{"id":265087,"date":"2016-11-04T10:01:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T10:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265087"},"modified":"2016-11-04T10:01:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T10:01:36","slug":"ec-loses-against-hassan-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/ec-loses-against-hassan-ayariga\/","title":{"rendered":"EC loses against Hassan Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Accra High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC), to give the Flagbearer of the All People\u2019s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, an opportunity to correct errors on his nomination form.<\/p>\n
The court presided over by Justice Babara Charway, said the EC acted unfairly in disqualifying Mr. Ayariga. The judge also indicated that, the Commission should have been more patient in dealing with the matter.<\/p>\n
The ruling follows a similar order which was given by an Accra High court to the EC to allow the Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, who was among the 11 disqualified presidential aspirants to amend his nomination form.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Hassan Ayariga was disqualified from the contest because some of the subscribers to his nomination form also endorsed other candidates in the contest.<\/p>\n Earlier in court, lawyers for the APC had accused the EC of deliberately disqualifying<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Hassan Ayariga.<\/p>\n Hassan Ayariga blames NCCE for his disqualification\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Hassan Ayariga had earlier blamed the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for his disqualification from the 2016 presidential race.<\/p>\n