The lawyers for former President John Mahama, petitioner in the ongoing election petition case before the Supreme Court, have filed another motion at the Apex court asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to make available to them the original copies of the collated presidential results of the various constituencies among others.
It comes after the Supreme Court dismissed their interrogatories today.
In what could be described as 6 bullet points, the former President through his lawyers filed motion demanding for the originals of the constituency Presidential Election Results Collation Forms (Form9) for all constituencies in Ghana, the originals of the constituency Presidential Election Summary sheets (Form 10) for all constituencies in Ghana and the originals of the Regional Presidential Election Results Collation Forms (Form 11) for all regions in Ghana.
The rest are, the originals of all the Regional Presidential Election Results Summary sheets (Form 12) all regions in Ghana, the originals of the Declaration of the Presidential Results Summary (Form 13) with the last of the six demands being, the records of the alleged update to the purported declaration of the presidential election results on the 9th December, 2020, the results of the four (4) Constituencies in the Greater Accra Region.
Today in court
In court on Tuesday, Lawyers of the former President John Dramani Mahama were seeking leave of the Supreme Court to allow the electoral commission respond to some 12 interrogatories (questions) to expedite the hearing of the election petition.
But the court refused the request.
The questions for which the petitioner was seeking answers to from the EC include how was collations done from the constituencies to the regional collation centres?
When the EC boss got to realize she made mistakes in the declaration she made on December 9? Whether all presidential party agents were informed about the decision to correct it, and if they signed to it.
To the petitioner, led by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata said, if the EC is allowed to answer those questions, it will narrow down the petition before the court for expeditious hearing.
Lawyer for the EC Justice Amenuvor opposed the request and said what the petitioner is asking is already set out in the law and prayed the court to refuse the request.
Following the refusal of the request, the court has directed the parties to file their issues set out for hearing by 9am on Wednesday, January 20.
The parties are to return to court tomorrow for Case Management Conference or the pre-trial hearing.
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