Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine is warning of a bad precedent being set by the Supreme Court when it granted Martin Amidu’s request to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. He is also predicting a cul-de-sac in the Martin Amidu’s showdown with Woyome.
Mr. Amidu who is a former Attorney General applied to orally examine Mr. Woyome with a conviction that government was not willing to retrieve a GHc51.2 million judgment debt the latter wrongfully obtained.
This was granted by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, but the Deputy Attorney General believes the court erred. “This is a very bad precedent that we are setting. It is not going to help in the development of our constitutional law,” Dr. Dominic Ayine told host of 3FM’s Sunrise, Winston Amoah on Thursday.
He admitted that even though Mr. Amidu obtained a declaratory judgement for the state, Article 2 under the constitution does not grant him the procedural right of enforcement.
“Where the consequential orders are not directed at the person [who obtained the declaratory judgment], that person cannot take action,” he explained, “it is only the Attorney General who can take action”. “I think the Supreme Court was wrong,” he said of the ruling by Justice Anin Yeboah.
He cited several moves by the Attorney General to retrieve the money from Mr. Woyome. This included attachment of his property at Trasacco Valley, frozen account, he said, adding that evidence of “active steps” taken have been presented to the court.
He therefore described as “surprising” claim by the judge that “we have not taken any steps to retrieve the money”. The Deputy Minister also wondered whether after the oral examination, the court would ask Martin Amidu to enter judgment to retrieve the money including attaching his property.
Dr. Ayine accused Martin Amidu of “collaborating” with pressure group Occupy Ghana just to “keep the matter alive”.
Source: 3news
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This Mr Ayinne another specimen of a KROOK from the northern region should understand that this is a very GOOD ruling by the SC and should be enshrined in the constitution that where partitcular government Agencies fails to perform its duties by reason of political cover up in any future state fraud; any private citizen can apply to step in to perform that duty ; afterall the person is a citizen of Ghana and has interest and rights in such matter in this case Martin-AMIDU besides the AG has not got absolute right in such matter ; it is strange for this northner thiff covered in the faeces of stilling to say that the AG has the sole perrogative to do what the AG likea and can take decions as the AG see fit irrespective of the merits of the matter because we they are sole agency appointed by the President to deal with this matter ; but forgets that the judiciary is independent of the executive and could take decisions and even overule decisions from the executive ; DOES THIS KRIMINAL FROM THE NORTH THINK GHANAIANS ARE FULLS or has he forgotten that he is paid by the people of Ghana and not Woyome and the NDC therefore the people have over riding powers over the constitution ; WHY DO WE ENTERTAIN SOME OF THESE EVIL NORTHNERS; SOME NORTHNERS SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED INTO GOVERNMENT AGAIN BECAUSE SOME ARE JUST PEN AEMED ROBBERS AND THEREFORE PREPARED TO STILL FROM THE PEOPLE !!!!!!
Dr. Ayine, or whatever you call yourself, stop throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians. What the judge said was that your outfit has so far not taken any SERIOUS step to retrieve our money from Woyome the thieeef. You're all part and parcel of the CREATE LOOT AND SHARE BRIGADE! May you never see peace in your life!
Indeed a deputy attorney general of the country called Ghana. Can you imagine what would have happened if this had happened under any government? The storm is gathering and your disgrace is surely imminent.
SUPREME COURT IS NOT SETTING BAD PRECEDENT, IS NDC ATTITUDE THAT IS WHY SC IS ACTING LIKE THAT,NDC IS IN ARMS WITH SUPREME COURT,NDC HAS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH EVERY DECISION BY THE SC .FROM MONTIE 3, WOYOME, JUDGEMENT DEBT AND SO ON.
what do u know? since u re a beneficiary of the said amount, u re uneasy and saying rubbish... ***barred word***, corrupt officials.
Your ministry was supposed to collect our money for us which you have failed to do. You are now worried about precedence and procedures and hiding behind technicalities