A former Attorney General (AG), Marrietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has criticized the handling of Gyakye Quayson\u2019s trial, describing it as unfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPursuing the case with alacrity and vigour with which he [Godfred Dame] seems to be proceeding now, I don\u2019t think it is fair, and I don\u2019t think that it is in the interest of Assin North and I don\u2019t think it is in the interest of the nation for us to continue on that trajectory,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking in an interview on Eyewitness News<\/strong> on Citi FM<\/strong> in Accra on Tuesday, the former AG said the re-election of Mr. Quayson as MP for Assin North was enough basis for the AG to enter a nolle prosequi to end the trial as the people had proved that Gyakye Quayson was the one they wanted to represent them in Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDespite the Supreme Court annulling his election and being expunged from Parliament, he has been re-elected by the people of Assin North, and they have re-emphasised that this is the person we want to represent us in Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRegarding all these circumstances and the fact that the people have chosen to re-elect him in the spirit of unity and fairness and justice I think that the AG ought to enter a nolle prosequi,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She therefore said she agreed with the former AG, Ayikoi Otoo, and the Dormaahene on their calls for the AG to enter a nolle prosequi to end the prosecution of the MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI totally agree with my learned senior Ayikoi Otoo and I know that the call was also made earlier by the Dormaahene. I agree with them that this is the time that regarding the circumstances, the AG ought to enter a nolle prosequi,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the AG, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has expressed concern regarding comments made by individuals in high positions that could potentially impact the ongoing criminal trial of James Gyakye Quayson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dame is particularly worried about calls to reverse the decision of the high court judge to hear the perjury case against the MP-elect on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He underscored that such remarks have the potential to affect the fair adjudication of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He further indicated that any comments that undermine the administration of justice were detrimental and should not be tolerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A former Attorney General (AG), Marrietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has criticized the handling of Gyakye Quayson\u2019s trial, describing it as unfair. \u201cPursuing the case with alacrity and vigour with which he [Godfred Dame] seems to be proceeding now, I don\u2019t think it is fair, and I don\u2019t think that it is in the interest of Assin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":35643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[4553,10258,7960,10507,12105,911,11846,5731,11493,5671,12005,10419,278,7964,11973,1198,11167,1825,11581,11957,6348],"class_list":["post-35642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-accra","tag-assin-north","tag-case","tag-court","tag-dormaahene","tag-election","tag-godfred-dame","tag-high-court","tag-interview","tag-james-gyakye-quayson","tag-judge","tag-justice","tag-mp","tag-north","tag-one","tag-parliament","tag-prosecution","tag-supreme-court","tag-trial","tag-unity","tag-us"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}