The Supreme Court will today deliver its verdict on a lawsuit in which a former National Youth Organizer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, and one Evans Nimako, are seeking to declara the current voters’ register is not credible for the November polls.<\/p>\n
It is recalled that the court adopted the memorandum of issues agreed on by the plaintiffs, the EC and the Attorney General (AG).<\/p>\n
The seven-member panel of justices presided over by the Chief Justice Georgina Wood is expected to give its ruling on the matter today.<\/p>\n
If the verdict upholds the reliefs being sought by the plaintiffs, it would mean the Electoral Commission would have to compile a new voters’ register for the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n
Ramadan\u2019s suit<\/strong><\/p>\n Abu Ramadan in the suit claims the voters\u2019 register contains the names of persons who have not established qualification to be registered and therefore inconsistent with Article 45(a) of the Constitution thereby making same unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect.<\/p>\n Abu Ramadan in the suit was seeking the following reliefs:<\/p>\n 1. A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 45(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 (hereinafter, the \u201cConstitution\u201d) the mandate of the Electoral Commission of Ghana to compile the register of voters implies a duty to compile, fair and transparent register.<\/p>\n 2. A declaration that the 2012 Voters Register which contains the names of persons who have not established qualification to be registered is inconsistent with Article 42 and 45 (a) and therefore unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect.<\/p>\n 3. An order setting aside the 2012 Voters Register and compelling the Electoral Commission to compile fresh Voters Register before any new public election or referendum is conducted in this country.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court a year ago ruled that the National Health Insurance card (NHIS) does not qualify anyone to be registered as a voter. That suit was filed by Abu Ramadan.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Supreme Court will today deliver its verdict on a lawsuit in which a former National Youth Organizer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, and one Evans Nimako, are seeking to declara the current voters’ register is not credible for the November polls. It is recalled that the court adopted the memorandum of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":211623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2647,2648,58,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n