{"id":240420,"date":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=240420"},"modified":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:43:05","slug":"george-loh-shoots-down-amidus-analysis-of-montie-3-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/george-loh-shoots-down-amidus-analysis-of-montie-3-case\/","title":{"rendered":"George Loh shoots down Amidu’s analysis of Montie 3 case"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the lawyers for the Montie trio, George Loh, has disagreed with former Attorney General, Martin Amidu\u2019s assertions that\u00a0they failed their clients<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with a poor defence in their contempt case before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Martin Amidu, held that since the trio\u2019s contempt was committed outside the jurisdiction of the court, the Justices could not have heard the case in the manner that led to their conviction thus contravening several Articles<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”EnFm9oWRS9QOfx0bOSTC3Kn3TDKAKSqV”]But according to Mr. Loh, the court exercised its inherent jurisdiction in the matter hence there was no need for them as lawyers to challenge the procedure being used by the panel of the apex court.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku, the lawyer\u00a0also intimated that, Martin Amidu\u2019s conclusion on the quality of their advocacy was ill-informed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe Martin Amidu did not pay attention to the proceedings from day one. I am sure if he had, and if he had spent some time analyzing the whole length, he would not be saying the things that he is saying. I have read what he posted and I disagree with him when he says that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Loh explained that, Supreme Court justices have the locus to invoke inherent jurisdiction under common law, adding that, “they didn\u2019t invoke any legislation. They invoked their inherent jurisdiction to bring you before them to answer and I don\u2019t see how anybody would say that the court was wrong for them to answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Martin<\/a>
Martin Amidu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also retorted that, the trio’s legal team had indeed raised reservations with Supreme Court’s handling of\u00a0the case, but their concerns were shot down.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were in court before the Justices, we did indicate that the trial should be conducted in another manner. They were of the view what we were raising was just for academic purposes, and that was coming from the Judges of the Supreme Court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another former AG disagrees with Amidu<\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00a0former Attorney General in the NPP administration, Ayikoi Otoo, also believes Martin Amidu is in the wrong<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with his assessment as he argued to Citi News that, there was an overriding precedent that invalidated his arguments.<\/p>\n

He explained that precedents had been set when Ken Kuranchie, Stephen Atubiga, Sir John, Hopeson Adoye and Sammy Awuku, were all summoned by the Supreme Court and dealt with in 2012.<\/p>\n

\"Ayikoi<\/a>
Ayikoi Otoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The Supreme Court has also held in another matter that article 88 which empowers the Attorney General to deal with criminal cases does not cover criminal contempt matters and that criminal contempt is contempt inherent in the court itself,\u201d Ayikoi Otoo explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat power to punish for contempt is inherent in the court, it does not emanate from any criminal prosecution from outside,\u00a0so it is the court that must deal with it, and they don\u2019t need the Attorney General to prosecute it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Why the Montie three were convicted<\/strong><\/p>\n

Salifu Maase, host and his two panelists; Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn, are currently serving a four month prison sentence handed them by the Supreme Court in July, after they were found guilty<\/a><\/span><\/strong> of contempt charges.<\/p>\n

The two panelists had \u00a0threatened to kill justices of the Supreme Court over their handling of the lawsuit questioning the credibility of Ghana\u2019s voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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