General News of Tuesday, 23 August 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comRemission of Montie 3 sentence ‘discriminatory’ - Yaw OppongYaw Oppong, Legal PractitionerLaw Lecturer at Central University College and legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong, says the President breached Article 17 of the Constitution when he honoured a petition to release the Montie 3. “We need to also bear in mind compliance with Article 17 for example that you shouldn’t by your actions engage in any discriminatory act,” he said. Mr Adawudu explained unlike the Montie 3 situation, criminals do not petition to be released. He insists the whole essence of the President's remission of the Montie 3 sentence was to demonstrate that the four months jail sentence handed them by the Supreme Court was too harsh. He said although the Montie 3 action was condemnable, a fine but not custodial sentence would have been appropriate.

Source: GhanaWeb August 23, 2016 05:26 UTC