Private legal practitioner, Martin Luther Kpebu, is asserting that Ghanaians find themselves in a quagmire of hopelessness because they gave President AKufo-Addo too much of a honeymoon when he assumed office.
According to him, the citizens’ failure to question the actions of the government in its early days gave it a free day to plunge the nation into the current situation it is in.
Mr. Kpebu was commenting on the deferring of the ruling on the injunction application on the Anti-LGBTQ+ matter by the Supreme Court.
Speaking on the KeyPoints on TV3 Saturday, July 20, 2024, he counseled that final judicial authority is vested in the court and that the public ought not to indulge in acts that would render matters pending in the courts useless.
He explained that the apex court’s decision on the Anti-LGBTQ matter, was in the interest of the state since it is in within the purview of the law.
Meanwhile, he indicated that that doesn’t mean people should not voice out when certain things are not going on well, since it takes vigilance and active citizens to make the laws work properly.
That, he says, is what builds a stronger democracy.
Citing the five nominations made by the Chief Justice to the President which was criticised by a section of the public as being contrary to what the law says, he reemphasised that the failure to speak up in the early days of president Akufo-Addo on matters that bothered on the lives of the people is the reason Ghana is where it is today.
“In the last one month, a lot has happened, we are growing our democracy, we need to speak up. These things where we are very differential to authorities, it’s hurt us. When Akufo-Addo started, those days, we gave him too much of a honeymoon.
“If we had started voicing our concerns, I don’t think we would have been here. But some of us were very happy that we have kicked out corrupt Mahama so when Akufo-Addo started and he was getting it wrong, we were like, he just started, give him some time,” he stated.
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