Supreme Court Lays Out Issues For Determination In Election Petition

The Supreme Court is to determine a total of five main issues in the election petition that former President John Mahama has filed before the court.
They include a determination as to whether the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson’s declaration of the results on December 9, and the subsequent change of figures six times in the absence of representatives of the various Presidential Candidates violates the Constitution.
The court is also to determine, whether or not the petition discloses any reasonable course of action; whether or not per data available, any candidate obtained more than 50% of the votes cast; and whether or not the second respondent obtained more than 50% of votes cast by the exclusion or inclusion of Techiman South results.
Additionally, the apex court will rule over whether or not the declaration was in violation of the Constitution and whether alleged vote padding was enough to affect the results of the declared results.
The Court has fixed January 26th for the hearing of the substantive case as part of clear timelines for the petition hearing.
The seven-member panel is presided over by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah and has Justices Yaw Appau, Samuel K. Marful-Sau, Nene Abayaateye Ofoe Amegatcher, Prof. Nii Ashie Kotey, Mariama Owusu and Gertrude Torkornoo as panel members.