The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has charged President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to account for monies wrongly paid to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome or face series of street protests. “We demand that President Mahama and his government retrieve the full value of our monies otherwise the party intends to … Read more
Following the successful appealing of the disqualification of his presidential candidacy by the Electoral Commission (EC), the founding-proprietor of Convention People’s Party (CPP) breakaway, the so-called Progressive People’s Party (PPP) – we just learned that the EC’s operatives are appealing the decision handed down by an Accra High Court judge – Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom … Read more
Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Stephen Kweku Asare is asking the Electoral Commission to focus on its core mandate, warning the electoral body may end up disenfranchising some voters with the numerous court cases. Professor Kweku Asare who spoke on 3FM’s Flagship Sunrise Morning Show today, was reacting to the EC’s decision to seek a review from … Read more
Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Stephen Kweku Asare is asking the Electoral Commission to focus on its core mandate, warning the electoral body may end up disenfranchising some voters with the numerous court cases. Professor Kweku Asare who spoke on 3FM’s Flagship Sunrise Morning Show today, was reacting to the EC’s decision to seek a review from … Read more
The Electoral Commission Monday filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to quash the High Court decision that asked it to grant Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom space to correct and amend his presidential nominations forms for the 2016 elections. Nduom was disqualified from the race, along with 12 others for allegedly failing to meet … Read more
It seems the woes of flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, is far from over following the Electoral Commission’s decision to appeal the High Court ruling that quashed his disqualification from the December 7 presidential polls. A statement signed by the Head of Commissions at the EC, Kofi Dzakpasu, said … Read more
The Electoral Commission has gone to the Supreme Court to seek review of a High Court’s decision quashing their disqualification of the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP). The EC said it took the decision in the interest of public policy and credibility of the electoral process. “In the interest of public policy and … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a Ghanaian businessman, and a judgement debtor, to appear before it on Thursday, November 10, at 9.00 am. According to an affidavit filed by Mrs. Stella Badu, Chief State Attorney at the Attorney-General’s Department (Civil Division), Mr. Woyome is to be examined orally on oath by … Read more
On the day that the Montie Three propaganda shills for President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime were sprung out of the Nsawam Medium-Security Prison, otherwise known as the Kwame Nkrumah Reformatory College, having done an insulting one month of their 4-month sentence by the Supreme Court, the trio’s lawyer, Mr. Edudzi Kudzo … Read more
“Matters Arising” is a trite phrase of epidemic proportions that clutters much of the literary fare of the Ghanaian media letter-writer and Ghanaian journalism in general. It is a phrase that turns me off anytime I come across it while perusing the media headlines and deciding which news stories and articles to click and read. … Read more