NPP founding member Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has
signed the petition requesting the President to exercise his presidential powers
of mercy over the Montie three saga.Mr. Tamakloe reportedly signed the
book in his home in Accra Friday evening.
Also signing the petition is
education minister Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
The petition book
was opened after lawyers of the jailed three officially kick start the process
to request a presidential intervention in the four-month jail term handed the
contemnors by the Supreme Court.
Host of Montie FM’s political talk show
‘Pampaso’ Salifu Maase, popularly known as Mugabe, and two panelists, Alistair
Nelson, and Godwin Ako Gunn both of the National Democratic Congress were jailed
four months by the Supreme Court on Wednesday for contempt.
Since their
jailing, members of the NDC who have described the four-month jail term has
harsh, have mounted pressure on President John Mahama to pardon them or risk
losing votes in the upcoming election.
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