Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, the NDC\u2019s Parliamentary Candidate for the Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, suffered another setback on Tuesday in her attempt to get the court to dismiss a suit challenging her eligibility to contest in the November parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
This is the second time the application has been dismissed.<\/p>\n
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Kwaku Ackaah-Boafo dismissed the application filed by Zanetor’s lawyers, praying the court to throw out the\u00a0suit filed by incumbent Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korle Constituency, Nii Armah Ashietey.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”XlJz2duA9KJAmLvWbCpo7e1sJfj0NvkG”]The court will on April 4 issue the directives for the next line of action. Citi News’<\/strong> Sixtus Dong Ullo, reports that the court also awarded a cost of 2,500 cedis against her.<\/p>\n This would also mean that Zanetor\u2019s lawyers would have to open her defense at all cost for the substantive case to start.<\/p>\n Mr. Ashietey and Nii John Coleman, who both contested Zanetor asked the court to, prevent Dr. Rawlings from holding herself out as Parliamentary Candidate-elect because according to them, she\u2019s not a registered voter.<\/p>\n The Electoral Commission has since confirmed that Dr. Zanetor Rawlings is indeed not a registered voter.<\/p>\n But lawyers for Dr. Zanetor argued that the entire action brought before the court is premature and prayed the court to dismiss the suit.<\/p>\n Justice Ackaah-Boafo in his ruling on Tuesday, dismissed the application saying it lacked merit and was a waste of the court’s time.
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\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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