Running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has divulged on signing a petition for the Montie 3 convicts.
The academian disclosed that her decision to petition former president John Mahama was not in support of their actions, but an appeal to the judges to temper justice with mercy.
“In the judicial process, there is something called pardon or clemency; even in recent times, a lot of people have been pardoned. And that is what we called for.”
Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman was among persons who spoke in defence of the Montie 3 after they were convicted for contempt of court.
The three were charged with contempt after slandering and instigating hate speech against then Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode.
They were put before the court and given custodial sentences and there were calls for their release after they served part of their sentence.
A petition was opened for signatures to appeal for their release and many supporters of the NDC including bigwigs like the Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang who was then the Education Minister.
