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Minority Leader Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson has been exonerated and released from the Court of Appeal in the ongoing Ambulance case.
The trial court’s directive for Dr. Ato Forson to begin his defence in the continuing ambulance case has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.
On June 6, the Accra High Court denied Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson’s request for a mistrial and an investigation of the Attorney General’s actions in the ongoing Ambulance case.
The trial judge said that the minority leader had failed to provide any statute provisions that would support a mistrial in this case or to look into the Attorney General’s personal matters.
In support of the request on notice for an order of mistrial, injunction, and/or suspension of proceedings in the current ambulance case against him and two others, Dr. Ato Forson filed a supplemental affidavit on Monday, June 3.
For the motion, the attorneys for the legislators from Ajumako, Enyan, and Esiam referenced a leaked recording of a conversation between Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney General, and Richard Jakpa, the Third Accused, in which the former allegedly tried to teach the latter to incriminate Dr. Ato Forson in the ongoing trial.
In the document, Ato Forson’s defence team contends that the Attorney General committed wrongdoing on his own and requests that the case be ruled a mistrial.
“It has become essential to file this affidavit in order to bring certain important, material, and relevant matters that have an impact on the fair and just judgement of the current application to the Court’s notice and in the interest of justice.
“That is to say, since submitting the instant motion, I have had the chance to listen to a recording that has been making the rounds in the media. It shows the Attorney-General and A3 passionately debating the evidence the Attorney-General will want the aforementioned A3 to present at the trial.
During the current application hearing, my attorney will request permission from the court to broadcast the aforementioned audio tape in public.
The Minority Leader further contended that the public’s trust in the legal system could be seriously damaged if a mistrial was not ordered in such a situation, where there seems to be a flagrant disregard for the rule of law and ethical standards of prosecution by none other than the Attorney-General.
Following that, the Minority Leader filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal, and the Court upheld it in a 2:1 majority ruling.
The court has also released businessman Richard Jakpa, the third defendant in the ambulance trial.
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