The Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), John Boadu says the alleged pressure mounted from the governing NDC side which saw President Mahama invoking his Prerogative of Mercy under Article 72 of the 1992 constitution to free the Montie 3 were orchestrated.
The General Scribe of the NPP said Mahama only connived with his Ministers to undermine the authority of the judges, insisting that there was nothing genuine about the show of pressure he acted upon to consider the release of the three.
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