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Bernard Mornah, the General Secretary of the People�s National Convention (PNC) says he harbours no-hard feelings against all who insulted and castigated him when he filed a petition at the Supreme Court, seeking to nullify portions of the Constitutional Instrument 74. �� the insults, the abuse, the aspersions. The innuendos by those who did not even understand the issues, the kind of vituperations that were directed at me. They would not even take time to listen to the case, particularly, my friends from the right side. Those from the NPP, they kept castigating me in no mean measure as though I�m out to derail their course,� he said. Rule 71B of C.I. 74 provides that the decision of the Supreme Court in respect of a petition presented to challenge the election of a President cannot be reviewed. But the Court on Tuesday ruled that it was unconstitutional to sit on holidays and further declared that Article 71B as well as Constitutional Instruments (CI) 71 and 65, are unconstitutional. The five member panel which sat on the matter upheld the argument by lawyers for Bernard Mornah ruling that parties involved in election dispute can appeal the final determination of the case. Speaking to the media after the ruling, an obviously elated Bernard Mornah described the ruling as �victory for all Ghanaians�, regardless of one�s political affiliation. He reiterated his forgiveness of those failed to understand him and yet took him to the cleaners. �All of us citizens of Ghana, this case shows that, in as long as Article 2 of the 1992 Constitution is concerned; that article says in part that any law that is in contravention with the constitution, to the extent of the inconsistency with the constitution, that law should be void�. �And I am encouraged by that law to go to court. I have seen the discrepancies in the CI 74, if you didn�t see it, don�t castigate me,� he explained.