[ 2021-02-23 ]

Ayine apologises after ‘scandalous’ comments against Supreme Court
Former Deputy Attorney General, Dominic Ayine has
apologized to the Supreme Court as well as its
justices who presided over the Election Petition
case last week over statements he made that had
the potential of impugning their integrity.

Dr. Ayine, who was hauled for contempt on Monday,
February 22, 2021, was rebuked by the Chief
Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah over the comments and
asked him to render an apology through the media
in addition to a formal letter he had already
submitted to his office to purge himself of the
offence.

The legal practitioner at the end of today’s
hearing addressed the press and said having
considered his remarks last week, he believes that
he erred hence the apology.

“I have looked at what I said that day and I
have come to the conclusion that I went overboard.
I crossed the lines with respect to the remarks
that I made in terms of attributing impropriety to
the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana.”

“This morning, I delivered a letter to His
Lordship the Chief Justice, offering an
unqualified apology to the court,” he added.

Ayine, after one of last week’s sitting, told
the press that he did not understand why the court
dismissed Mr. Mahama’s application to reopen his
case to enable them to subpoena the Chairperson of
the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Adukwei
Mensa, who was the Returning Officer of the
December 7, 2020 Presidential Ballot.

He said, “these are all germane issues under the
laws of Ghana and to reduce the petition into a
single issue petition is rather unfortunate, and
it smacks of a predetermined agenda to rule
against the petitioner in this matter”.

But after the court rebuked him on Monday
[February 22, 2021], he told the press that he had
carefully assessed his statements of last week and
have realized that he “crossed the line.”

“When I finished addressing the press, [Frank
Davies] walked up to me and reminded me that the
phrased that I used had crossed the line and that
is when I started thinking whether or not I
crossed the line. I agree absolutely with Mr.
Frank Davies…I want to unreservedly apologize to
the court, that is the Supreme Court of Ghana as
well as the Justices in particular who sat on that
day. There was no intention on my part to impugn
their integrity. I was just expressing a sentiment
with respect to the ruling of that day,” he
said.

Source - Citinewsroom

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