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The discretionary powers clothed with the Supreme Court of Ghana, has once again unanimously favoured the Electoral Commission (EC) and President Nana Akufo-Addo during today’s hearing of the election petition. Several decisions of the apex court with respect to the discretionary powers, have gone in favour of the two respondents …

Some temporary officers who worked as Exhibition and Verification Officers, as well as Covid-19 Ambassadors for the Electoral Commission (EC) in the 2020 voter register compilation process, have accused Upper Manya Krobo EC staffers of harassing and forcing them to pay ‘appreciation’ fee. According to the temporary officers the Upper Manya Krobo …

The Electoral Commission says the petition filed by 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama is based on “extreme speculations” and an actual waste of the court’s time. The Commission explains these speculations thrive on the existence of two wrong assumptions. This is the decision by Mr. Mahama to hold …

The Electoral Commission has asked the Supreme court to dismiss former President John Mahama’s petition against the 2020 polls. Below is PDS details of the Responses of EC DENNIS LAW NEWS_ANSWER OF ELECTORAL COMMISSION     Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh

The Electoral Commission of Ghana, the 1st Respondent in former President John Mahama’s election petition, has averred that “the full results of the 7 December 2020 presidential election” were “known to the Petitioner and that the claims in the petition are contrived, have no legal basis and ought to be dismissed in …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has filed its Response to the election petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, former President John Dramani Mahama, challenging the declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Nana Akufo-Addo and the EC who are respondents to …

The time has come for officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) who were found to have engaged in electoral fraud to be put before the courts to answer questions, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, has said. The former Attorney General under the Kufuor administration made the comments while speaking …

Barring any last minute changes, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will today file a petition against the 2020 Presidential result declared by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday, December 9. The Herald is informed that the party’s lawyers led by Tsatsu Tsikata, will be focusing on the Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Mensa to …

When you are aggrieved and bystanders ask you to seek justice in the court, that certainly isn’t bad advice. But that advice can be bad if your adversary is in the process of taking what belongs to you and bystanders and the police, instead of helping you to take back …

The Electoral Commission has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress that it is scheming to deactivate data on the 2020 polls on the Biometric Verification Devices in order to cover-up alleged fraud in the elections. The NDC at a press conference in Accra Thursday said the EC had sent …