An Accra High Court has adjourned to Friday, November 4, 2016 a case brought before it by the flagbearer of the\u00a0National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings who is battling the Electoral Commission for disqualifying her from the December 7 presidential race.<\/p>\n
Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings refiled<\/strong><\/a><\/span> her suit on October 27 after an Accra High Court struck out<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0the initial one on procedural grounds.<\/p>\n Konadu fights EC in court<\/strong><\/p>\n Nana Konadu together with her party and her running mate sued the Electoral Commission, with the Attorney General, over her disqualification<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>from the presidential race.<\/p>\n They were seeking an \u201cinterlocutory injunction, prohibiting and restraining\u201d the Electoral Commission and its agents from going ahead with the balloting of presidential candidate until the court settles the matter.<\/p>\n She also prayed the court to stop the EC from doing the following:<\/p>\n The NDP flagbearer in another suit, \u00a0prayed the court to declare as illegal the deadline the EC set for receiving nominations and \u201ca further declaration that the EC erred in law when it decided not to accept the applicants nomination thereby wrongfully and illegal disqualifying the applicants from contesting in the 2016 presidential elections.\u201d<\/p>\n They are also seeking\u00a0an order quashing the EC\u2019s decision not to accept Konadu\u2019s nominations and an order compelling the EC to accept her nomination and to include her name on the ballot for the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n Nana Konadu was disqualified with 12 other presidential nominees because they failed to meet some requirements of the electoral laws ahead of the December polls.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana\n
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