If the Executive takes an action and you are not pleased, you go to court. We can’t live in a banana republic and I don’t think those of us calling for the total destruction of this mining equipment are saying we live in a banana republic. There is a law and so if you think that somebody is breaking the law, you go to court,” he added. The burning of seized mining equipment including several excavators by the military contingent involved in the anti-illegal mining fight has courted controversy with some Ghanaians taking an exception to the action by the military. “The Ghana Law Reports of modern times are littered with cases in which my clients thought it necessary to challenge government action.

Source: GhanaWeb May 28, 2021 06:45 UTC