Petitioner in the ongoing election 2020 petition at the Supreme Court, John Dramani Mahama has filed an application at the Apex Court of the land, seeking to stop the hearing of his own petition he filed 22 days ago on 30 December 2020.
According to the motion on notice for stay of proceedings filed today (21 January) and expected to be moved on Tuesday (26 January 2021), which is the same date the Supreme Court is to resume sitting of the substantive petition, Mahama says he has been advised by his lawyers and believe that the Application for Review of the Supreme Court decision that dismissed their application for interlocutories, is based on certain fundamental errors of law that the Court made in its ruling, leading to a miscarriage of justice.
“At the hearing of this application, counsel will crave the indulgence of the Court to refer to the statement of Case in support of the Application for Review, particularly to show that there are indeed serious matters of law that are to be determined in this review application, and I am likely to succeed, as the Ruling of the Court is manifestly in error” the application stated.
“In the meantime, certain Orders in respect of issues for trial and steps for the hearing of my Petition have been made by the Court on 20 January 202102, including orders that we file our Witness Statements by noon, 21 January 2021.
Mahama further noted in his latest application that he has again been advised by his lawyers and believe that:
a. Discovery processes, such as interrogatories, are normal pre-trial processes to limit the scope or a trial, and the review application will seek to recognize the right to have recourse to them,
b. In this particular case, the use of the mechanism of interrogatories will ensure a speedier trial;
c. The denial to us of leave to serve interrogatories is a serious miscarriage of justice which we expect to have remedied in the Review;
d. For the hearing of the Petition to proceed before the Review is heard would cause irreparable harm to the conduct of our case, since I would have been denied the benefit of normal pre-trial” the application further stated.
Mahama concludes his application by indicating that “all the above constitute exceptional circumstances on the basis of which we respectfully seek orders of the Court staying the proceedings in this case until the determination of the Application for Review. Not to stay proceedings would create the unfortunate impression that the review application has been pre-determined. No prejudice will be caused to the Respondents by the grant of such leave”.
Source: Wilberforce Asare/ Asaase Radio
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He was just following Trump without any knowledge of where Trump was going. Now he knows there were on the path to nowhere.
A petitioner is now about fishing for evidence and issues, on what basis is Mahama petitioning the court then. Based on his witnesses and evidence in the NDC's possession, they petitioned the SC, but they are now telling us that the questions that they have asked the EC will rather affect their witness statements. They want the SC to review a 7 member unanimous ruling, and based on that they want the petition hearing to be put on hold? Haba!!! Nkwadaas3m b3n nono!!!! NDC should get serious or stop wasting our time.
I THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA
Peacefmonline has such substandard journalists that they use slogans instead of proper terms and phrases. This abysmal level of journalism leads them to use phrases such as "Apex court of the land" instead of the proper name "Supreme court." Reading the tortuously edited articles on Peacefmonline is a vivid display of the deteriorated essay & composition writing skills of basic English education in Ghana. The grammar, lexicon, spelling - are all substandard, pathetic and lamentable.
Nobody taa nodo running away. ***barred word*** you the learned judges have shot memory. Tsatsu is of the old generation and retired lawyers. This time no use of delay tactics at all. Ghana must move on and prosper . Go lie to your gullible ndc supportrs
In 2012 election petition , the same assemble lawyers lied to you to initiate a speedy trial in all election related petitions so Mr. Mahama , what has changed today. Again ,, even before your judges sat for the ruling you and VEEP was in white dress . do not take Ghanaians for granted ok. Honestly, Ghanaians are ***barred word*** as you and your follower thinks .Mr. Mahama is talking about miscarriage of justice in Ghana, my goodness. In election 2012 when decides to raise an objection for the composition of the judges , google and listen to what judge Atuguba said . Ghana is for NDC alone so what is good for the good is also good for gander