2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

FIGHTING GRAFT & CORRUPTION UNDER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS

This is the time for all patriotic citizens who believe in accountability, probity and transparency to speak out for the fair and impartial prosecutions of all crimes, particularly those involving graft and corruptions by associates of governing political parties in Ghana by insisting on putting Ghana First. All patriotic citizens have the right and duty under Article 3 of the Constitution at this time, more than any other, to defend the Constitution. The diversionary propaganda of persecuting non-Government associates while invidiously protecting hard core associates suspected of crime must be stopped.

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2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

VERITAS LUX MUNDI OLD STUDENTS OF BAWSCO ADDRESS

Truth is justice; truth is freedom; truth is probity, accountability and transparency; truth is honesty, sincerity and integrity; and truth makes you to protect your neighbour as yourself. Being truthful to the group, society, community or a nation accelerates collective development and growth. The stability of any type of society, community, or nation can thus thrive in the long run only on truth, justice and freedom. Truth is the light of the world – VERITAS LUX MUNDI.

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2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MISSING WATERVILLE DOCUMENTS

I have read the online reportage in citifmonline, of 23rd June 2013, a vilifying statement made about me by one Victor Kojoga Adawudu of the NDC Legal Team, where I am expressly and by implication accused of having taken away some documents from the Attorney General’s Department resulting in the latter’s inability to pursue claims against Waterville and Woyome. I write to refute the allegations as baseless, false, malicious and libelous publications intended by the office of the Attorney General to vilify me for fulfilling my constitutional obligation of defending the 1992 Constitution pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 thereof.

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2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

WHY MARTIN AMIDU WAS DISMISSED - A DENIAL AND CHALLENGE

I am challenging the Government and the Ministry of Information to publish for the purposes of transparency and accountability my letter of 6th January 2012 so that the good people of Ghana may judge whether I did not name those I suspected of the judgment debt Gargantuan crimes. In this letter, I reported to the President in detail with the names of all those I suspected of being responsible for the judgment debt Gargantuan crimes against the people of Ghana. Now I reserve the right as a citizen of Ghana to protect and defend my honour and integrity should this civilized challenge for the truth be ignored. This is not the price I should be made to pay by the Government of Ghana for defending the Constitution of Ghana in the Waterville and Isofoton unconstitutional payments declared by the Supreme Court.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

DR DOMINIC AYINE PRESS STATEMENT PERSPECTIVE

Being untruthful to the public is not a hall mark of an ethical lawyer let alone a Deputy Minister of Justice who is expected to deal fairly and truthfully with “We the People” in whose name justice must be dispensed. Dr. Ayine may think that he can insult former senior Ministers who have paid their dues to the Republic as being petty in the name of a generational change of leadership. He is beginning a career in the Attorney General’s Department where the ethics of the legal profession does not allow juniors to insult senior lawyers, such as former Attorneys General, only to eat back their words as he has done.

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2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN POLITICS FOR GRADUATING LAWYERS

Whether or not the future verdict on our constitutional democracy and politics will be positive or negative on the role of the lawyers in politics for a fair and equitable national development will depend on the commitment of those lawyers who make politics their vocation, to live a life of honour and sincerity.

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2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

CAREER IN POLITICS FOR GRADUATING LAWYERS

I accepted to make a modest contribution in speaking to the graduating students of the Ghana School of law, my alma mater, on the topic “career opportunities in the legal profession – a career in politics” because I place a very high premium on the honour and integrity of the lawyer and his role in building a vibrant and healthy constitutional democracy.

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2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2013 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

WHY I ALMOST DISCONTINUED COURT ACTION

I felt so low and abused in respect of three separate incidents on 7 March 2013 which but for my fundamental and principled determination to use the opportunity offered by the Constitution to defend the public interest, I would have discontinued my action from the Court. It is important to share my perspective with the public whatever eventually the outcome of the case may be.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF LAWYERS

The Ghana Constitution, 1992, supports the argument that the legal profession has a responsibility to expose unconstitutional and criminal acts or conduct. This raises the question: What are the ethical responsibilities of a lawyer in practice who shoulders the onerous and burdensome duty of being the “gatekeeper” and the “moral conscience” of society under the 1992 Constitution? It is my general contention that several bloody and destructive conflicts in Africa have resulted from a failure of the law and of lawyers as the “gatekeepers” and the “moral conscience” of their countries.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

THE CONSTITUTIONAL OATHS & STATE SECRETS ACT

Can a person who has sworn the Constitutional oaths of office and who is also bound by the State Secrets Act, 1962 (Act 101) disclose communication that he or she has come to know about in the course of his or her duties which infringe the Constitution, amount to violations of the Criminal Offences Act or have been designed to commit crime or undermine the Constitution of Ghana? This is a vexed question often repeated in recent months, which I addressed in my recent speech to the Ghana Bar Association.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

REPORTING A SITTING PRESIDENT TO BE INVESTIGATED

The transitional President, John Dramani Mahama, has issued a challenge at Ho to anybody who has evidence that he is corrupt to report him to any of the institutions set up for the purpose to investigate him. The question is, which Ghanaian would report a sitting President for such an investigation in the hope of getting impartial results? My respectful view is that President Mahama should set up a bi-partisan committee of Parliament to take evidence from Ghanaians on the matter of corruption in his Government.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

RESOLVING CONFLICTS: PROFESSIONAL LEGAL ETHICS & CORPORATE STRATEGY

The modern disciplines of conflict, peace, and security studies and research have underscored the importance of a balanced ethnic, racial, religious, gender and other minority interest group democratic participation in the building of stable and sustainable nations and good governance. This is because in the natural and inevitable struggle for power, status, roles and values within any political system containing these diverse groups, political elites who perceive they are marginalized may and do often resort to these group interest for social and political mobilization for political and economic power.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

DIVERSITY IN UNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE NATION BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

The modern disciplines of conflict, peace, and security studies and research have underscored the importance of a balanced ethnic, racial, religious, gender and other minority interest group democratic participation in the building of stable and sustainable nations and good governance. This is because in the natural and inevitable struggle for power, status, roles and values within any political system containing these diverse groups, political elites who perceive they are marginalized may and do often resort to these group interest for social and political mobilization for political and economic power.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

GALLOPERS, SETTLEMENTS & THE HALLOWED TRADITIONS OF THE AG

A perspective on the controversy of whether or not there was a binding and subsisting contract between African Automobile Limited and the Government of Ghana at the time of the performance of the contract, as well as the role of the respective judicial authorities involved.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

WRIT AND STATEMENT OF CASE AT SUPREME COURT

Exercising right as a citizen of Ghana pursuant to Articles 2 and 130 of the 1992 Constitution to file a Writ No. J1/15.2012 and a Statement of Case as Plaintiff at the Supreme Court asking for a number of declarations of nullity and consequential reliefs against: (1) the Attorney-General (2) Waterville Holdings (BVI) Limited (3) Austro-Invest Management Limited and (4) Alfred Agbesi Woyome for various actions and conduct on their part in the making and payment of claims against the Government.

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2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu 2012 Martin A. B. K. Amidu

NOLLE PROSEQUI IN WOYOME CASE

On Monday, 4th June 2012 the High Court trying the Woyome case was given the assurance that the trial will commence on 5th June 2012. On 5th June 2012 the charges against the accused persons were discontinued by the entry of a nolle prosequi and all the accused discharged. Alfred Agbesi Woyome was alone rearrested and charged with two offences and the case adjourned. This article examines actions taken.

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