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Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency on the ticket of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ursula Owusu says she is not surprised by the action taken by President John Dramani Mahama to free the Montie trio.

According to her, there was clear manifestation by the behaviour of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials and government appointees when they signed the petition book that the Montie trio would be set free.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Ursula Owusu asserted that the action of President Mahama was well planned and so there was only one conclusion which was expected to happen when the judges sentenced the Montie trio to 4 months imprisonment.

“I am not shocked that President Mahama released the Montie trio from prison, because when the people were arrested and sentenced, the way the NDC members and the ministers started to behave, I realized that it has been well planned out and there was only one conclusion which was expected to happen that the President will use his constitutional power under Article 72 to free the Montie trio,” she averred.

The NPP MP affirmed that the purpose for which Montie FM was established and the host Mugabe Maase employed to the station was to disgrace and insult anyone who disagrees with President John Mahama.

“They sat on the radio station to disgrace any personality that spoke against President Mahama, and the President didn’t say anything about it because he didn’t realize the insult was not good at that time as they were working for him and the NDC. And so, if there is a problem about their work to support the President and the NDC, the President cannot allow them to suffer the punishment for his [President’s] sake without doing something about it,” she said.

“ . .the remission shows that if you work like this for us, we will use our power to set you free from prison and so I am not surprised to see this happening. But we should remember that as the President is fighting for the NDC, the rest of Ghanaians are watching him,” she added.

She reiterated that the meaning in what President Mahama has done is that “someone can threaten to kill the judges and threaten to rape the Chief Justice; the President and the NDC don’t care”.

“Some judges were killed 30 years ago under PNDC government and nothing happened and now under NDC government, some people have threatened the lives of the judges again and the government has freed them. President Mahama is saying that he does not care if the lives of the judges are threatened so long as those people work in his interest,” she chided.