{"id":440776,"date":"2011-06-14T09:07:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T09:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/14\/josiah-aryeh-approves-of-ga-mantse-coup\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T09:07:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T09:07:52","slug":"josiah-aryeh-approves-of-ga-mantse-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/14\/josiah-aryeh-approves-of-ga-mantse-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Josiah Aryeh approves of Ga Mantse ‘coup’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"NewCounsel for the newly installed Ga Mantse has given his absolute backing to the forceful takeover of the Ga Stool.<\/p>\n

Nii Armah Josiah Aryeh told Joy News\u2019 Dzifa Bampoh his client could no longer wait for the snail-paced approach being adopted by the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs which has the mandate to resolve chieftaincy disputes in the Ga State.<\/p>\n

With the legal maxim \u201cJustice delayed is Justice denied\u201d Nii Josiah Aryeh, previously the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, so eruditely gave his blessings to the installation and subsequent takeover of the Ga Palace by his client, Nii Tackie Adama Latse II and persons said to be King Makers.<\/p>\n

His comments are at variance with those shared by Bright Akwetey, counsel for the Abola Piam family, who are challenging the legitimacy of Nii Tackie Tawiah III.<\/p>\n

Akwetey had early on described the forceful takeover as \u201cembarrassing\u201d and \u201ccontempt of the court\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the contrary, Josiah Aryeh believes his client has had enough of Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs which has the powers of a court.<\/p>\n

He accused the House of Chiefs of taking too long to resolve the chieftaincy dispute brought against Nii Tackie Tawiah III in 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lawyers say Justice delayed is Justice denied. We took a case to the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs in 2007. I was counsel and I can assure you that even now the panel of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs has not even gotten round to getting Joe Blankson Nii Tackie Tawiah III into the hall of chiefs so that he could be examined.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Now we simply cannot stand around because if they delay justice they deny justice and the right thing has been done today,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

He emphasized his clients could not wait for thirty years or more for the Council to pronounce judgement on the case.<\/p>\n

On the legitimacy of the newly installed king, Josiah Aryeh stated Nii Tackie Adama Latse II is the rightful heir to the throne and in whose body “the royal blood flows.”<\/p>\n

According to him, the new Chief has the full backing of the Ga People and was installed by the Dzaasetse, the only person recognized by the Ga customs to install a chief and something Nii Tackie Tawiah III did not avail himself to, he opined.<\/p>\n

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But the Counsel for the embattled Ga Mantse, whose whereabouts is not immediately known, has described the claims as false and challenged the legitimacy of the new chief.<\/p>\n

Willie Amarfio said the ruling houses from which a Ga chief could be picked are three and not four as his opponents would have the world believe.<\/p>\n

Quoting religiously from a colonial administrative document dated 1927, Mr. Amarfio named the ruling Houses as Tackie Commey We, Amugi We, and Teiko Tsuru We We, means House.<\/p>\n

He described as a new creation- an illegitimate one- the inclusion of the Abola Piam We as one of four Royal Houses from where a Ga Mantse could be picked.<\/p>\n

The Abola Piam We, is the family from which Nii Tackie Adama Latse II hails from.<\/p>\n

Willie Amarfio however stressed the legitimacy of Nii Tackie Tawiah III who he said hails from the Teiko Tsuru We and who are the right heirs to the throne.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Ga chieftaincy mantle which is a garment was handed to the Teiko Tsuru We by the late Nii Amugi II in March 1965.<\/p>\n

Per Ga customs, the mantle of chieftaincy is given to the house whose turn it is to inherit the throne.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when Nii Amugu II of blessed memory was enstooled, in accordance to custom they removed his garment, his mantle, parceled it and they knew that it was going to be the turn of Teiko Tsuru We so they gave it to them in March 1965.”<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026This practice is good because there is no dispute about where or who should succeed a Ga Mantse. It is already known in advance. Once the house whose turn it is are in possession of the mantle when the vacancy occurs, they carry on and install a chief,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He dismissed claims that Nii Tackie Tawiah III is from a matrilineal lineage which makes him unqualified to have inherited the throne from the Teiko Tsuru We.<\/p>\n

He made references to arguments made by one of the claimants during the sitting at the Ga Regional House of Chiefs that the Teiko Tsuru We has every right to choose a member of the family who has matrilineal lineage in the event that there was nobody with patrilineal lineage in the family at that point in time.<\/p>\n

Dr. Joe Blankson who has a matrilineal lineage was thus picked and installed as Ga Mantse under the stool name Nii Tackie Tawiah III.<\/p>\n

But Josiah Aryeh dismissed that claim. He argued that Dr. Blankson has his direct father from Gbese and Mother from Asene. If anything, he should inherit from there, he argued.<\/p>\n

He said the best description for Dr. Joe Blankson is the great grandson of a Ga Mantse and has no rights to the throne, he stated.<\/p>\n

Source: Myjoyonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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