Managing Editor of the Ghanaian Observer newspaper, Lawyer Egbert Faibille says the call by the judges to the four lawyers to substantiate allegations of bribery leveled against judges in Ghana is justified.<\/p>\n
Lawyers Dr Raymond Atuguba, David Annan, Abraham Amaliba and Larry Bimi have all been drawn before the General Legal Council for making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against the judiciary. The four lawyers made the allegations at a round-table discussion on the Judiciary and Ghana\u2019s justice system in Accra, organized by the National Commission for Civic Education as part of its annual constitution week.<\/p>\n
All the lawyers have questioned the need to drag them before the council especially when they only re-echoed a phenomenon that everyone is already aware of.<\/p>\n
However, Egbert Faibille tells Xfm 95.1 it is not enough to make sweeping comments that the judiciary is corrupt and then leave it at that, insisting, \u201cit is not fair\u201d. He says since \u201cno lawyer in Ghana is trained to be a coward, those who say they have lived it and seen it, should come out and say it\u201d in order for the judiciary to be cleansed.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople make general statements, this is what we in law will call group libel; for instance, \u2018nobody can tell me that broadcast journalists are not corrupt\u2019- it is too general, so you move and say, \u2018among the broadcast journalists, I have evidence to say Madam A is corrupt\u2019. Then we have something to work with, but if you just go and do a general pronouncement thinking that you will be cozy enough because you have not mentioned anybody\u2019s name and that the burden now rest on the judiciary to prove, it is unfair\u201d.<\/p>\n
Egbert Faibille opined that the judiciary is never perceived to be corrupt in the daily discharge of justice in the country until the government loses \u201cso \u2013called political\u201d cases, asking further, \u201cdo you know the people who have lost land in this country because of judgment; do you know the number of people who are in custody today that are not supposed to be there; those ones we do not see?<\/p>\n
He says the judiciary as a whole cannot be charged before a court of law for general corruption, and so the need for those who alleged to prove.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is individual judges who may be charged for specific cases of corruption. So what is stopping anybody who has evidence against a particular individual judge from coming forward to make reports against such persons for them to be taken on?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The rest is here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Managing Editor of the Ghanaian Observer newspaper, Lawyer Egbert Faibille says the call by the judges to the four lawyers to substantiate allegations of bribery leveled against judges in Ghana is justified. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Managing Editor of the Ghanaian Observer newspaper, Lawyer Egbert Faibille says the call by the judges to the four lawyers to substantiate allegations of bribery leveled against judges in Ghana is justified.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-23T20:06:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/\"},\"wordCount\":444,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/\",\"name\":\"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-23T20:06:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Managing Editor of the Ghanaian Observer newspaper, Lawyer Egbert Faibille says the call by the judges to the four lawyers to substantiate allegations of bribery leveled against judges in Ghana is justified.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It","datePublished":"2011-05-23T20:06:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/"},"wordCount":444,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/","name":"Egbert Faibille: No Lawyer Is A Coward; Those Who Have Seen It Should Say It - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-05-23T20:06:46+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/egbert-faibille-no-lawyer-is-a-coward-those-who-have-seen-it-should-say-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}