{"id":263685,"date":"2016-10-31T15:40:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=263685"},"modified":"2016-10-31T15:40:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T15:40:17","slug":"we-have-a-better-case-than-ppp-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/we-have-a-better-case-than-ppp-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We have a better case than PPP&#8217; &#8211; APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The All People\u2019s Congress (APC), is optimistic the High court hearing its case against the Electoral Commission (EC) will rule in its favour.<\/p>\n<p>The Flagbearer of the APC, Hassan Ayariga, was disqualified along with 12 other presidential aspirants after the EC identified some errors\u00a0on their nomination forms.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;GmufEdKWr5Tztyo5u0q4civRJsSKRjz2&#8243;]The EC was however ordered by an Accra High Court on Friday, to allow the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP), to correct mistakes on its nomination forms, following a suit filed by the party over its disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media after court proceedings today [Monday], the Flagbearer of the APC, Hassan Ayariga, argued that the APC has a \u2018better case than the PPP\u2019 hence their firm belief that the party will be vindicated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe even have a better case than the PPP. In our case, we have properly filled the documents and all subscribers have actually subscribed to our documents, but according to the EC, two of our subscribers actually subscribed for\u00a0another candidate. In Ghana, we do not have data system whereby one can check who has subscribed for you or subscribed for another candidate.We actually have to go through the other candidate asking or requesting for their documents to compare and contrast, so our case is much much better than the PPP . I think that the court will give us justice. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated that, the APC is just seeking &#8220;an opportunity to be part of the elections and have a presidential candidate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Court adjourns APC\u2019s case against EC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the court has adjourned hearing of the suit filed by Hassan Ayariga challenging his disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>The adjournment followed the failure of lawyers for both sides, to submit their statements of case and written submissions, as ordered by the Judge, Justice Barbara Tetteh Charway, during the last sitting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All People\u2019s Congress (APC), is optimistic the High court hearing its case against the Electoral Commission (EC) will rule in its favour. 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