A leading legal practitioner for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), lawyer Abraham Amaliba says the Member of Parliament for Assin North is very keen to see Adansi Asokwa MR, Mr KT Hammond jailed for some comments his passed in his ongoing criminal trial.
Jame Gyakye Quayson has filed a contempt application dated July 7, 2023, in an Accra High Court against Kobina Tahir Hammond.
Mr Hammond in a widely circulated video said Mr Quayson will ‘surely be jailed’ after his criminal trial.
His comment according to lawyer Amaliba in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie was ‘needless’.
“He [Jame Gyakye Quayson] wants KT Hammond jailed but it’s up to the judge to decide.” He told host Kwesi Aboagye
The relevant portions in Gyakye Guayson's suit
10. That by the words of the Respondent which have been widely publicized nationally and internationally, the Respondent is violating the right of the Accused/Applicant to be presumed innocent as well as the right of the accused to a fair trial.
11. That the said words of the Respondent are also in contempt of this Honourable Court as they are extremely prejudicial to the lawful process of this Honourable Court.
12. That such prejudice undermines the lawful judicial process and may even bring the said judicial process into disrepute as it will create in the minds of members of the public that no other conclusion other than that pronounced by the Respondent can occur.
13. That the Respondent is brazenly usurping the function of Her Ladyship, the trial judge, in this court.
14. That by virtue of Article 126(2) of the Constitution, this court has the power to commit the Respondent and people of his ilk for contempt of itself in order to keep the streams of justice pure.
15. That the Respondent has no respect for the judicial process and the interview granted by the Respondent, in its totality, is in egregious contempt of this Honourable court.
