Lawyers of former President John Mahama have filed their closing addresses in the election petition as was ordered by the Supreme Court on Monday.
This means the way is cleared for the Supreme Court to decide on the Petition on March 4, 2021.
The closing addresses are the summary of all that have transpired in the course of the hearing and what each of the parties wanted as per their case before the court.
The Respondents, Electoral Commission and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo filed theirs on February 17, 2021.
Review motion dismissed
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed former President John Mahama’s review application to reopen his case in the ongoing election petition trial.
Review jurisdiction should not be used as emotional reaction to unfavourable judgment – Supreme Court dismisses
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Review jurisdiction should not be used as an emotional reaction to an unfavourable judgment – Supreme Court dismisses
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The NDC presidential candidate had filed an application that sought to ask the Supreme Court to grant leave for the Electoral Commission [1st respondent] to answer 12 questions regarding the declaration of the 2020 presidential election results but it dismissed the application.
The lead counsel for Mahama, Tsatsu Tsikata earlier filed the application asking the Apex court to review its dismissal of the motion for some 12 interrogatories to be served on the EC.
This was after the court had ruled that Tsikata was relying on CI 47 while the current rule in force is the CI 99. Tsatsu Tsikata
Tsikata had argued that the interrogatories are critical as it would help the Supreme Court determine the authenticity of the results that saw the NPP presidential candidate, emerging as the winner of the 2020 elections.