A good old adage goes, “Be careful of what you wish for; because you might get it all.” Indeed, you might get it all “and some more,” as my Airborne folks proudly echo from Tamale. Usually, the annexa that come with our fervent wishes – well – could be good or bad.
As a little child cries his granddad to serve him some roasted meat reserved for elders, what happens when your wish is the gallbladder — full of the bitter secretion called bile that will make you frown, spit and even vomit; as in the case of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of Ghana?
Verily, the NPP in their attempt to instill “hope” in their sympathizers and resurrect a moribund elephant, wittingly and cunningly proposed the live coverage of the on-going 2012 Election Petition Hearing at the Supreme Court.
A proposal they vehemently knew the ruling NDC and most discerning Ghanaians might raise objection to for good reasons. Yes, the objections were raised amidst cogent explanations which the Supreme Court had hitherto fully endorsed.
But at the eleventh hour, the Judges issued a veto to approbate the live coverage, which I see as a blessing in disguise for many Ghanaians because, counter to the NPPs psychological propaganda and motives, it has rather offered the chance for us to smell foul even before the wind blew.
I don’t intend to be prejudicial of the battle of the “Pink Sheets” in the Supreme Court. I submit comments on what was aired live to the viewing of the world alone. Obviously, the live coverage has given us the opportunity to see how the mathematical acronym — BODMAS (Bracket Over Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction) is being implemented at the Supreme Court to dismantle the NPP mathematics on Pink Sheets
Pink Sheets have gone through multiplication, some subtracted (deleted) and others, well added. Puzzles crossed every part of Dr. Bawumia’s face only for him to continue resounding his constant epistrophe of “…but only used once in the analysis.”
NPP’s stalwart witness, from the witness box, has in his frantic quest to downgrade his Party’s intentions of using duplicates, triplicates and in some instances, quadruplicate Pink Sheets with different or same exhibit numbers to “deceive the court,” thrown in the towel without consent.
Throughout the jabbing, I took a critical notice of a unique moment which to me, confirmed why the NPP is scared of Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata — the Alex Ferguson of Law in Ghana and beyond. I don’t know if most of you captured that moment but certainly, that was the period I thought Tsatsu would end it all, but as usual, to Tsatsu’s luminarious credit he forged forward even more forcefully.
Any reader, who followed the proceedings up to date, will attest to Dr. Bawumia’s acceptance of the multiplications of the pink sheets and his much proclaimed “…but only used once in the final analysis”.
Good! Then, there was this simple but heavyweight question spewed by Tsatsu: Lawyer Tsatsu: “Dr. Bawumia, are you now realizing the duplications for the first time in court?” Dr. Bawumia: “No my Lords. Actually the lawyer for the third respondent revealed that and said, “I forgot the last statement.”
His answer to that question drew a sharp rebuttal from Lawyer Tony Lither who stated “Dr. Bawumia, please don’t misquote me; I said you duplicated to deceive the court”. So Dr. Bawumia ONLY got to know of the duplications in court; neither at his house nor Nana Akuffo Addo’s house and surely not the Party’s Headquarters.
The Moment of Truth
To analyze that brief moment, let me ask this basic question: If Dr. Bawumia claimed he used each of the duplicates and triplicates ONCE in his FINAL ANALYSIS (days or months before the court hearing), and now admitted KNOWLEDGE of the multiplications for the FIRST TIME in court after a week of court hearing; what tells that he DID NOT use the replicates in his final analysis since he did not know of their existence prior?
I see the probability of usage to be 100% because he did not know and would have used each of the copies the same way as the “unblemished” ones in the final analysis!
This is how my legal icon — Tsatsu nailed Bawumia to inferentially admit their bedroom sexual reproduction of Pink Sheets to beef their numbers, and I am glad it came to me live from Ghana Television (GTV) via the internet.
The truth – no matter how deep it is planted – will surely come to surface one day; and with my prophetic mind, I could foresee open confessions and apologies to Ghanaians, soon. By the way, did someone notice Mr. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey’s allergic reactions to Lawyer Tsakata’s piercing questions? Be curious in the next please!
So does this mean there will be another election and the president will step down?