Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate, Stephen Donkor, has cautioned against allowing political affiliation to influence how alleged wrongdoing is treated, insisting that such matters should be addressed based on the facts.
Mr Donkor said individuals accused of wrongdoing should be treated according to the circumstances of each case, regardless of their political affiliation or which political party is in power.
Speaking to Isaac Addae on Morning Starr on Starr FM, he said political considerations should not be used to determine whether an alleged offence should be pursued or how it should be handled.
“Whoever does anything wrong, I mean, we shouldn’t address it from political glasses. We need to address it the way it is,” he said.
Mr Donkor said the same principle should apply irrespective of the political party in government, stressing that law enforcement institutions have a responsibility to perform their duties.
He also addressed concerns surrounding court decisions, saying disagreements with such decisions should be pursued through the appropriate legal channels rather than through public pressure or social media.
“If you want to have the decision of the court to be reversed, you still have to go to court,” he said.
According to him, individuals who believe a court decision is wrong have the right to raise their concerns through the established legal process.
He said where there are concerns about the charge sheet presented to a court, those concerns should similarly be raised through the court.
“If the charge sheet that is submitted to the court, if that is how it is, I mean, they will go by it. But if it happens that the charge sheet is not how the case is, then you have a case to raise,” he said.
Mr Donkor also cautioned against describing a case as a political witch-hunt simply because an individual disagrees with a court decision.
“For me, sitting here, I think the court is doing their work,” he said.
He urged Ghanaians to allow the appropriate institutions to handle contentious cases through established procedures rather than resorting to insults, political arguments and social media attacks.
Mr Donkor maintained that concerns about cases should be assessed objectively and addressed through due process, rather than through political affiliation or public pressure.
