I write on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). This letter is written pursuant to an address of the Press by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of our party in the 2016 presidential election, at his residence in the evening of Thursday, 8th December, 2016. The NPP’s attention has been drawn to a … Read more
Pressure is mounting on the head of the Electoral Commission to resign over what critics say is the needless humiliation the EC has suffered in court under Mrs Charlotte Osei. Hours after the former Attorney General Martin Amidu began a crusade for the resignation of Mrs Osei, a senior law lecturer with the University of … 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
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
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
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has waded into the Electoral Commission’s (EC) disqualification of presidential candidates with a call on the Commission to allow all candidates to contest in the general elections. His comment comes days after an Accra High Court ordered the EC to allow the Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Papa … Read more