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The National Democratic Party (NDP) has distanced itself from a planned demonstration being organized by the opposition NDC targeted at the Electoral Commission (EC) and justices of the Supreme Court (SC).
Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has underscored the need to protect the media because “they provide the sunlight that helps democracy.
Mr Nkrumah did not accept a suggestion from a member of the Appointments Committee that the Akufo-Addo Government is harassing the media.
The former broadcaster, re-nominated by President Akufo-Addo, to serve at the Minister of Information, at the beginning of his second term, stressed the need to protect the media and media practitioners, during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament, at the Parliament House in Osu- Accra.
The work of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, currently chaired by Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP for Bekwai, is based on the 1992 Constitution and the Standing Orders of Parliament.
Canadian based lawyer Kwame Abrefah says Tsatsu Tsikata is overly emotional and should know when to step back from blind loyalty and step in as sage counselor
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“A lawyer of Mr. Tsikata’s stature should know when to step back from blind loyalty and step in as sage counselor. Moreover, he should know that the Court requires him to produce evidence to prove his case.”
The Supreme Court of Ghana opened the 2020 election petition hearing in dramatic fashion. In anticipation of the show about to unfold, I wondered how Tsatsu Tsikata would handle the spotlight and whether the court would be able to dial down the theatrics.