The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will soon table before Parliament a new legislation to enable it re-organize the District Assembly Elections.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”V2Dm3Jblbqlt6xv8kz5eA6HLmzX7lIr0″]This was contained in a press statement\u00a0signed by Amadu Sulley, Deputy Chairman of the EC, in-charge of operations.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn view of the Supreme Court ruling ordering that the District Level Elections processes should be conducted afresh<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, we wish to inform the general public that in total compliance with the said ruling the Electoral Commission will prepare a new legislation to be passed by Parliament before fresh nominations are taken for the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n Benjamin Eyi Mensah, a fisherman sued the EC<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for preventing \u00a0him from filing his nomination to contest in the Eyipeh Electoral Area despite fulfilling all the requirements.<\/p>\n Mr Mensah through his lawyer, Alex Afenyo-Markin argued that his client meet the requirements before the maturation of the Constitutional Instrument\u00a0(CI) 85 which gives the election a legal backing.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court in its ruling described the process as “unconstitutional”<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and further\u00a0ordered the EC to cancel the Elections and start all over again.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, aspiring assembly members have bemoaned the amount of money they have invested in campaigning.<\/p>\n An Assembly Member of Aspirant for Nungua North Estates, Godfred Hammond has said \u00a0the \u00a0ruling does not augur well for them<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Allotey Akwieteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n