the Cloister of Abode will not be upheld.
"I’ve consistently believed in the chastity of my applicant [Dr ] and I can acquaint you, whether Supreme Cloister or Antoa or Nogokpo, my applicant will be vindicated," he insisted.
5. Felix Kwakye Ofosu:
The above NDC agent abbot declared that the case of the Minority Baton had no basis.
He believes it was a artifice to blackout Ato Forson for actuality a analyzer of the government.
“There was never a base for putting the Minority Baton on trial. It was a hasty accommodation taken by abandoned men with the absorbed of silencing a articulate analyzer of this government who was demography them on at every about-face on the economy. It was an actually absurd corruption of prosecutorial powers,” he wrote.
6. Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor:
The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, administration his angle on the adjudication by the court, accepted that the cardinal was a representation that amends prevails.
“Nothing is to be done which creates alike a suspicion that there has been an abnormal arrest with the advance of justice. Lord Hewart.
“A big Congratulations to the Hon. Minority Leader, Dr. for your achievement today at the Cloister of Appeal. God rules in the Affairs of Men,” he acquaint on X.
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