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General News of Monday, April 29, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-04-29
Rockson Bukari, Minister of State
A state minister refuted allegations that he had attempted to bribe a journalist to abandon an article about alleged crimes against a judge.
In a press release issued Sunday night in the media, Rockson Bukari said that Edward Adeti of Starr FM had gone against media ethics and violated the law by secretly recording a phone call private between him and the journalist.
According to the minister, the call – which took place in late 2018 – involved discussions on documents handed over to Judge Jacob Boon, who chairs the Bolgantanga High Court. Bukari said that Adeti wanted to tell an article about what he saw as a wrongdoing by Judge Boon, who knowingly let a mining company bail himself out of having engaged in illegal behavior. .
"Adeti sought to ask questions about why the documents [obtained by the judge] have not been delivered in open court because he has threatened publication of an attempt at corruption of justice, as announced by the other party who had sponsored him " says the statement.
In response, Bukari said that he had warned against reporting so as not to "damage the reputation of a judge unfairly and without proper foundation".
The minister believes that Adeti misinterpreted his advice to mean that the reporter should not at all tell the story, and he thinks
Adeti leaked the recorded conversation as an alibi against him.
"For the avoidance of doubt, the minister's approach to advocating with Adeti is typical of his approach to peacemaking, and in this case, he sought to avoid what he had been informed as a miscarriage of judgment aimed at damaging the reputation of an outgoing judge from the area he had overseen as a minister, "wrote a representative of the Minister of State's Cabinet.
But Adeti says that he is not the one who made the band flee. In a long message posted Sunday on Facebook, he wrote that, even though he did not publish the tape, it has a coaching effect and constitutes a "tribute" to the artist. others more overwhelming than anyone knows for the moment.
"If you see me in a confrontation with someone, know that there is a problem of injustice somewhere. If you see me moored in court, know that I am on trial because I fight some elements whose greed threatens your need, "wrote Adeti.
Read the full text of Edward Adeti's message below:
MY LAST WORD ON THE LEFT RIBBON
I just hope it's my last word on this band thing. No one should wonder why I recorded this conversation. I registered it because of you – past, present and future victims of the injustices of our justice system.
It was not that I did not need money when they brought me five thousand cedis from Ghana to hide this story. I remember that my son (undisclosed name) wore ragged shorts to school at the time. It was not that I did not need a better way to travel at the time. Those who know me in Bolga know that the bike that I use is so wobbly that I am shy to drive it even at night. I could have taken these "gifts" for myself and no one would have known and the injustice would continue to bleed from everything you could have. This is not to woo the sympathy of the public; I do not want that kind of attention. I say this so that someone understands how much the public interest is more important than any free personal interest. Injustice and murder are the same.
When Rockson Bukari begged his heart, it's not that I was cool. As he begged me on the phone, I looked at underprivileged children, hungry people, and frustrated young men and women who were bleeding somewhere because of the corruption and unfairness of our system. If I had to put aside the courtesy, as a former cabinet minister asked, I had to because I did not want you (the defenseless) to ask for justice tomorrow. That's all journalism. That's what the rhythm you hear in journalism jingle is all about. Rockson was not my goal. The injustice was! The injustice is real. And you will taste it one day if you do not taste it already!
The more you hate me, the more I do what you hate me for. I do not need any love from those who love injustice no matter who they are! The circulation of the leaked cbadette has, among other interesting things, also revealed people for whom I least expected to stab my back but stabbed me now naked! If you extend my hand stained with blood tomorrow, wherever we meet, I will give you sorrow rather than shaking hands.
"Why did you give some of the tapes to lawyers?", Ask yourself. My answer: I engaged them to confront the judge in his office to recuse himself, a request to which he would not yield without proof (these tapes). "The lawyers, because they're speaking on behalf of one of the parties involved in the case, have probably paid you for the tapes," you guess. My clarification: the lawyers were rather afraid that I would record them too; and their concern was about my safety.
In addition, if I could reject 5,000 Ghanaian cedis and a brand new bike of the same amount, I would sell a small number of tapes that I would have distributed in relation to the value of the bribe and the juicy promises of these latter. made? A thief would have taken advantage of "opportunities" by feasting on all parties with impunity. And if I had benefited from this work of investigation, you would have already seen some changes in me since last year.
I am not in journalism for fame or fortune. Let those who support injustice, including media officials, continue to do what they do. They will surely meet one day with the blood of innocent people who are suffering and dying of prejudices.
If you see me in a confrontation with someone, know that there is a problem of injustice somewhere. If you see me at the end of court proceedings, know that I am on trial because I am fighting against elements whose greed threatens your need. And if I ever go to jail in the performance of my duties, it's because I want you to be liberated from well-established oppressors and retrograde intellectuals who think that they can still pbad you the rope around your neck and drag you to the slaughterhouse. & # 39; at will. I just pray and hope that a moment will never come when we will not fight against corruption and injustice with the pen but with the pen and the sword!
Finally, to those who say dogmatically that I made the band flee. In all my life, I have never regretted anything that I wrote. The only thing I regret, is what I did not write. I am not known to run away from my actions once my conscience has been consulted before making the decisions. I am an Edward, not a coward. If I fled the band, I would keep it. Last time, I explained why I had kept these tapes. I said last year in a publication that some of them were not intended for the public for the sake of the same public.
Some people probably did not think there were tapes, let alone think they were "explosive", as I said. Just a ribbon leak, look at the ripples. But I tell you, this leak of music is a "tribute" to the most overwhelming of which no one has any idea yet and who will never be known because no one has them outside the source. In my opinion, the filtered recording is only one of the hit songs of an incomplete album, released by the one who did it. I did not divulge a tape to the public. If I had any problem in my sleeve and if I wanted to scare away a ribbon, I would have rather preferred a more damning ribbon. I did not tape. But if you push me too far, too far to the cliff, I will not publish a simple tribute title; I will release the kraken! (as unleashed in Clash of the Titans) Edward Adeti.
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