How to halt a coup d'état.

Advice from the past.

My father-in-law, Emmanuel Kofi Tetteh, Uncle Kofi, prosecuted perpetrators of a coup d'état in Ghana, when he was Acting Attorney General, circa the 70s. He said that the first sign of a coup d'état is the imposition of "emergency law", which enables on-going propaganda to be "legal".

Emergency law disables the judiciary. Any legal challenge, that falls under the purview of actions necessitated by the "emergency", can not be prosecuted, until the coup d'état is brought to an end. Because, until that time, the defence "it was an emergency so it was deemed necessary” stands, even if it was the wrong thing to do.

“What you need to do is find a systemic abuse that is a fundamental breach of due process. This can be considered outside of the restrictions of the "emergency law".” said Uncle Kofi.

The example my father-in-law repeatedly gave, was “a politician using a false date of birth on a legal document”. This is evidence that can be used to halt a coup d'état. Because a breach of due process, is undeniable evidence of their untrustworthiness and that they are an unfit person for public office and it warrants police investigation.”

He said “you’ll have to persist in making the case” and warned it can take years.

Getting get public support is crucial, when you are ready with the evidence. When the public voice demands arrests and investigation, the police, who operate with public consent, have to investigate.

Recalling Uncle Kofi’s advice is why I've been focussing on gathering evidence of key players with multiple registered identities, in Companies House, some of these use false dates of birth. These duplicated identities are defined as self-created "synthetic identities" based on the person’s real identity. They are "false representations" and they breach Anti-money laundering legislation and cyber-security principles, which fundamentally require individuals have a "unique identity".

If the individual’s Registers of Interests provide evidence of failing to disclose interests, then this is evidence that the additional identities were created deliberately, to conceal interests, that they did not intend to declare. Holding multiple claimed identities and failing to declare interests is evidence of fraud by false representation and fraud by failing to disclose information (Sections 2 and 3 of the Fraud Act 2006), which is a crime that carries a prison sentence.

Companies House and an individual’s annual Registers of Interests are considered to be incontrovertible evidence. A judge, following due process, upon considering all the evidence of alleged wrong-doing, finding incontrovertible evidence of a crime, has to find that the perpetrator is guilty.

“Once a precedent is set, the principle can be applied more broadly. As police investigation commences and more information is discovered, and considered, then the cartel involved in the coup d'état becomes apparent. You just need one case to start the ball rolling.”

Uncle Kofi was the editor of the Law Reports in Ghana, when he was there, and in Botswana, thereafter. A discreet man, he’s hard to find information on publicly. However, he did have “Law Reporting in Anglophone Africa” by E. Kofi Tetteh published in the The International and Comparative Law Quarterly Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan., 1971), pp. 87-98 (12 pages), Cambridge University Press, Law Reporting in Anglophone Africa on JSTOR.

Access to law reports relating to coup d'états would be a good place to start. Does anyone have links to these?

In summary, I am looking for a "public interest" solicitor to start the ball rolling. Please contact me at alisonwright45@btinternet.com.