[Video] Election Petition: Watch what happened in court on Day 1

The court today granted the petitioner’s motion to amend errors in his petition and also took the decision to broadcast the proceedings live.

Watch what happened in court here:

Background

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 7, 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama sued the EC as 1^st Respondent and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as 2^nd Respondent, seeking the Supreme Court to grant him the following reliefs:

(a) A declaration that Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held on 7^th December 2020 was in breach of Article 63(3) of the 1992 Constitution in the declaration she made on 9^th December 2020 in respect of the Presidential Election that was held on 7^th December 2020;

(b) A declaration that, based on the data contained in the declaration made by Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held on 7^th December 2020, no candidate satisfied the requirement of Article 63(3) of the 1992 Constitution to be declared President-elect;

(c) A declaration that the purported declaration made on 9^th December 2020 of the results of the Presidential Election by Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held on 7^th December 2020 is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

(d) An order annulling the Declaration of President-Elect Instrument, 2020 (C.I. 135) dated 9th December 2020, issued under the hand of Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, Chairperson of 1^st Respondent and the Returning Officer for the Presidential Elections held 7^th December 2020 and gazetted on 10^th December, 2020;

(e) An order of injunction restraining the 2^nd Respondent from holding himself out as President-elect;

(f) An order of mandatory injunction directing the 1^st Respondent to proceed to conduct a second election with Petitioner and 1^st Respondent [2^nd Respondent as amended] as the candidates as required under Articles 63(4) and (5) of the 1992 Constitution.

By P.D Wedam|Ghana