{"id":174480,"date":"2015-12-15T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=174480"},"modified":"2015-12-16T00:36:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T00:36:04","slug":"pnc-faces-contempt-for-holding-congress-despite-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/pnc-faces-contempt-for-holding-congress-despite-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"PNC faces contempt for holding congress despite lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leadership of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), could be cited for contempt\u00a0for organizing a\u00a0congress despite a pending court case that sought to stop them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Apasara, who was hoping to be elected as National Chairman, is threatening to file contempt charges against the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr.\u00a0Apasara had gone to court to seek an <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/11\/28\/pnc-congress-disqualify-bernard-mornah-aspirant-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\">interlocutory injunction<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to stop the PNC from holding last Saturday&#8217;s\u00a0congress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174481\" style=\"width: 531px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/david-apesara.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-174481\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/david-apesara.jpg\" alt=\"David Apesara, Defeated PNC Chairman aspirant\" width=\"531\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/david-apesara.jpg 462w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/david-apesara-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Apasara, Defeated PNC Chairman aspirant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;W0YMnJ1odrA8KsbKIdbAIunfDOJ6fN9x&#8221;]The aspirant in his suit requested that Mr. Bernard Monah, who was eventually elected the National Chairman, be disqualified because he presented a dud cheque to the party while filing his nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Apasara argued that Mornah\u2019s action breaches the PNC\u2019s constitution hence must be disqualified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the PNC defied the court action and held the\u00a0congress last Saturday despite receiving the summons six days before the congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Apasara argued that the party \u201chas broken the law\u201d by organizing the congress adding that \u201cwe will surely get our lawyers to file contempt of court charges\u00a0against the leadership of the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said \u201cwe will ask the court to punish them for being lawless. You cannot run a party and you expect to grow that party when you don\u2019t go by the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Bernard <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/12\/13\/edward-mahama-re-elected-pnc-flagbearer-mornah-chairman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mornah emerged winner<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0at the congress polling 701 votes to become PNC Chairman while David Apasara had 152 votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another chairman aspirant, Abubakari Sadiq, also polled just 50 votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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