The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, is a man on a mission.
His media trial of suspects in high political cases is a worrying novelty which must be curbed in the interest of justice administration.
His decision to announce cases on his desk with a clear intention of information only is not in breach of the constitution as observed by one learned gentleman. We could not agree more with this position.
When however, the press conference template is intended to declare the suspects guilty even before they appear before the court, the exercise casts him in bad light, something which is not commensurate with this respectable standing in the legal fraternity.
Partisanship, when it clashes with professionalism as in the manner we are seeing the learned man under review, spoils the broth badly.
We do not think that the learned gentleman would want to leave a legacy of negative memories about his stewardship. Unless he however changes courses, he might go that way unfortunately.
We wish the Attorney General could restrict such engagements with the media to information only activities, but with a clear mission to do the bidding of his political party, we would see multitude of such press conferences.
As observed in a preceding paragraph, the intention is to declare some persons guilty even before substantive evidence is gathered for the prosecution.
We are for the proper application of the law when suspects are eventually found guilty. Until that is done and properly so, the declaration of such persons guilty in the media does not help the cause of justice administration.
We recall the days of the previous Attorney General who hardly went on this tangent.
Now that Dr. Dominic Ayine, a renowned legal luminary is on the seat, we are noticing unusual approaches which show how deep he has become embroiled in the efforts to give his political adversaries bad names and hang them.
What happens when in the end those he has decided to smear with charges in the media are declared free of the charges levelled against them?
Only time will tell what would happen in the end. It is regrettable that when such suspects end up free of the charges levelled against them, nothing would happen by way of restoring their lost dignity.
His encounter with A Plus has left an unsavoury taste in the palates of many who followed the developments. To date, many have the thought of that encounter playing out in their memories when they see the Attorney General addressing the media.
In the latest press conference on the National Service brouhaha, he mentioned some vendors as complicit in the scandal but withheld others for reasons best known to him.
We would have rather all those suspected to have conducted themselves scandalously are mentioned and taken through due process. This would be better than a selective presentation as witnessed during the latest press conference series.
When is the next episode due? Perhaps soon.
Passion For Press Conferences
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, is a man on a mission.
His media trial of suspects in high political cases is a worrying novelty which must be curbed in the interest of justice administration.
His decision to announce cases on his desk with a clear intention of information only is not in breach of the constitution as observed by one learned gentleman. We could not agree more with this position.
When however, the press conference template is intended to declare the suspects guilty even before they appear before the court, the exercise casts him in bad light, something which is not commensurate with this respectable standing in the legal fraternity.
Partisanship, when it clashes with professionalism as in the manner we are seeing the learned man under review, spoils the broth badly.
We do not think that the learned gentleman would want to leave a legacy of negative memories about his stewardship. Unless he however changes courses, he might go that way unfortunately.
We wish the Attorney General could restrict such engagements with the media to information only activities, but with a clear mission to do the bidding of his political party, we would see multitude of such press conferences.
As observed in a preceding paragraph, the intention is to declare some persons guilty even before substantive evidence is gathered for the prosecution.
We are for the proper application of the law when suspects are eventually found guilty. Until that is done and properly so, the declaration of such persons guilty in the media does not help the cause of justice administration.
We recall the days of the previous Attorney General who hardly went on this tangent.
Now that Dr. Dominic Ayine, a renowned legal luminary is on the seat, we are noticing unusual approaches which show how deep he has become embroiled in the efforts to give his political adversaries bad names and hang them.
What happens when in the end those he has decided to smear with charges in the media are declared free of the charges levelled against them?
Only time will tell what would happen in the end. It is regrettable that when such suspects end up free of the charges levelled against them, nothing would happen by way of restoring their lost dignity.
His encounter with A Plus has left an unsavoury taste in the palates of many who followed the developments. To date, many have the thought of that encounter playing out in their memories when they see the Attorney General addressing the media.
In the latest press conference on the National Service brouhaha, he mentioned some vendors as complicit in the scandal but withheld others for reasons best known to him.
We would have rather all those suspected to have conducted themselves scandalously are mentioned and taken through due process. This would be better than a selective presentation as witnessed during the latest press conference series.
When is the next episode due? Perhaps soon.
