General News of Wednesday, 7 September 2016Source: classfmonline.comMontie 3 sentence was too harsh – MahamaMontie CulpritsThe general consensus on the four-month jail term handed to the three Montie FM contemnors: Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, Alistair Tairo Nelson, and Godwin Ako Gunn by the Supreme Court of Ghana was that the jail term was too harsh, hence the decision to forgive the remainder of the jail term after having served a month, President John Dramani Mahama has said. Mr Mahama granted the remission after a petition signed by top government officials and NDC functionaries was presented to him. His decision generated a storm of uproar among Ghanaians. I don’t know but certainly I abided rigorously by Article 72. But what I did was, instead of letting them spend four months in prison, they spent one month in prison.

Source: GhanaWeb September 07, 2016 10:07 UTC