John Dramani Mahama is contesting the December 7, 2020 polls at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has adjourned the Election Petition case before it to Wednesday, February 3, 2021 for its next hearing.
This follows another application submitted by the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama to the court on Tuesday.
Mr. Mahama, is praying the court to order the 1st respondent; Electoral Commission Chair, Jean Mensa, to produce some documents including specified collation forms, results summary sheets and an original copy of the form, containing the declared presidential results on the 9th of January, 2021.
Meanwhile, Kpessa Whyte, second witness of the petitioner, who underwent a cross-examination during today’s hearing told the apex court that representatives of his party did not get the chance to certify results from some four regions prior to the declaration of results.
Akufo-Addo destroying our democracy with a woman – Anita Desoso
Former First National Vice-chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso has said that the President-Elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is destroying the country’s democracy with a woman.
The women’s wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by the National Women Organizer, Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, went on a street demonstration to protect the results of the December 7, 2020 election.
Speaking in an interview with Ahotor FM monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Anita Desoso who was part of the protest said the women hit the street because the president intentionally brought in Jean Mensa as the Electoral Commission Chair to destroy the democracy of the country.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the prevention of the Minority in Parliament from presenting their petition to the Electoral Commission (EC) was sad for Ghana’s democracy.
You risked your lives in a charged atmosphere – Kweku Baaku to Minority MPs
Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has noted that the Minority Members of Parliament led by Haruna Iddrisu put their own lives in danger after they walked from Parliament to the office of the Electoral Commission (EC) to present a petition in a charged political atmosphere.
Mr Baako noted that the political atmosphere presently in the county is poisoned with allegation and counter allegation of electoral fraud.
Therefore, he said, the lawmakers, in view of the fact that they remain critical human resources of the nation, should have cooperated with the Police for top notch security.
We’re contesting 2020 presidential results spiritually – Nurudeen Hamidan
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential polls results in which the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) candidate and President, Nana Akufo-Addo garnered 6,594,875 votes representing 51.48 % ahead of NDC’s John Mahama, 6,130, 698 votes representing 47.86% not only in a law Court.
“Physically and spiritually, we will pray as Muslims and Christians for something to happen to the EC Chairperson to announce the correct results…we can also opt to go to Court, demonstrate and protest against the results to show that it is fake”, a leading member of NDC in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Nurudeen Hamidan revealed during post-election analysis programme monitored by MyNewsGh.com.