The Ho High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the election of John Peter Amewu, Member of Parliament for Hohoe, on grounds of lack of jurisdiction.
Five residents from SALL petitioned the High Court in Ho to nullify the parliamentary election that saw John-Peter Amewu become MP.
This was after some 17, 000 registered voters from the Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) enclave, made up of 13 communities, did not participate in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
They were prevented from participating in the elections due to the carving out of the Oti Region from the Volta Region.
The residents argued that their exclusion from the election process was unjust.
The MP also introduced three new issues to the case, which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the region criticised as a tactic to delay the case.
But the court, in its decision, expounded that the declaration sought by the petitioners effectively questions the constitutionality of CI 128 on which the EC relied to conduct the 2020 parliamentary elections.
According to the ruling of the court, John Peter Amewu remains the MP for Hohoe, with the SALL residents’ concerns about their representation remaining unresolved for now.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
