Godwin Ako Gunn and Alistair Nelson are expected to appear before the judges to convince them why they are not deserving of a prison term or other form of punishment for their outburst on Montie FM’s Pampaso programme.
Although some political analysts have predicted the possibility of a stand-off between the judges and the
two panellists at the sitting, the lawyer for the two, George Loh, has hinted his clients are not going to the court to argue with the judges.
“We are going there in sackcloth and ashes to show repentance,” he told Sampson Lardi Anyenini, host of Joy FM/MultiTV’s news analysis programme Newsfile on Saturday.
The two allegedly supported by the host threatened to murder justices of the court if their ruling on a case challenging the electoral roll brought by a former National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako does not favour the Electoral Commission (EC).
The comment was made on the eve the nation was marking the 34th Anniversary of the murder of three High Court judges by some operatives of the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).
An earlier sitting had to be adjourned because the lawyer for the accused pleaded for time to prepare their defence.
The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI), after interrogating the panellists said they pose no real threat to the judges.
But the Mr Loh said all that his clients are going to do is not to defend what they did on air.
Buoyed by the understanding that contempt is a discretionary thing, Mr Loh said it will be foolhardy for anyone who has contempt charge hanging about his neck to argue with the judges.
He underscored he will not walk his clients into further danger by giving them bad counsel.
“All that we want to show the court is that we may have been carried away, we may have said things, that with hindsight, we are not proud of saying,” he said.
His clients, he said have shown regret and will demonstrate that to the judges today
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