A Law Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Poku Adusei, has said it will not be advisable for Abu Ramadan to file a contempt suit against the Electoral Commission for failing to implement a recent Supreme Court ruling.
The apex court on May 5, asked the Electoral Commission to expunge from the current voters’ register the names of all persons who registered and voted in the 2012 elections, with the National Health Insurance card as a proof of identity.
[contextly_sidebar id=”tzznsPpdYtQz0CSkIdWgUfrz7CuNOkbj”]The ruling followed a suit filed by a former National Youth Organizer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, and one Evans Nimako.
The two, among other reliefs, wanted the current register declared inappropriate for the November polls.
But the EC after studying the ruling now says, their understanding does not suggest the use of any new process to delete the names of those who registered with NHIS cards, since at the time of registration, there was no law barring them.
Their explanation has infuriated Abu Ramadan, who has threatened to go back to the Supreme Court to sue the seven commissioners of the EC for contempt.
Dr. Adusei on speaking Citi FM’s News Analysis Programme, The Big Issue, however said, “ It is too early for Abu Ramadan to hold the EC for contempt.” “I wouldn’t advise him to do that…,” he added.
The lecturer counselled Mr. Ramadan to rather seek a different relief from the court than resorting to a contempt suit.
He further asked Mr. Ramadan and others bent on suing the EC to “go for the court to clarify whatever they stated.”
“…If I am the one advising him, a quick application for the court to state what it actually said in its judgement will be prudent. I believe in their own hearts and minds, the judges, they know what they meant in this judgement, so they will tell you,” he argued.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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