The Supreme Court has set Friday, December 27, 2024, to hear motions filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against six Parliamentary election results under dispute.
The party is, among other things, seeking to have the apex court to quash the High Court’s order which enabled the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-collate and declare results of Ablekuma North, Okaikoi Central, Tema Central, Dome-Kwabenya, Techiman South and Ahafo Ano North constituencies.
On Friday, December 20, the High Court presided over by Justice Rev. Joseph Owusu-Adu Agyemang granted a Mandamus application from six Parliamentary Candidates of the New Patriotic Party, a decision the NDC maintains is an illegality.
The party subsequently, took the matter to the apex court to reverse the decision of the High Court. The Electoral Commission has since re-collated and declared results of 7 out of 9 parliamentary results with the New Patriotic Party winning all of them.
Below are the reliefs sought by the National Democratic Congress at the Supreme Court;
– Order of Certiorari directed at the High Court (General Jurisdiction 13), Accra, to bring into this Honourable Court for the purpose of being quashed, Orders of the High Court dated the 20th December 2024.
– an Order of Prohibition restraining the interested party (EC) from collating or re-collating, counting or recounting and declaring the results in the contentious constituencies.
– an Order of interlocutory Injunction restraining the interested party from collating or re-collating, counting or recounting and declaring the election results in the contentious constituencies and the 8th interested party (IGP) from providing security for the unlawful exercise of collation, counting and declaration of the elections pending the determination of the instant suit.
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