An Accra High Court has moved a case filed by the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) that sought to among other things,restrain the EC from proceeding with balloting for position of presidential candidates for the December 7 elections to October, 25.<\/p>\n
The party sued the EC at the High Court over the decision to disqualify it\u2019s presidential aspirant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the December 7 presidential election.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”yTWaTDWeodCmJoeRstoxck7gMDqNSuQ6″]The PPP was seeking \u201can order of prohibition to restrain the EC from proceeding with balloting for position of presidential candidates for the 7th December elections.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff was also seeking\u201d\u2026a further order directed against the 1st Respondent in her capacity as Returning Officer for Presidential elections to grant the Applicant the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly found in his nomination papers as well as accept his nomination papers as amended or altered to enable him contest as a Presidential Candidate for the 7th December 2016 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for such order or further as to this Honourable Court may deem fit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The suit has Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom as the exparte applicant, with Madam Charlotte Osei the EC Chairperson as the 1st Respondent, and the Electoral Commission as the 2nd Respondent.<\/p>\n
The writ said \u201cHon. J.\u00a0Ayikoi Otoo,\u00a0Counsel for and on behalf of the applicant, will move this Honourable Court praying for an order for Judicial Review by way of Certiorari to bring to this Court the decision of the Respondents dated 10th October, 2016, which disqualified the Applicant as a Presidential Candidate for the 2016 General Elections, for purposes of having same quashed upon the grounds of\u2026 (1) Breach of the rules of natural justice (2) Error apparent on the face of the record and (3) Failing to live the requirement as imposed by law.”<\/p>\n
Dr. Nduom was disqualified together with \u00a012 other presidential aspirants for failing to fill their forms correctly.<\/p>\n
Prior to this \u00a0court action, Dr. Nduom had met with the EC boss to get her to rescind her decision, but the meeting ended with no hope for the renowned entrepreneur who was making a third and last attempt at the presidency.<\/p>\n
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By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline..com\/Ghana
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