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Deputy Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame told the Supreme Court that the comments made by Assin Central Deputy Kennedy Agyapong regarding a Superior Court judge were outrageous.
These are the comments that have led to the deputy being tried for contempt.
The legislator’s lawyers had urged the Supreme Court to prevent High Court Judge Amos Wuntah Wuni from hearing the case for contempt.
Mr. Agyapong’s lead attorney, Kwame Gyan, moved the request on Wednesday.
He explained that the comments made by the MP were addressed to another Superior Court judge and not to Judge Wuni.
He also said that even if the comments referred to Judge Wuni, upon hearing the matter, he had violated the rules of natural justice by being a judge in his own case.
Attorney Kwame Gyan also accused Judge Wuni of “displaying extreme hostility” towards Mr. Agyapong.
He explained that the judge said during the process that if the MP touches a live wire, he will be electrocuted.
He added that even though he insisted during the process that the evidence of the comments made by the MP be obtained and made available to the judge, the judge requested that the Net2 video be obtained.
In addition, he alleged that the charge sheet that was delivered to him during the trial was not even signed.
The Judging Panel chaired by Judge Baffoe Bonnie said such flaws do not affect substantive procedures.
In response to the fact that the comment was referring to another judge, a panel member, Yaw Appau said that there is only one higher court and that the comments could not have referred to a particular judge but to a court.
Deputy Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame objected to the request of Mr. Agyapong’s lawyers.
He said the application wrongly assumes that the mere separation of the Superior Court into divisions makes it different.
He held that there is only one Superior Court and it can handle any contempt matter.
He told the court that the only issue that should come to the attention of the Supreme Court was whether or not the comments made by the MP scandalized the court.
He insisted, there is no doubt that the comments scandalized the court.
Therefore, he urged the court to dismiss the application as lacking in merit.
However, it reminded the court that it had the power to grant the request if it determines that due process was not followed in the course of the contempt proceedings in the Superior Court.
