Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum, PPP flagbearer
Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum, PPP flagbearer

Ministers signing petition book urging President John Mahama to grant pardon to the trio jailed in the Montie saga, would have been sacked if they were to serve in my government, Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has said.

According to him, ministers in the Mahama- led administration who are busily appending their signatures asking for pardon have no business doing that when the jailed persons have contravened the law.

Salifu Maase aka Mugabe, a presenter on NDC affiliated radio station Montie FM and two panelists Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn, who recently appeared on the Pampaso show, were found guilty of scandalizing the court, defying and lowering the authority of the Supreme Court and bringing it into disrepute.

The two on June 29, warned judges of Ghana’s highest court to be wary of their conduct in the case involving the Electoral Commission and Mr Abu Ramadan if they did not want to suffer the fate of the three members of the bench who were shot to death and burnt on June 30, 1982 in the era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).

The Supreme Court last week handed a four months jail term each to the three men. They were additionally fined GHC 10,000 each.

The NDC has described the sentencing as harsh with party supporters mounting pressure on leaders of the party and President John Mahama to use his executive powers as enshrined in Article 72 of the constitution to grant the three jailed persons pardon.

Supporters of the NDC who believe the sentencing is harsh have mounted pressure on leaders of the party and President John Mahama to use his executive powers as enshrined in Article 72 of the constitution to grant the three jailed persons pardon.

Several Ministers and high ranking government officials have signed a book opened to gather signatures to be presented to the President in this regard.

But speaking to Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Starr FM, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom stated he finds it difficult understanding the actions of the ministers.

“When something is wrong it is wrong, we must not bring antics and politics into it. We must tell our young people that there is right and wrong. I wouldn’t have pardoned the trio if I were president, absolutely not.”

source: peacefmonline