The Game That Ended With A Zero Score But With Injuries On The Presidency, The Case Of Martin Amidu's Petition To Remove The Special Prosecutor

I suspect that a certain ugly game was played in a failed attempt to remove the Special Prosecutor. I have monitored updates of the issues and can conclude that we have all been fooled and yet no one is asking questions about the trajectory of schemes. The lack of clarity on the subject leave some of us believe that the petition was cooked in the presidency in the name of Martin Amidu riding on the continuous critique of the SP by his the vocal former SP cum anti corruption crusader as he describe himself, through his long epistles.

The news about the petition for the removal of the special prosecutor was largely reported by the media. In a publication by www.mypeaceonline.com, a petition dated 30th April, 2024 was attributed to Martin Amidu. By this, many of us believed the report. The issue was topical in public discourse.

See...https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/202405/503272.php.

What came as additional validation of the news was the purported forwarding of the petition by the president, to the Chief Justice as necessary requirement for the removal process. The purpose of forwarding the petition to the chief justice is to enable the CJ look into the petition and determine whether or not there is/was a prima facie case in the petition. I will make no comment on whether or not the president can just forward a petition for the removal of the Special Prosecutor without establishing the merits of the petition. Others say that the president in the removal process is just a conveyor belt while others contend that he must first establish a prima facie case before forwarding to the Chief Justice for further determination. I will leave that debate for another day.

The forwarding of the petition to the CJ was also widely reported.

See...
https://citinewsroom.com/2024/05/akufo-addo-forwards-petition-to-remove-special-prosecutor-to-cj/

With the petition received by the Chief justice, she acted with alacrity. I read from the reports of a letter directed to the SP with a copy of the purported petition, seeking the responses from the Special prosecutor. It is a fundamental law principle of natural justice to hear from the other side ( audi alteram parten ). See....

https://citinewsroom.com/2024/05/chief-justice-seeks-response-from-special-prosecutor-on-removal-petition/

In a rather dramatic twist, after the NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia allegedly accused Martin Amidu of supporting the scheme of the NPP government to remove the SP, it compelled Martin Amidu to scribe a long epistle daring the NDC to produce evidence that he, Martin Amidu, wrote that purported petition. This came as a surprise to all who took interest in the matter. Amidu told the whole world that he did not write any petition to the president for the removal of the SP.

See...
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Martin-Amidu-denies-authorship-of-petition-to-remove-Kissi-Agyebeng-1932917

I was dumfounded reading the epistle and have been waiting for a response from the presidency clarifying the issue. With a formal communication on the subject, we would have known whether there is another Martin Amidu somewhere with similar descriptions. Even if government had responded to Martin Amidu, I am yet to see it.

The disclaimer by the alleged petitioner while the presidency remained silent smacks a lot of doubt and mistrust! It is either the presidency cooked the petition or Martin Amidu told a lie! We need to know the truth!

After waiting for several weeks anticipating some responses from the president, a well known pro government media house reported that the Chief Justice has thrown out Amidu's petition.

See...https://dailyguidenetwork.com/chief-justice-throws-out-amidus-petition-to-remove-special-prosecutor/

This dramatic narrative to remove the Special Prosecutor though finally thrown out leaves some scars of credibility on the president and the chief justice. It is difficult to understand! It is such an interesting political game that has ended in a zero score with a lot of injuries but it does appear, the multiplicity of scandals by this government has provided a convenient refuge to this dramatic maneuvers and attempted removal of the Special Prosecutor.

Is not necessary to ask questions? The media should not leave us in the middle of the sea! We must be accountable to one another!

Denis Andaban
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