It’s naïve to tell NDC demonstrators to go court – Martin Kpebu

Mr. Martin Kpebu, the Executive Director of Human Rights and Governance Centre has indicated that it is naïve for anyone to tell NDC demonstrators to go court.

Individuals, institutions, and other key stakeholders of Ghana’s just ended 2020n elections have constantly called on the NDC to go to court with their election-related grievances.

He has therefore chided persons urging the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), and its supporters to go to court to seek redress on the results of the December 7 elections instead of embarking on nationwide demonstrations.

For those screaming and telling NDC to go to court. It is prudent to do an objective analysis for the call. Before you head to the court, you need to know the authenticity of what you want to defend, how you want to do it, and why. You need to know the legal issues, form a strong legal team, gather your facts, and subject them to the very test that the law will subject them to in court and many more. For this reason, every person saying go to court be disregarded until the party is ready for that.

The reality is that a legal battle is not worth the advice of persons with no law background as the NDC continues to look at the issues on the table.

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Mr. Martin Kpebu said  ‘naysayers’ cannot determine what means the NDC uses to prosecute their case, as going to court isn’t the only option.

“I’ve heard people say they should stop demonstrations and go to court, that’s a very naïve statement. You can’t determine for them how they want to prosecute their case. It’s normal that before you go to court in such a case, you seek to caught public sympathy, throw out some things in the public, begin to psych up people in your favour so when I hear that I’m like…do we really understand how electoral psychology works?” he said on Citi TV’s ‘Big Issue’ on Saturday.

The legal practitioner indicated that though the protesters faulted for not consulting the police ahead of their demonstrations, the police are still mandated to protect them as well as prevent any chaotic scene.

From his submission the “NDC demonstrators to go court” slogan will not push the party into any ill-planned line of action

Source: NewsGhana24