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Editor in Chief of the Crusading Guide newspaper says he may have to apologise to the Speaker of Parliament and the Chief Justice for his harsh criticism of them in the wake of the presidential oath controversy.
Malik Kweku Baako Jnr had accused the two-Edward Doe Adjaho and Georgina Wood- of engaging in "constitutional lawlessness" when the former refused to subscribe to the presidential oath despite accepting to act in that capacity.
The Speaker said he had taken the oath in September 2013 and did not have to take it again when the president and his vice were both out of the jurisdiction.
Per the country's laws, the Speaker has to be sworn into office any time the president and his vice are out of the country.
Doe Adjaho came under heavy criticism for failing to subscribe to the presidential oath.
A lawyer Kwame Akufo accused the Speaker of engaging in treasonable offence.
Kweku Baako largely agreed with the view that the Speaker, the Chief Justice and the leadership of Parliament had breached the constitution.
He later called on the parties involved to explain and issue an unqualified apology to the whole nation.
A week after his critical comments, the newspaper paper Editor has taken a softer stance and is ready to apologise to the persons he had vilified.
His new position is based on a discovery made by the President of the Ghana Bar Association Nene Amegatcher.
The GBA president jumped to the defense of the Speaker, quoting Section 3 of the Oaths Act 1972 which stated that: "No person who has duly taken the oath of allegiance or the judicial oath shall be required again to take that oath on appointment to any other office or any other occasion."
On Newsfile hosted by Samson Lardy Anyenini, the New Crusading Guide newspaper described the Amegatcher's Oaths Act as "smart discovery."
"On the surface it looks very credible, let me be honest with you . If it turns out to be valid i then will have to offer an apology to those involved for the harshness of my critique last week. I will do that in good faith,"he stated.
He was however quick to add that the Speaker did not handle the issue well in Parliament. He thought the reason given for the refusal to take the oath was in itself problematic.
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