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Election Petition: You’re harassing my witness – Tsatsu tells Justice of Supreme Court

February 2, 2021
Election Petition: You’re harassing my witness – Tsatsu tells Justice of Supreme Court

Lead Counsel for the petitioners in the ongoing election petition hearing, Tsatsu Tsikata, has accused one of the seven justices of the Supreme Court handling the case, Justice Yaw Apau of harassing the second witness of the petitioner, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte during proceedings in court on Tuesday February 2.

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Justice Apaw had told Kpessa-Whyte that he did not take his training on the elections seriously.

This comes after the University of Ghana lecturer had told the court that the chair of the 1st Respondent, Jean Mensa asked him and his other colleague to leave the strong room during collation of the results.

Lawyer of the Electoral Commission (EC) Justine Amenuvor had told the court that this claim is not the case.

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Mr Amenuvor said Dr Kpessa-Whyte and his colleague took the decision to move away from the strong room and not on the instruction of Mrs Mensa.

But Dr Kpessa-Whyte insisted during the cross-examination that they were instructed to leave the place by the EC chair.

During proceedings, the EC’s lawyer said “I put it to you that you were not instructed by the Chairperson of the first respondent to leave the room.”

In response, the witness said “My Lords, we were instructed by the first respondents. I have no reason ever to just lie or deceive this honorable court if that was not the case. As I have indicated our leaving there was not in secret.”

Seeking further clarifications on the matter, Justice Apau said “Will it be right to say that by taking contrary instructions from the chairperson of the 1st Respondent, granted what you have said is true, you did not help the course of the petitioner who sent you there?”

Kpessa-Whyte then stated that “My Lord, I don’t believe that is true. We were working in furtherance of making sure that the results that ultimately get announced by the 1st Respondent reflect and represent the will of the people and if  she, asking us to consult with the petitioner  is part of how we  will get there, we were  happy to do it.”

Justice Apau indicated again that: “Then seriously speaking you did not take your training seriously. I want to be clear, you have gone to do a particular job, then instead of doing the particular job that sent you there you take instructions  from somebody, then you leave your job. That is what I want to find that you did not help the petitioner.”

Lead Counsel of the petitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata raised an objection to the comment of the Justice saying “: My Lords, His Lordship is entitled to his opinion about what the petitioner did. In terms of factual evidence about what he did and the reason adduced.

“In terms of what the petitioner did and why he did it he has answered the question so I don’t think he can be harassed with these opinions.”

Justice Apau denied harassing the witness saying “I am not harassing the witness, it is not my duty to harass him. I know that he has been sent there by the petitioner to do the job for him then somebody tells you go to the petitioner and consult him, if the petitioner could do the work  he himself would have been there . That is what I would want to find out.  How am I harassing him?

Tsatsu insisted that he harassed the witness.

“ Well you are harassing him  because the witness  has indicated  it wasn’t just somebody , the witness has indicated that the  Chair person who is a the Returning Officer was the person with whom his  colleague had the conversation and on the basis of that  they were sent  to talk with the petitioner and he had given every account on why,” he said.

By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana

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