General News of Saturday, 27 August 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comMontie trio remission unfortunate - K. B AsanteStatesman and retired diplomat, K. B. AsanteStatesman and retired diplomat, K. B. Asante has expressed disappointment in the remission of the sentence of the Montie trio by President John Mahama. According to the retired diplomat, the pressure put on the President to intervene was quite unfortunate. "It was wrong to interfer with the rule of law and the pressures put on the president to do so was most unfortunate," he said. Lawyers for the convicted trio and others petitioned the President to pardon their clients and they succeeded in collecting one million signatures to petition the President. He said it is regrettable and Ghanaians should forget about the incident as "it was a bad experience" for the nation.

Source: GhanaWeb August 27, 2016 13:52 UTC