Solomon Owusu, The NPP Arrested More People For Free Speech
Solomon Owusu of the Movement Party on the TV3 BIG ISSUE show said, “I feel like in 2024, I will tell the entire country that no circumstance can influence the decisions of the court. And this was a phenomenal matter; he says it’s a comment by the minority leader, Hon. Afenyo Markin. Now, when he said that, give me just a second; let me play it so that your viewers will understand what you are dealing with. I’m not getting it. So I’m saying that in 2024, we’re telling the entire world that no circumstance can cause the executive to control the judiciary. And that all of us must respect the decisions of the court. “And these businesses are trained to respect the court’s decisions.
Solomo Owusu Speaking on the Big Issue
And that if you disagree with the decision of the court, there are other appellate bodies that you can rely on to give you business. You remember, recently, for the first time in the history of our political dispensation, they took the NPP political party to actually challenge the current Chief Justice on matters related to the ban. Remember, the 2020 decision. They openly said that they themselves, in person, have a claim that things are doing well. And in conclusion, this was what the judge said when he was granting the bill. These were the arguments that ensued. The argument was that Afenyo is saying that the judge… has asked to be remanded and granted immunity in the case when it ends.
That does survive the court. The accused is hereby remanded to be in our custody to reappear before the court at the next adjourned date. The prosecution is also ordered to conclude its work and file disclosures within 14 days to ensure a speedy trial of this matter. The case is adjourned to the 27th of May, 2026. So, where in this ruling did the court say that Abronye will be kept in remand till the case is determined? And you look straight into the faces of the Ghanaians and lie to them, and they are clapping for him. And when we come and sit here on TV, you have the lies of Zato and Tosin greeting the president. Abronye is an honorable person, and you must grant him honor.
Such a dishonorable person. When, in fact, the guy relied on, and the police relied on, section 96(5)(c). That’s saying that when you have the privileges or when you see that the accused is likely to commit the same offense, you are entitled to the guy in bed. What did Abronye do? Abronye was not granted bail in the first instance. What about the way Abronye is? So the guy realized that when he was granted bail in the first instance, he went back and insulted everybody. Committed the same crime. So it means that it’s your own party; that’s why I’m very surprised. The only person… The documents are many, but… Let’s go. I’ll come back. I’ll come back.
