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Don’t twist court proceedings – Atuguba tells journalists
Justice William Atuguba, explained that the role of the media with regard to the operations of the law court could not be underestimated.
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He said that since the media was the instrument for conveying proceedings from the court to the general public there was the need to desist from twisting stories.
Justice Atuguba was speaking in the court after the judgement challenging the constitutionality of rules governing the special voting exercise slated for December 1, 2016.
Justice William Atuguba, who was also the president of the seven-member panel, explained that the role of the media with regard to the operations of the law court could not be underestimated.
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This caution comes after some false media reports claimed that the Supreme Court had ruled that the ballots from the special voting exercise should be counted on the day of the exercise even before the court ruled on the case.
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The false information went viral on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 when the court had actually fixed the ruling date on Monday November 14, 2016.
The actual ruling had the Supreme Court dismissing the case by NPP stalwart Dr Amoako Tuffour seeking an order to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to announce results of the Special Voting on the day of casting.
In the ruling of the Apex court, the justices explained that ballots of the special voting could only be counted at the close of polls which is the 7th of December.
They also added that the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs were inconsistent with the 1992 constitution of Ghana.
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