[Video] Election Petition: Supreme Court sets down 5 issues for determination

The Supreme Court has outlined five key issues it will make a determination on in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition brought before it by presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama.

This was announced after parties to the case filed their memoranda of issues.

The 2^nd Respondent Akufo-Addo for instances filed 3 issues which he wants the court to determine. They are:

1. Whether or not the Petition is incompetent and discloses no reasonable cause of action in terms of Article 64 (1) of the Constitution, 1992.

2. Whether or not the errors and alleged vote padding complained of by the Petitioner, granted same to be true, affect the outcome of the Presidential Election held on 7. December, 2020.

3. Whether or not there is a basis for Petitioner’s claim that neither Petitioner nor 2nd Respondent obtained more than 50 percent of the total number of valid votes cast at the Presidential Election held on 7th December, 2020.

Some of these were included in the five (5) issues set down by the Supreme Court, in addition to two others.

One of the issues has to do with “whether or not the alleged vote padding and other errors complained of by the petitioner affected the outcome of the Presidential Election results”.

What the full announcement of issues here:

https://youtu.be/j-DjmyjhWK4

By 3news.com|Ghana

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