The party is thus praying to the Committee that is set to open impeachment proceedings against the three commissioners, to grant them an audience to present the evidence in order to bring finality to the case. Some unnamed staff of the Electoral Commission in July 2017 petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to remove Mrs. Osei over … Read more
Assembly members in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region have rejected the President’s nominee, Madam Beatrice Serwaa Derkyi. At a voting exercise last Friday at the municipal capital, Ejisu, Madam Derkyi failed to secure two-thirds majority of the votes. She, therefore, became one of those to have been rejected by assembly members in the … Read more
An expatriate employee of Djibril Kanazoe the renowned Burkinabe contractor who gifted Former President John Dramani Mahama a Ford Expedition vehicle in appreciation of a contract, Luigi Martinis has dragged the latter before an Accra Commercial Court 7 over alleged tax evasion. Luigi Martinis an Italian who was also the Project Manager of the infamous … Read more
In the wake of reports of suicide cases across the country, the Wenchi Methodist Hospital has revealed that, it has recorded over 15 attempted cases between January and March 2017. A psychologist at the hospital, Reverend Kyei Baffour, who spoke to Citi News, described this as alarming, though he noted that suicide has always been a … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party is in a “waiting mood” hoping and praying the Electoral Commission will receive their revised nomination forms in the same spirit they were presented. That is the cry of the party’s flagbearer Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom barely two hours after the party submitted their nomination form on the final day of … Read more
The 24hour window created by the Supreme Court for the political parties to correct their nomination form errors to enable them contest the December polls expires 5pm today. The seven-member panel On Monday dismissed the EC suit asking them to set aside the High court ruling that directed them to allow the PPP’s presidential candidate … Read more
The 24hour window created by the Supreme Court for the political parties to correct their nomination form errors to enable them contest the December polls expires 5pm today. The seven-member panel On Monday dismissed the EC suit asking them to set aside the High court ruling that directed them to allow the PPP’s presidential candidate … Read more
An Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Kyei Baffour, has dismissed an application by the Electoral Commission (EC) asking him to recuse himself from the case in which the National Democratic Party (NDP), is challenging the disqualification of its Flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and her running mate, from participating in the 2016 presidential … Read more
There were fireworks at the High Court as two lawyers battled it out over whether or not a judge could sit on a matter after he dismissed another case of similar facts. The case is seeking to reverse the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of former first Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings from contesting for President in next … Read more
An Accra High Court has dismissed a motion filed by the Electoral Commission demanding that Justice Kyei Baffour recuses himself from a case. After listening to the three reasons that formed the basis for the motion, the judge ruled that “I do not find any of the grounds weightier, it is completely frivolous, I dismiss … Read more
The Supreme Court has begun hearing the application for review brought before it by Ghana’s elections management body, Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) over a High Court judgement. The judgement, delivered by Justice Kyei Baffour, favoured the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), whose flagbearer was disqualified from contesting the 2016 elections owing to anomalies on his nomination … Read more
Charlotte Osei is a poor choice to lead the EC It is exactly one month to the crucial Presidential and Parliamentary elections, but everything is in a limbo. Instead of the count-down, we are now counting the number of court suits against the Electoral Commission. When an Accra High Court, presided over by Mr. Justice … Read more
Ebo Quansah in Accra. It is exactly one month to the crucial Presidential and Parliamentary elections, but everything is in a limbo. Instead of the count-down, we are now counting the number of court suits against the Electoral Commission. When an Accra High Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Kyei Baffour, ruled on Friday in … Read more
The nation’s election management body says it has filed for review at the Supreme Court over the decision. High Court judge Justice Kyei Baffour last Friday ruled that the EC should give Dr Nduom the opportunity to make corrections to his nomination forms and re-file. But in a statement released on Monday, October 31, the … Read more
Maybe it was meant to be or maybe not. That which initially appeared to have jolted Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom’s presidential ambition forever has seen sudden revival. Nduom’s disqualification couldn’t retire him. And it didn’t mean condemnation for the candidates’ political career. Perhaps, it means there’s something good in the offing… But I believe everything … Read more
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ayikoi Otoo says the misjudgment by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in disqualifying the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) could have been avoided. Mr Otoo, who led the counsel for the PPP after its flagbearer Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom challenged his disqualification, said Amadu Sulley, who … Read more
Premises of the Accra High Court went into frenzy on Friday October 28 after the court presided over by Justice Kyei Baffour, ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow Dr Nduom correct mistakes on his nomination forms for the December 7 polls. The judge said the EC breached the law of natural justice in disqualifying … Read more
The decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to disqualify some flag bearers from contesting in the December 7 presidential election was “perverse, ultra vires and fatally flawed”, Kwaku Asare, a US-based Ghanaian Professor has said. According to him, the EC, just like any other state agency, must learn administrative law in order to avoid this … Read more
Lawyer Ayikoi Otoo in jubilant mood with the PPP after the court’s rulings The town of Elmina – the home of the flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party – Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom in the Central Region, went into a frenzy on Friday October 28 after an Accra High court presided over by Justice … Read more