General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has described the Supreme Court's decision on the NDC vs Electoral Commission case over the compilation of a new voters’ register, as the "most bizarre" ruling he has ever heard in his entire political life.
To him, the ruling simply "does not make sense".
Earlier last week, the apex court, in a unanimous decision dismissed the NDC’s writ seeking to stop the EC from rejecting the existing voter’s card as proof to obtain a new card in the new voter registration exercise which commenced on Tuesday, 30th June 2020.
Still Stand By My Comments
Speaking on Okay FM's Ade Akye Abia Morning Show for the first time since his gaffe on the Supreme Court ruling, the NDC scribe said he still stands by his comments though most political watchers consider as a deliberate misrepresentation.
"If it hadn't been for the fact that they have asked the parties involved not come to the court on the issue again, we would have gone to seek a proper interpretation of what their ruling was,” he added.
Faux Pas
Mr. Asiedu Nketia, bore the brunt of the joke of Ghanaians when he expressed satisfaction at the ruling minutes after it was delivered, saying the apex court had ruled in the party’s favour by calling for the inclusion of the existing voter ID card as one of the source documents for registration during the upcoming voters’ registration exercise; a relief which the court clearly did not grant.
“..the court has just delivered the verdict which has granted our request for the inclusion of the existing voter card as breeder document for the compilation of the new voters’ register. We feel vindicated,” he told the media at the forecourt of the Supreme court.
His reaction bemused the general public with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) calling on him to apologize for attempting to mislead Ghanaians.
SC Dismisses
The 7-member panel presided over by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, in its decision on 24th June, held that the EC is an independent body and will only be directed by the court if it acts contrary to the law.
The seven-member panel that heard the case included Justices Jones Dotse, Paul Baffoe Bonnie, Sule Gbagegbe, Samuel K. Marful-Sau, Nene Amegatcher, and Professor Ashie Kotey.
It would be recalled that two groups, the opposition NDC and a Private citizen Mark Takyi-Banson filed the case asking the apex court to stop the EC from compiling the register or allow the use of the birth certificate and voters ID card by prospective voters as proof of identification.
I Did No Wrong
Though Ghanaians took to social media to mock him for misinterpreting the court’s ruling, Asiedu Nketia said he still stands by his comments because he "did no wrong" in his analysis of the ruling.
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tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerp. it doesn't make sense na wo comment se you've been vindicated? wo saaaaaaaaaamia. wo to se la se pe wo a te!!!!!
Can Asiedu Nketiah prove as his Ghanaian origin? He is a disgrace for the progress of the nation Ghana.
WE ARE NOT READY TO WELCOME ANOTHER MOSES TO LEAD US,OR TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING OF JDM AND NDC POLITICAL PARTY.THIS ASIEDU NKETIA,s ENGLISH WITH HIS POSITION IS THE WORSE IN GHANA,s POLITICAL PARTY HISTORY.IF HE KNOWS HE CAN READ,WRITE AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY CAN,t HE ASK KWEKU BOAHEN,s HELP?THEN HE NEEDS RECYCLING HIS ENGLISH.
YOUR CAN LIE TO YOUR POLITICAL AUDIENCE. THEY WILL APPLAUD FOR YOU. IF YOU LIE AT THE LAW COURT THE LAW WILL CATCH YOU. MAKE PROPAGANDA CLAIMS PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE YOU, BUT YOU CANNOT MAKE FALSEE CLAIMS AT COURT. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT IS BASED ON LAW AND EVIDENCE OF FACTS,. IT IS NOT BASED ON EMOTIONAL, EMPTY POLITICAL SPECULATIONS. IT IS HIGHLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICIAN LIKE ASIEDU NKETIA WHOSE ENTIRE POLITIC VIEW IS INFORMED BY MYOPIC POLITICAL IDEOLOGY WOULD APPRECIATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COURT JUDGEMENT BASED ON EVIDENCE OF LAW AND WISDOM OF LONG JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE. IT WAS NOT FOR NOTHING THAT THE LAWYERS WHO SURROUNDED ASIEDU CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK. THEY KNEW OF THE IMPORT OF THE 7-0 SC JUDGEMENT AS THE FINALITY TO THE DISPUTE. THE REST WAS MERE POLITICAL TALK WHICH ANY CAPRICIOUS POLITICIAN COULD DO.. THEY IMMEDIATELY SAW IN ASIEDU NKETI AS THE RIGHT CHARACTER WHO IS PERFECTLY FIT TO DO THE DIRTY JOB..
Is only in Africa (Ghana) that this man can speak again after that SHAMEFUL act. Tweaaaaaaa, NDC!
The ruling is bizarre and does not make sense to you but you claimed victory... You are fu.ulishh person then.
This disgraceful man has no sense of shame. How on earth did you go commenting on the judgement when you claim it does not make sense and find it bizarre? The judgement is so clear that anyone who claims not to understand it that person may have a problem with English or with comprehension, especially if that person is the party to the case.