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It is not a Hollywood-produced-movie. It has neither Denzel Washington nor Angelina Jolie staring. It has nothing about sex to pump the adrenalin of viewers but without a doubt, "Ghana in the eyes of God" a jaw dropping undercover piece by ace journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas remains a must see movie in Ghana.
It has left Ghana's judiciary on bended knees and Ghanaians stunned.
It is not as if they do not know there are corrupt elements in the country's judiciary but the promise of a video with the Lords of the justice system in Ghana dining with the devils in the society or people acting on their behalf has left many eyes itching to see the last dance of the corrupt judges.
But they can't see it. At least not now. Some of the judges captured in the video allegedly trading justice for money are fighting for a right to fair trial and are suing everybody, anything connected to the promise of showing the most anticipated movie made in Ghana.
To show or not to show? That is the biggest conundrum facing the country and that is what brought some Ghanaian journalists, media actors into the studios of Joy FM for a discussion on the most listened to social discussion programme-Ghana Connect.
As usual the arguments were split right down the middle.
Manasseh Azure-Awuni a broadcast journalist with Multimedia does not want an animal farm situation created in an already corrupt country. He wants the video shown; the judges exposed just so that when one visits the courts knowing that the people seated to administer justice were not the people who collected bribes in Anas' video that person would have some confidence.

But if the video is not shown to the public how would you know that the judge who is sitting on your case is not the same judge who collected goats and money from the bad guys and unleashed murderers, rapists back into the society?
He cited many instances where alleged corrupt officials at the Ports, Hospitals, Restaurants have been captured on video and the video shown to the public even before the suspects are sent to court. Why not the judges? He asks.
He feels the attempts to stop the publishing of the video is an attempt at censorship of the media, something the law frowns on.
Justice Addoboye who is with the Chinese News Agency Xinhua agrees entirely with the views of Manasseh.
But a journalism Lecturer Tanko Ibrahim believes the call to show is premature. He argues the suspects in the video have rights which must be protected at least before trial.
He argues further that the fact that the suspects at CEPS, in the hospital captured in similar circumstances waved their right to fight for a fair trial does not mean the judges must do same.
James Afedo, with a law degree believes the sanctity of the judiciary must be protected.
But it seems Paul Adom Otchere host of the Good Evening Ghana programme on Metro TV had the last words.
The law emanates from the people and the people accepted in the 1992 Constitution that when judges of the superior court are suspected to have committed an offence they must be tried in camera and not in public as any other person should.
That is the Supreme law Ghanaians signed on to and they must respect that, he points out.
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