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General news for Monday, February 1, 2021
Source: Kasapa FM
2021-02-01
Lawyers were asked to refrain from expressing their views publicly immediately after the hearing
Private law practitioner Dennis Adjei Dwomoh urges the Supreme Court to warn parties in the ongoing election petition trial to stop their public comments on substantive issues in court.
Some members of the bar have expressed concern over the practice of lawyers for the petitioner (former President John Dramani Mahama) and the second defendant (President Akufo-Addo) immediately after leaving the Supreme Court speaking to the media and comment on the substantive issues and get the judges’ work done before they (the judges) are supposed to do.
Commenting on the issue of the ‘News File’ program monitored by Kasapafmonline.com,
Lawyer Dennis Adjei Dwomoh, managing partner of Law Plus (Avocats), condemned the practice of the parties’ legal teams in the petition, urging them to allow the country’s supreme court to work.
“We should allow the court to work and even if the practitioners comment on the matter, I think it shouldn’t be immediately after they leave the court because when they leave the court immediately, the adrenaline is high and sometimes these statements. are made. So I hope that the court will warn the two parties as to the expressions they made.
He added, “If you look at the reports, most of the reports sometimes take on the tone of the comment that was made by practitioners from both sides. Looking back at 2013, you realize that most of the comments turned friendlier after the court bared its teeth on the contempt issues. So I hope that our colleagues after the court will not comment on the same and if they do, they should hold back.
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