Election Petition In Ghana
According to him analysis by the judiciary shows that a lot of petitions have been rejected based on procedural grounds as there are rules on how to approach the.
Election petition in ghana. December 2 2020 latest. The npp produced more than 11 000 so called pink sheets to the judges who had to compare them to similar papers from the ec ndc and possibly other parties. Justice jones dotse the chairperson of the election manual review committee any suit challenging a presidential election will only be allowed from contestants in the election and only against.
If you approach the court wrongly you will be thrown out dr baasit bamba rawlings gave volta diaspora caucus ghc5 000 to make. The national democratic congress ndc has indicated that they plan to contest the results of the december 7 presidential elections for the interest of the ghanaian populace. Edo guber election petition tribunal dismisses aa s petition churchill okoro dec 11 2020 the edo state governorship election petition tribunal on friday dismissed the petition filed by the action alliance aa against the re election of governor godwin obaseki for the second term in office.
Ghana s electoral commission ec led by its chairperson jean mensa on wednesday december 9 2020 declared president nana addo dankwa akufo addo was the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Senior lecturer at the university of ghana school of law dr abdul baasit aziz bamba has stated that any election related matter will be thrown out i. Ghana s supreme court the supreme court is set to deal with any election petition that will arise out of the 2020 elections in 42 days maximum.
The opposition alleged tampering with results by the electoral commission ec and filed a petition at the ghanaian supreme court to review the election results. Member of the party s legal team abraham amaliba speaking to happy. However the party will take a legal action for the purpose of the judgement by the court of public opinion.
The national democratic congress ndc has expressed that it has no confidence in the judicial system as it prepares to file an election petition. Senior lecturer at the university of ghana school of law dr abdul baasit aziz bamba has stated that any election related matter will be thrown out if the court is approached wrongly. Ghana s electoral commission led by its chairperson jean mensa on wednesday december 9 2020 declared president nana akufo addo was the winner of the 2020 presidential election.