Tag: Electoral Commission
Court adjourns Essikado-Ketan Parliamentary Election Petition to March 23
A Sekondi High Court has adjourned an election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Essikado-Ketan in the 2020 elections,...
Election Petition: Mr Davies calls on Ghanaians to abide by SC’s decision
Mr Frank Davies, a member of the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Legal team, has called on Ghanaians to abide by the decision of the Supreme...
Election 2020 Petition: Ghana’s Supreme Court decides tomorrow
Ghana’s Supreme Court will tomorrow, March 4, deliver judgement in the much awaited Election 2020 Petition trial.
The seven-member panel, presided over by Chief Justice...
There must be trust between Electoral Commission and citizens – Prof Gyampo
Professor Ransford Gyampo, a Senior Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, has advocated for the building of trust between the Electoral Commission...
Ghana’s peace council urges peace ahead of judgment on election petition
Ghana's National Peace Council on Sunday urged stakeholders involved in the presidential election petition to uphold peace as the Supreme Court is expected to...
Petitioner not being treated fairly – Sammy Gyamfi
Mr Sammy Gyamfi, a Spokesperson for the Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition trial, has expressed disappointment at the ruling of the Supreme Court...
Election Petition: Supreme Court delivers judgement on March 4
The Supreme Court has fixed March 4, 2021, to deliver the final judgement on the 2020 Election Petition trial.
This follows...
S.C. dismisses Petitioner’s review application on EC chairperson
The Supreme Court has affirmed its decisions not to compel Mrs Jean A. Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, (EC) to testify in the...
Election Petition: Supreme Court to hear Petitioner’s two applications and closing addresses
The Supreme Court is expected to hear two applications filed by former President John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner in the ongoing Election 2020 Petition...
Election Petition: Supreme Court’s decision has not done the people any great service- Dr...
“We think that the Court by its decision not to allow the Petitioner reopen its case has not done the people of this country...
Election Petition: Petitioner prays to reopen his case
Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, a spokesperson for the Petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition trial was applying to reopen its case so as...
Ayorkor Botchwey leads ECOWAS Pre-Election Mission to Benin
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States...
High Court restrains Council of State Election in Bono East Region
A High Court in Sunyani on Friday placed an injunction on the conduct of the Council of State Elections in the Bono East Region.
Consequently,...
Nana Owusu Achaw Brempong retains position as Council of State Member
Nana Owusu Achaw Brempong, Chief of Akrofoso in the Sekyere South District was on Friday retained as the Ashanti regional representative of the Council...
Petitioner Should Rather Subpoena Mahama to Strengthen Petition
“The burden of a proof of a case in court does not reside with the witness(es) of an opponent” should be enough justification to...
Paramount Chief of Drobo to contest Council of State election
Okokyeredom Sakyi Ako II, the Paramount Chief of Drobo Traditional Area in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, has filed his nomination...
Election Petition: Petitioner exercised the right to be heard and got same
Nana Adjoa Adobea Asante, a Member of the legal team of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition trial has...
Five contestants vie for Bono slot of Council of State
Five illustrious sons of the Bono Region have filed their respective nominations to contest the membership of the Council of State.
...
Election Petition: Petitioner unhappy as Respondents bid to close their case
Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, a Spokesperson for the Petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition says the reason for the insistence that the Chairperson...
SC to decide on whether Respondents should mount the witness box
The Supreme Court will on Thursday February 11, decide on whether or not Mrs Jean A. Mensa, the Electoral Commission Chairperson should mount the...
Nine including a female vie for Volta Council of State slot
A total of nine aspirants including a female have filed nominations to contest Volta Regional exercise to elect a representative to the position of...
Petitioner, EC and 2nd Respondent closes their case in Election 2020 Petition trial
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday said it has closed its case in the ongoing election 2020 petition trial at the Supreme Court.
This follows...
Ten persons to contest for Bono East Council of State slot
The Bono East Regional Office of the Electoral Commission (EC) has received nominations of ten persons for the election of one of them as...
Six persons in WR to contest Council of State election
Six candidates have presented themselves for election in the upcoming Council of State polls slated for Friday, February 12, 2021, in the Western Region.
The...
Four file nomination to contest council of state elections in E/R
Four persons have filed nomination to contest in the upcoming council of state elections in the Eastern Region, as at the close of nominations...
Supreme Court throws out Petitioner’s request to inspect EC’s documents
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a motion of the petitioner of the December 7 presidential election results requesting for the inspection of election...
Defeated NDC Candidate for Essikado-Ketan files Petition at High Court
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Essikado-Ketan in the December 07, 2020 Parliamentary elections, Professor Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah has filed a petition...
Applicant has not shown exceptional circumstance for review application of interrogatories – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has opposed to a motion on notice for review in respect of a dismissed application for interogatories.
The Supreme Court unanimously...
EC denies votes padding allegation in Election Petition case
Mrs Jean A. Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) has filed her witness statement in the December 7, 2020 Election Petition case currently...
Petitioner’s case is grounded on extreme speculations – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says Mr John Dramani Mahama's election petition is grounded on extreme speculations and ought to be dismissed by the Supreme...