NDC to turn 2020 Election results in Supreme Court next week
After rejecting the 2020 election results declared by the Electoral Commission, the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it will start its legal challenge of the results on Wednesday, December 30.
The date is the last day of the mandated 21-days given under
electoral laws for any aggrieved party in the election to file a legal
challenge of the process.
A member of the opposition party’s legal team, Rockson
Nelson Defeamekpor told host of Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini that the party
will be challenging both the presidential and parliamentary elections.
“We’ll go to court. We’ve made that clear… Certainly, by
Wednesday, all these matters would be placed before the court,” he said on
Saturday.
Mr Dafeamekpor also noted that the Electoral Commission on
several occasions flouted the laws governing the conduct of elections.
This, according to him, is what motivates the NDC to seek
legal redress to ensure that the acceptable ways of conducting Ghana’s
electoral process are adhered to.
“If the EC will be willing to comply with the law that will
end the matter. It is not about declaring the seat in our [NDC] favour, which
is not what we’re saying.
“We’re saying [EC should] comply with the law. If you comply
with the law and we emerge victorious that is fine. But you do not comply with
the law and announce another candidate as the victor. No.” he stressed.
For nearly two weeks, supporters and sympathisers of the NDC
have organised numerous street protests following the declaration of Nana
Akufo-Addo as President-elect in the just-ended polls.
NDC presidential candidate, John Mahama described the EC’s
verdict as fictionalised to favour the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
His position has since been backed strongly by NDC
supporters who have hit the streets to demand that the announcement be
overturned.
However, the Campaign Manager of the governing New Patriotic
Party (NPP), Peter Mac Manu, who was also on the show said they will squarely
meet the NDC in court.
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