'TO SHOW OR NOT TO SHOW'

‘TO SHOW OR NOT TO SHOW’

The latest discovery on Ghana’s judicial bribery scandal by Ghana’s star undercover investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose aim is to name, shame and jail has stirred public reaction and has brought about controversies on the public showing of the video.

 Opposing views have been expressed on whether the video should be ‘shown or not to show.’

In a media publication dated September 11, on peacefmonline.com, lawyer Egbert Faibille has cautioned Anas against making the video public in the sense that it will have several implications on the judiciary.

He further explained that though the judges were caught on the tape, if due diligence is not taken  to ascertain the reality of their actions before the video goes public, the judges that may not be found guilty of the allegations may face public ridicule or have their integrity and reputations tarnished.

However, in my opinion the video must be shown because I believe that in a democratic environment, none is above the law.

If other videos about other institutions of equal importance have been shown publicly and appropriate actions have been taken against offenders, then it should not be difficult to show that of the judges because they are fallible just like the others and must be dealt with accordingly.

Meanwhile in an interview with an award winning journalist of the Ghanaian Times Newspaper, Mr. John Vigah, he said Anas must not show the video saying, ‘it will have dangerous replications on the judiciary and the nation at large.”

He said despite the fact that it was not the first time Anas has exposed wrongdoings in the country,  when people get to know the judiciary which is a delicate institution is corrupt they will in turn take the law into their own hands.

“If I think that whatever case I take to court wouldn’t be handled fairly, I might be forced to take the law into may own hands and in whichever way I can handle my case, is my own beef,” he noted.

If the video does not go public he said, people would not get to know the truth in the rumor, therefore, the issues of instant justice which may result in killing and paying evil for evil may be avoided so Ghana can enjoy the peace it was entitled to.

Miss Fafali Nyonator, the Women Commissioner of the Students Representative Council at African University College of Communications said the video must be shown so that people who have been wrongly convicted can seek justice.

If it is shown, she added, the public would get to know the validity of the rumors they have been hearing about the judicial bribery scandal.

“We only hear names being mentioned but can’t see the truth in all the rumors, thus, it is only after we watch the video that our doubt can be cleared because that is the only proof,” she said.

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