Editor-in-chief
of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has
cautioned President John Dramani Mahama to be careful in his comments
regarding the ongoing election petition before the Supreme Court.
According
to him, “the president is talking too much” and cautioned that, “he
should avoid a situation where it becomes a pattern.”
Mr Baako
made the admonition Wednesday on Accra-based Peace FM in relation to the
caution issued by the nine-member Supreme Court panel hearing the
petition challenging the 2012 elections that it would not hesitate to
crack the whip on any one found culpable of making unacceptable
statements on proceedings.
President Mahama is on record to have
said that justice would be served by the Supreme Court by acknowledging
that the 2012 presidential elections were free and fair in nature.
He
made this statement on Monday, June 10, 2013 at the NDC party
headquarters during the celebration of the party’s 21st anniversary. His
comments were, however, did not sit well with the opposition NPP which
rebutted his statement describing it as "reckless and irresponsible".
However,
President Mahama again on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the Mount Horeb
Prayer Centre at Mamfe in the Eastern Region reiterated that his
presidency was ordained by God.
In his caution, Mr Baako said
although he believed that those comments would not affect the mindset of
the judges in their adjudication of the case, he thinks the president’s
statements were “politically incorrect because of his status as
president.”
“But I think the president is talking too much on
this matter. He should avoid a situation where it becomes a pattern
because he is a party to the litigation and he is the president of the
country,” he said. “I think it is one too many. If it becomes a pattern,
it is not the best because he is the first gentleman of the land,” he
added.
Meanwhile, following Monday’s warning, the court has
issued yet another warning that it will not sit by and watch
irresponsible conduct that can lead the country into anarchy go
unpunished.
The Court has, thus, served notice it was going to
deal with comments by a deputy Director of Communications of the New
Patriotic Party, Sammy Awuku. Sammy Awuku is on record to have described
the Supreme Court’s earlier warning to the media and party
representatives last Monday as “hypocritical and selective”. |
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