Ghana’s Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision granted the request of respondents to an election petition for better particulars of the petitioners’ claims.
The court said it was only proper that the respondents to the petition filed by three leaders of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) were told the nature of the claims against them.
The onus now lies on opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, his running-mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and NPP chairman Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey who are challenging the results of the December 2012 elections to furnish the respondents with all the details of their allegations.
The Supreme Court will today give its verdict on preliminary demands from parties in the petition challenging the outcome of the December 7 presidential election.
Two of the three respondents, President Mahama and the Electoral Commission (EC), filed separate applications praying the Supreme Court to order the petitioners to furnish them with further and better particulars of the petition.
They said they wanted “further and better particulars” with respect to the names and codes of the 4,709 polling stations, constituencies and regions where alleged electoral irregularities took place.
The petitioners had opposed the request of the applicants, arguing that the Court ought not to allow the EC to employ an application for further and better particulars to compel them to disclose the nature of evidence they intend to lead during the trial.
Their argument however failed.
The Court also by a unanimous decision granted the petitioners’ application to direct the EC to provide them with detail records of persons abroad who voted in the elections.
They had requested details of the names and addresses of persons who were registered overseas and the mode and manner in which those persons were registered.
Hmmmmmmmm asem oooooooooooooooo ………..eiiiiii Ama Ghana……………God save us all frm dis wahala
Ndc and EC be ye hot keke, shameless thieves.
Hmmmm Ghana a my beloved country: Where ladies don’t accept flowers for valentine or birthday gift. •Where blind beggars reject fake cedi notes. .Where it takes girls long time to accept a guys proposal.. • Where parents claim they were always first position in school. • Where you can be a driver for years without a DRIVER’s LICENCE •Where Ministers don’t know the national anthem.Where poor ppl are jailed 5 yrs for stealing goat and rich ppl jailed 3 months for stealing Billions . •Where we fight for everything: To gain admission to university, to get a job and worse still to get a trotro. • Where u are robbed of your phone and the robbers come back for ur Pin code & charger. • where evri toothpaste is kald Pepsodent and evri detergent is Omo. Where every news paper is called graphic, Where politicians steal national funds and call it judgement debt. Where every noodle is indomie. Where every gal needs brazzillian hair after a week of dating and Cambodian after a month. Where network providers steal ur credits and give It back as bonus.Where every guy is called Charles (Chalie). Where network providers allow free talk-time at night when they know u will be sleeping.where every beverage is called tea..Where the dead are carried in ambulances with sirens and humans carried in taxis with hazard lights
hmmmmm dr, u have said it all and i like the “where ladies don’t accept flowers for valentine or birthday” (am one of them…..lol) i like the flowers but it should come with other presents….hahahhahaha
@B.B, loooool