“The 1st Respondent, accordingly, raises a preliminary legal objection to the petition as being incompetent and not, as required by Article 64(1) of the Constitution and Rule 68(1) of the Supreme Court rules 1996 (CI 16), as amended, amounting to a challenge of the validity of the presidential election conducted by the 1st Respondent on 7 December 2020,” The Electoral Commission (defendant) says
This was in response to former President John Mahama’s election petition.
Mr Mahama (1st Respondent) is in the Supreme Court asking for the annulment of the 2020 election results that saw Akufo-Addo declared as President.
Lawyer for the Commission, Justin Amenuvor has filed a 13-paged response on the petition; parts of it read:
“1st Respondent states that the petition ought to be dismissed also because the Petitioner does not challenge the validity of the election conducted throughout the 38,622 polling stations and the 311 special voting centres in the country, or contest the lawfulness of votes obtained by any of the parties to the election”.
1st Respondent adds that the petitioner has failed to indicate the exact number of votes and percentages that he or the other candidates ought to have obtained in comparison to the number of votes and percentages declared by the 1st Petitioner”.
The 1st Respondent, accordingly, raises a preliminary legal objection to the petition as being incompetent and not, as required by Article 64(1) of the Constitution and Rule 68(1) of the Supreme Court rules 1996 (CI 16), as amended, amounting to a challenge of the validity of the presidential election conducted by the 1st Respondent on 7 December 2020”.
Wherefore, the 1st Respondent prays the petition and all the grounds in support thereof, be summarily dismissed by this honourable court for not disclosing any reasonable cause of action”, the EC’s response prayed the court".
Below is the full statement
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Ernest Brine please the EC used the word '' Incompetent '' in paragraph 45 where the sub heading was indicated as ''NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY OBJECTION'' so for this one don't attack peace FM even though they sometimes give bias report
(Electoral Commission Responds To Mahama's 'Incompetent' Election Petition). Peace FM guys, you guys need to go back to school to learn how to write well....... the word 'incompetent' as used in your headline does not suggest it is emanating from the EC but rather your personal views of the petition. if you guys are comfortable in writing twi instead, please do so.....
EC itself is highly incompetent. In scientific analysis, no final results in itself creates room for doubt and finalization in multiple times. The EC aside it's mathematical error in the first place, messed up the more in presenting to the people of Ghana results six(6) good times. It means they have never sure with their own calculations and findings. Their response is irrelevant, empty, unnecessary and above all much words that carry no meaning.