{"id":95214,"date":"2015-02-28T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=95214"},"modified":"2015-02-28T13:02:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T13:02:41","slug":"supreme-court-ruling-on-local-elections-good-for-ghana-codeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=95214","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court ruling on local elections good for Ghana &#8211; CODEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition Of Election Observers (CODEO) says the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the district assembly elections will force other state institutions to conduct due diligence in doing their work.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Electoral Commission to suspend the district assembly election scheduled for March 3, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-member panel of judges led by Justice William Atuguba on Friday ruled in favour of one \u00a0Benjamin Eyi Mensah, a fisherman who challenged the EC\u2019sdecison that prevented him filing nomination forms to contest in the Eyipeh Electoral Area, before the maturation of the Constitutional Instrument\u00a0 (CI) 85.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_95110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95110\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/afenyo-markin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-95110 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/afenyo-markin-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"Lawyer for Eyi Mensah, \" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/afenyo-markin-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/afenyo-markin.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawyer for Eyi Mensah, Alex Afenyo-Markin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Court and declared the elections as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News a member of CODEO, \u00a0PNK Abrampah Mensah said the ruling will ensure the EC and other agencies work to prevent litigation ahead of the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is good that the Supreme Court has come out with this verdict so that in subsequent actions ahead of, especially, of 2016, that will come out of fresh litigation that will span over seven months, the Supreme Court wouldn\u2019t like to hear some of these things. \u00a0So it\u2019s putting every institution on its toes. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>He added that, though the ruling is unfair to contestants and others involved,\u00a0 it is the best saying \u00a0\u201cI think that even though this is going to have a great impact on all of us, everybody who is part of the process, it is good that we put some of these things into perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission has been criticized for failing to prevent suspension of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Afenyo-Markin,\u00a0 the Lawyer for Eyi Mensah, \u00a0has said the EC could have avoided the inconvenience had it paid attention.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that cancellation of the district assembly elections will cost the government several thousands of cedis.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission is expected to re-run the elections later in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Ama Agyemang Asante\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition Of Election Observers (CODEO) says the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the district assembly elections will force other state institutions to conduct due diligence in doing their work. 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