It was a sea of white-attired people waving white handkerchiefs and throwing white powder in the air, all in celebration of heroes who are out of prison after serving nearly four weeks within the thick walls of the prison.

The three Montie FM panelists and presenter were Friday freed after President John Mahama remitted their four-month prison sentences. They are finally out of jail and they were welcomed like kings returning from a victorious battle.

Early Friday morning hundreds of supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) thronged the Radio Gold office at Accra suburb of Laterbiokorshie to celebrate the release of the triad.

So judging from the jubilations and grandeur, do you sense real remorse on the part of the three ex-convicts to justify President Mahama’s decision to pardon them?

Connecting were a journalist and young lawyers Sammy Bartels; a law student John Amable”‹ as well as one of Ghana’s best international photographer, celebrated for his fascinating work the world over, Nana Kofi. 

After listening to the speeches of the trio, the panelists were not convinced there was an element of remorse.

Amable said he didn’t expect them to come out sounding audacious adding that the issue of if the action by the President is justified has not much to do with whether or not the people are remorseful but rather he is concerned about the prudence of it. 

Nana who said he took what they said with a bucket of salt said he was not convinced as the language was dissociative from the action which shows no sense of remorse if one studies the psychology of apology. 

He compared their 'never again' speech with the memorial church service for the June 3 flood disaster victims this year where the lead pastor said never again only for the country to be exposed to another flood the next day which caught the capital unprepared. 

One of the lawyers of the released contemnors, George Loh said the President has done no wrong by exercising his constitutional mandate. 

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