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Felix Datsomor, Lawyer for the disgruntled member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who sued the party, has boasted that they �fought a good battle� against the party in court. He insisted that dragging the NDC to court helped to entrench the democratic credentials of the party. The case, he said; �was not in any way to derail the party or prevent the party from holding its elections�It has rather deepened democracy in the NDC and even in the nation at large.� Linus Njonolah who dragged the NDC and its executives to court for allegedly overstaying their tenure of office and also breaching some provisions in the party�s constitution. He also accused the executives of using their expired mandate to disqualify interested members from taking part in the impending elections. The situation compelled the NDC to indefinitely postpone its regional elections which was scheduled for October 25. However, on October 14, the Kumasi High Courturged the parties to settle the case out of court. The NDC as part of measures to resolve the issue scrapped from its election guidelines a controversial clause which restricted some party members without executive experience from contesting in the regional elections. The case on Monday was withdrawn from court by Linus Njolonah after the NDC scrapped the entire guidelines for it�s election. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Felix Datsomor explained that �we eventually had to come to court and discontinue the action because in part, I think that we have fought a good battle up to that stage so there was no need fighting any longer.�