Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chair of the Electoral Commission needs the assistance and experience of her predecessor Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan to help her conduct the 2016 general elections, flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said. “The lady [Charlotte Osei] needs Afari Gyan to come onboard. … I think Afari … Read more
The judgment handed by the Supreme Court of Ghana ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow disqualified flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, to get back into the presidential race is victory for democracy, Thaddeus Sory, lawyer for the EC has said. The apex court on Monday, 7 November also … Read more
Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chair of the Electoral Commission needs the assistance and experience of her predecessor Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan to help her conduct the 2016 general elections, flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said. “The lady [Charlotte Osei] needs Afari Gyan to come onboard. … I think Afari … Read more
A 7-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adinyira by unanimous decision, has upheld a High Court ruling ordering the Electoral Commission to allow disqualified flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, to get back into the presidential race. The apex court on Monday, 7 November also ordered the … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November,8 2016. The judges also ordered a suspension of all lawsuits challenging the EC’s disqualifications of flagbearers for them to amend the errors on their forms. In explaining the judgment by the seven panel of justices presided … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the EC to take steps to allow 12 disqualified candidates to correct errors on their nomination forms that formed the basis for their disqualification. In a unanimous decision read by presiding judge Justice Sophia Adinyira, the apex court has ordered the EC to extend close of nomination period from Monday … Read more
The Supreme Court will today rule on the Electoral Commission’s suit challenging the High court ruling asking it to allow the PPP’s presidential candidate to correct the errors in his presidential nomination forms. The EC disqualified Dr, Papa Kwesi Nduom and 12 other people from the December polls for various errors detected in their nominations. … Read more
A 7-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adinyira will today, Monday, 7 November give its ruling on the case brought before it by the Electoral Commission seeking to counter-quash a ruling by the High Court, which ordered the election management body to allow disqualified flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, has justified the decision of the Commission to appeal the judgment of an Accra High Court, quashing its disqualification of the Progressive Peoples’ Party (PPP) Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the December 7 presidential race. She believes a judgment from the Supreme Court would resolve the five … Read more
The Electoral Commission’s appeal to the Supreme Court following the High Court ruling that quashed the disqualification of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Flagbearer from the Presidential race may not have the desired trickled down effect, a private legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, has cautioned. He has indicated that, it would be wrong for the Commission … Read more
An application that sought to prevent an Accra High Court judge from hearing the disqualification case brought against Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) by the National Democratic Party has been dismissed. The EC applied to the Court to disqualify the presiding judge, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, from hearing the case on grounds that the judge in … Read more
The Supreme Court will on Monday bring closure to the issue of disqualification of presidential aspirants. At the Supreme Court’s sitting on Friday, Graphic Online’s Mabel Aku Baneseh reported that the seven-member panel directed the parties, the Electoral Commission and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People’s Party to file their written addresses by … Read more
The Supreme Court’s seven member panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adinyria will deliver its verdict on the suit filed by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) challenging a high court judgement which overturned its disqualification of the Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum on November 7, 2016. The EC is asking … Read more
The Supreme Court will be the venue for a fierce legal tussle between EC’s lawyer, Thaddeus Sory and PPP’s lawyer Ayikoi Otoo, as it hears a suit challenging a High Court decision to overturn the disqualification of Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom. The EC says after a careful study of the contents of the High Court … Read more
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear the case in which the Electoral Commission (EC) is praying it to quash the judgement of the High Court over the disqualification of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP). That was made known, when Mr. Justice Gabriel Pwamang granted an application by the … Read more
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, presidential aspirant of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), told journalists at the premises of the Supreme Court yesterday that the case involving his disqualification from taking part in the December 7 presidential race is a deliberate plan. “It’s a deliberate ploy. It’s a deliberate ploy from different quarters. Whether it is … Read more
The Supreme Court has abridged the date for the hearing of an application filed by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) challenging a high court decision which overturned its disqualification of flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Papa Kwesi Ndoum from the December 7 presidential race. The court presided over by justice Pwamang moved the date … 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
A member of the legal team of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), lawyer Garry Nimako Marfo has taken a swipe at the Electoral Commission (EC) over its decision to petition the Supreme Court to quash the ruling granted by the Accra High Court ordering the Commission to allow the Progressive People’s presidential candidate, Dr. Papa … Read more
Private legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, is urging the Electoral Commission (EC) to withdraw its Supreme Court suit challenging the judgment by an Accra High Court on the disqualification of the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the presidential elections. Speaking on The Ghana Report TV show yesterday, Mr. Ampaw expressed … Read more