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'NDC people' don’t understand English - Okudzeto
The renowned lawyer commenting on the issue said President Mahama would be planning his own funeral if he paid heed to his party supporters who are asking him to pardon the Montie trio.
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Speaking to Accra based radio station, Class FM, he said those calling for his arrest clearly misunderstood his words and therefore lack a proper understanding of the English language.
“This morning, I was surprised I saw on Metro TV, somebody was there saying I was threatening the president, which means that even English language, the simple language that we all speak, people don’t even know the language. To say that if somebody says when you do that it’s your own funeral, it means that you yourself you bear the consequences of it, that is simple English. …If you don’t know the language, ask somebody else, I’m sure they will explain it to you,” Mr. Okudzeto told Class News.
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“They are all running to sign a petition, I suppose they want to bring pressure on the president to go and act, well, that’s their own business, so far as I am concerned, what the court has done, nobody can flout the court to say that it does not have the power to convict for contempt because that is enshrined in the constitution and it was put there in order to protect the judges, to protect the institution.
“If none of us is prepared to respect the highest court of the land or just the courts in the administration of justice, it means that all of us will take the law into our own hands. I think law is meant to bring order and decorum to society. All of us should inculcate that into our heads and begin to appreciate and respect laws.” He concluded.
A statement signed by the General Secretary of the party, Johnson AsieduNketia on Tuesday called for the arrest of the legal luminary describing his comments as baseless and a threat on the life of President John Mahama.
“…the NDC considers this statement from Mr. Okudzeto not only as a threat to President Mahama’s life but also, a danger to the very foundation of the country’s Constitution, the people, and democracy, especially when such baseless and dangerous pronouncement is coming from a supposed seasoned and experienced legal practitioner of no mean repute.” The statement said.
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