The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Electoral Commission (EC) from recollating and redeclaring the parliamentary results for the five constituencies.
These constituencies are Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Obuasi East.
It is the case of the NDC that the EC no longer has the authority to conduct these processes.
The constituencies in question are in contention.
On Friday, December 13, 2024, the EC declared the parliamentary results for Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, and Tema Central as invalid.
The electoral body justified its action on grounds that there were procedural irregularities when these results were declared.
Deputy Chair in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, told journalists that the results could not be upheld because they did not follow the procedures as stated in CI 127.
But the NDC is seeking to block the EC from recollating the results in the affected constituencies.
The NDC has since filed a motion along with five others seeking a declaration that the EC, having already declared the results for these constituencies with the NDC candidates as winners, has become “functus officio” and is therefore prohibited from recollating, recounting, or redeclaring the results.
The applicants in the case include Faustina Elikplim Akurugu, Baba Sadiq, Ewurabena Aubynn, Ebi Bright, and Samuel Aboagye.
The applicants are seeking an “order prohibiting the respondent from re-collating, re-counting, and re-declaring the already collated and declared parliamentary election results in the Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, and Tema Central constituencies.”
“A declaration that by virtue of Article 99 of the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana and section 16 of PNDCL 284, it is the High Court of Ghana that has the exclusive original jurisdiction to invalidate the declaration of parliamentary election results and not the respondent.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
