[ 2016-08-25 ]

I’m Not Surprised By Prez Mahama’s Action - Ursula Owusu
Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West
Constituency on the ticket of the opposition New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Ursula Owusu says she is
not surprised by the action taken by President
John Dramani Mahama to free the Montie trio.

According to her, there was clear manifestation by
the behaviour of the ruling National Democratic
Congress (NDC) officials and government appointees
when they signed the petition book that the Montie
trio would be set free.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning
Show, Ursula Owusu asserted that the action of
President Mahama was well planned and so there was
only one conclusion which was expected to happen
when the judges sentenced the Montie trio to 4
months imprisonment.

“I am not shocked that President Mahama released
the Montie trio from prison, because when the
people were arrested and sentenced, the way the
NDC members and the ministers started to behave, I
realized that it has been well planned out and
there was only one conclusion which was expected
to happen that the President will use his
constitutional power under Article 72 to free the
Montie trio,” she averred.

The NPP MP affirmed that the purpose for which
Montie FM was established and the host Mugabe
Maase employed to the station was to disgrace and
insult anyone who disagrees with President John
Mahama.

“They sat on the radio station to disgrace any
personality that spoke against President Mahama,
and the President didn’t say anything about it
because he didn’t realize the insult was not
good at that time as they were working for him and
the NDC. And so, if there is a problem about their
work to support the President and the NDC, the
President cannot allow them to suffer the
punishment for his [President’s] sake without
doing something about it,” she said.

“ . .the remission shows that if you work like
this for us, we will use our power to set you free
from prison and so I am not surprised to see this
happening. But we should remember that as the
President is fighting for the NDC, the rest of
Ghanaians are watching him,” she added.

She reiterated that the meaning in what President
Mahama has done is that “someone can threaten to
kill the judges and threaten to rape the Chief
Justice; the President and the NDC don’t
care”.

“Some judges were killed 30 years ago under PNDC
government and nothing happened and now under NDC
government, some people have threatened the lives
of the judges again and the government has freed
them. President Mahama is saying that he does not
care if the lives of the judges are threatened so
long as those people work in his interest,” she
chided.

Source - peacefmonline.com

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