Government spokesperson Felix Ofosu Kwakye claimed that the judiciary has been historically unfair to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for over three decades.
Speaking on Channel One TV, Ofosu Kwakye did not hold back as he expressed dissatisfaction with how legal matters involving the NDC have been handled over the years.
“The Chief Justice is not at the beck and call of the President. She is the head of an independent institution.
We have our own views, and I have my views, and I don’t think they’ve been fair to the NDC. They’ve not been fair to the NDC for 32 years. You’ll recall the Rawlings era? The government of the day lost almost all the cases taken to court,” he stated.
His comments reflect a long-standing perception within the NDC that the courts have often ruled against them in crucial political cases. He cited landmark legal battles from the Rawlings era, including the famous cases concerning June 4th and 31st December, as well as the GBC case and the J.H. Mensah suit on ministerial vetting procedures.
“We lost all those cases,” he emphasized, suggesting a pattern of unfavourable rulings against the NDC.
But Ofosu Kwakye did not stop at history. He turned his attention to the present, highlighting what he sees as a stark contrast in how legal matters involving the NPP and the NDC are handled in the courts today.
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“Under the NPP, I will say, I am a Member of Parliament, and I’ve not hidden my dissatisfaction about the way that the judiciary has performed.
It was possible for Afenyo Markins to file a case in court and have it slated to be heard within twelve hours. Yet the minority at the time has filed a case against the passage of the e-levy, which has been pending for three years.”
The disparities, according to him, are glaring. He referenced the controversial case involving former COCOBOD CEO, Dr. Stephen Opuni, who has been fighting legal battles for years without a change in the presiding judge.
Meanwhile, he claimed that Attorney General Godfred Dame was able to change a judge in a different case with just the stroke of a pen.
The inconsistency, Ofosu Kwakye argued, was further illustrated in the Kennedy Agyapong contempt case, where a judge was changed because the charge was held against him.
Yet in the Montie Three case, where pro-NDC panelists were convicted for scandalizing the court, the same judges they allegedly wronged sat on the case.
“So the inconsistency, the unfairness, the imbalance is manifest. That is a position that I hold to this day,” he declared.
For Ofosu Kwakye, these concerns are not just political grievances but fundamental issues of fairness and justice in Ghana’s legal system. He stressed the need for reforms to ensure that political affiliations do not influence judicial outcomes.
“One of the things that we need to do is that we need to insist that there is fairness and that there is balance.
“Because of historical reasons, I think there is antipathy towards the NDC; it has a historical basis but justice ought not to be done on the basis of perception of political parties,” he concluded.
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