A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu, has described as unconstitutional the EC’s decision to disqualify 13 presidential aspirants from contesting the December polls. Martin Amidu, in a statement issued on Monday, indicated that reinstating the 13 disqualified persons is the “common sensical option” for the commission after it suffered defeat … Read more
The decision of Mr. Justice Eric Kyei Baffour of the Commercial Division of the High Court, Accra, in the case of the Republic v Charlotte Osei and the Electoral Commission, Ex Parte Nduom, 28th October 2016, will forever remain a testimony to the resilience of Ghanaian jurisprudence to curb impunity, arbitrariness, abuse of power and … Read more
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Amidu has taken a swipe at the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Charlotte Osei, over her “unlawful” disqualification of some 2016 presidential aspirants. According to Mr Amidu, Mrs Osei should have resigned immediately she realized only four aspirants had understood her instructions in completing … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has criticised the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify some 13 presidential aspirants from contesting the December polls, describing the move as a wanton abuse power. In an opinion piece published in full below, the ‘Citizen Vigilante’ argues that the decision by Chair of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, to disqualify … Read more