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Mahama should have proven by now that no one got 50% – Oppong Nkrumah

February 4, 2021
Mahama should have proven by now that no one got 50% – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister-Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Mr John Dramani Mahama should have demonstrated in court by now that no candidate in last year’s elections had 50 per cent.

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But, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said, that has not happened yet after his two key witnesses have testified in court.

In a tweet, the Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker said “The Petitioner has called 2 out of 5 advertised witnesses. The expectation is that they would have proved by now that no one got 50%. That hasn’t happened yet.

“On Friday we shall hopefully be back in court to hear the Petitioner attempt to establish proof to back his case.”

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The Petitioner has called 2 out of 5 advertised witnesses.The expectation is that they would have proved by now that no one got 50%. That hasn’t happened yet

On Friday we shall hopefully be back in court to hear the Petitioner attempt to establish proof to back his case

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— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) February 3, 2021

During proceedings on Wednesday February 3, the Supreme Court dismissed an application filed by lawyers for the petitioner, to inspect documents of the 1st Respondent, the Electoral Commission (EC).

In dismissing the application on Wednesday February 3, the Chief Justice Anin Yeboah who read the ruling on behalf of the justices said “the proceedings so far show that the petitioner has copies of the documents which are the subject of this application.  We are of the view that no proper case has been established before us to warrant the exercise of our discretion in favour of the applicant.

“Order 29 of CI 47 which is the basis of this application should not be read in isolation, It should be read in conjunction with Rule 11 of the said Order.”

He added that Section 166  of the Evidence Act  323 of  1975  “makes it clear that a duplicate  of a document is admissible  to the same extent as the original unless a genuine question is raised  as to the authenticity  of the  duplicate . No issue has been raised against the authenticity of the document in possession of the applicant”

Lead Counsel for the petitioner, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata on Tuesday filed the application in court to inspect the EC’s documents.

The documents they were seeking to inspect include the original constituency presidential election result collation forms for all constituencies, constituency presidential election results summary sheet, regional presidential election summary sheets for all regions, and the declaration of the presidential results form.

Counsel for the 1st Respondent Electoral Commission, Justin Amenuvor, averred that the petitioner’s application be dismissed because the time allowed for such an action is not right.

He based his argument on Article 64 (1) of the Constitution of Ghana, 1992, stating the petitioner has had 21 days from the day the presidential election results were declared but failed to request for the information in question.

According to him, the petitioner had not brought it to the attention of the court that he requested to inspect such documents within the 21 days before the petition was filed.

Mr Justin Amenuvor raised questions as to why the application to inspect documents only came on “the 34th day after the petition has been filed when hearing is underway.”

Mr Akoto Ampaw, Lawyer for the 2nd Respondent Akufo-Addo also prayed the Supreme Court to dismiss the application because it was misconceived.

He contended Tsatsu Tsikata’s argument about right to fair hearing is “misconceived”.

The court adjourned hearing to Friday February 5.

By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana

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