The Supreme Court has dismissed the electoral petition filed before it by John Dramani Mahama, the 2020 presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic National Congress (NDC).
“The petitioner did not demonstrate in any way how the errors affected the declaration of the election… Therefore, we have no reason to order a re-run [of the election]. Consequently, we reject the petition, ”said Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, while reading the court’s ruling on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
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John Mahama questioned the poll results, insisting that none of the nine presidential candidates obtained the mandatory constitutional threshold of 50% + 1 vote to be declared the winner of the polls.
Decision;
In his ruling, the Supreme Court said that the petitioner could not prove his case through his petition or through his witnesses.
Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah, who read the ruling, said that the accounts of Rojo Mettle-Nunoo and Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte were irrelevant to the case, as the issue in dispute had nothing to do with how The results were compiled in the national collation of the Electoral Commission. center popularly known as the Strongroom.
“Their testimonies were unworthy for the solution of the problems,” said Judge Anin-Yeboah.
He said Mettle-Nunoo and Kpessa-Whyte should be to blame for leaving their post while the result was being collated.
Source:www.Ghgossip.com
