{"id":1220672,"date":"2022-10-10T17:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/10\/be-impartial-mahama-to-judiciary-urges-ec-and-media-to-be-independent\/"},"modified":"2022-10-10T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T17:56:19","slug":"be-impartial-mahama-to-judiciary-urges-ec-and-media-to-be-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/10\/be-impartial-mahama-to-judiciary-urges-ec-and-media-to-be-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Be impartial &#8211; Mahama to Judiciary; urges EC and media to be independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the Judiciary to take keen interest in investigating criminal cases and delivering impartial justice.<\/p>\n<p>The former President, in a tweet on Sunday, was not excited about the execution of works by some institutions while asking them to do better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA judiciary owes it a duty to deliver impartial justice to the people; an Ombudsman owes a duty of care to the people to investigate all issues of malfeasance; a police force should exist to serve the people and not rein terror on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same tweet, he added that the Electoral Commission (EC) must also take responsibility to include citizens in the electoral processes and desist from satisfying the interest of the incumbent government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn electoral commission owes a sacred duty of care to the people by ensuring they are included in the electoral process &#038; not excluded in the interest of the incumbent administration; an independent media owes it to the people to not only report facts without bias, but to hold the government of the day accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In Africa, we need ethical and moral uprightness as guiding principles, and a stoic fidelity to the truth and to do right by our people above all other considerations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SITGKSatSw\">pic.twitter.com\/SITGKSatSw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\/status\/1579180946170925056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Absolute accountability, not just by government but by the institutions of state in service to the people and not themselves, will go a long way to remedy many of the systemic problems that affect our African people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbtNHvO2TH\">pic.twitter.com\/AbtNHvO2TH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\/status\/1579180760233574400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A judiciary owes it a duty to deliver impartial justice to the people; an Ombudsman owes a duty of care to the people to investigate all issues of malfeasance; a police force should exist to serve the people and not rein terror on them; an electoral commission owes \u2026<br \/>1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PIWJYsZ1tS\">pic.twitter.com\/PIWJYsZ1tS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\/status\/1578689666739761156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Absolute accountability, not just by government but by the institutions of state in service to the people and not themselves, will go a long way to remedy many of the systemic problems that affect our African people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbtNHvO2TH\">pic.twitter.com\/AbtNHvO2TH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\/status\/1579180760233574400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the Judiciary to take keen interest in investigating criminal cases and delivering impartial justice. 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