The Supreme Court will on Thursday, decide whether or not Madam Jean Mensa and Peter Mac Manu will mount the witness box.
Lawyer Justine Amenuvor on Monday had told the Supreme court that "given the evidence of the petitioner’s witnesses under cross-examination so far, of those witnesses, speaking for the 1st respondent, it is the 1st respondent’s case that we do not wish to lead any further evidence and therefore we are praying that this matter proceeds under Order 36 Rule 43 and CI 87 rule 3 (e) 5, we hereby and on that basis close our case.”
Lead counsel for the Second Respondent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Lawyer Akoto Ampaw had also said he will not present any witness because the petitioners had not satisfied the burden of proof.
Legal argument
In today’s hearing at the Supreme Court, Lead counsels for all the parties gave their legal argument with lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata insisting that there is no issue of human rights for the chairperson of the EC to be cross-examined especially because of the nature of her job.
He insists the EC Chair has a constitutional duty to give accounts of what she has done in the conduct of her responsibility.
The petition has been adjourned to Thursday, February 11 for a ruling.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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The lady Mrs. Brew had been AC before and she was supposed to know better in light of the law, especially that guiding the election petition. Because it was revised and instrumented, drawing experiences from 2012-election . And it was during her tenure sa AC. Inneed, to date as it stands, the petitioner had not been able to made his case yet, based on what he sought to really arrive at with the petition. The petioner had awfully failed to adduce evidence by presenting three witnesses without exhibiting material, objective facts which as as stakeholder or a party to the election, has in carbon copies. Erroneously, the petitioner believes he can discredit EC-Boss Mrs Jean Mensa if given the chance to do so in court. So as to establish a contradictory basis to discredit the declaration of the President as the winner of the presidential election. I say with due respect to the petitioner to tell that to the marines. If you did ask me about the performance of the lawyers of the petitioner, I would say they had done pretty poor job.