AG Godfred Dame Secretly Coercing Jakpa to Compromise Truth is Criminal; He must Resign-NDC
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has descended heavily on Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame for secretly coercing Richard Jakpa to compromise truth in the ongoing ambulance trial.
Addressing a news conference in Accra on Tuesday, the National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiesu Nketsiah stressed that for the Atrorney General to meet Richard Jakpa, a business man in the case and coerce him to implicate the minority leader Dr. casiel Ato Forson, means he is not fit to hold himself as Attorney General describing his actions as criminal.
Dishonest Godfred Dame Must resign for bringing the Law Profession into Disrepute”, Mr. Nketsiah stressed.
The NDC’s demand for Godfred Dame’s dismissal or resignation follows a 16-minute audio tape evidence where the alleged voice of the Attorney-General was heard coaching Mr Jakpa on what to say when he mounts the witness box in court; a direction the third accused rejected.
The voice was also heard telling Mr Jakpa to procure a fake medical excuse duty to have his cross ex¬amination put on hold until he, the Attorney-General, returned from a foreign trip.
The above and others, the NDC argued, breached the professional code of conduct for the legal pro¬fession and Mr Dame must be made to face the music.
“Godfred Dame has brought shame and disrepute to the honourable office of the Attorney-General with his criminal, devious and vi¬cious conduct,” the NDC Chairman said.
The Attorney-General’s alleged engagement with the third accused, Mr Asiedu Nketia said breaches Rules 13, 40 and 54 of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct and Etiquette Rules) L.I. 2324.
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“Rule 13 of the L.I which is on communication with a represented party for instance states that a lawyer shall not approach, communicate or deal with a represented person on a matter or attempt to negotiate or compromise a matter directly with a represented person except through or with the consent of the lawyer of that represented person”
Having allegedly done this, Mr Asiedu Nketia said the Attorney-General “is a danger to fairness and justice in our judicial system and represents the lowest point in the history of persons who have occupied the hallowed office of Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.”
The Party therefore called for his dismissal or resignation to protect the sanctity of the office of the Arrorney general.
Source:newsflashafrica.com
