Persons present at the hearing of the ongoing Election Petition at the Supreme Court on Monday were thrown into laughter after one of the panel Judges, Justice Samuel Marful-Sau advised counsel for the 2nd Respondent, Akoto Ampaw, to stop using his wig because it has lost its identity.
Court Registrars trained on handling electoral disputes 18th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
Thirty-five Court Registrars from the Supreme, Appeal, and High Courts nationwide have undergone training on handling electoral disputes emanating from elections.
The registrars are being trained on how to facilitate electoral disputes processes at the courts so that such cases can be handled swiftly and without delay.
Justice Samuel K. Marful-Sau, Director of the Judicial Training Institute (JTI) said the training was to equip the participants to function effectively in handling electoral disputes to facilitate early disposal of such cases since it was time bound.
The training was in collaboration with JTI and the Senior Staff Association of Judicial Service of Ghana (SSAJUG) with funding from STAR Ghana Foundation.
Ghana-Press-Review December 17, 2020 to 11:01 664 APA – Accra (Ghana) The gazetting of the declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election by the Ghana Publishing Company Limited and the tribute by the Head of the African Union Observer Mission in Ghana to monitor the 2020 elections, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, to late former President Jerry John Rawlings are some of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Thursday.
The Graphic reports that the declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election has been gazetted by the Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL).
That makes the declaration legally binding and recognised in law.
Court Registrars trains on handling electoral disputes ghanaweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanaweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Graphic Online
BY: Justice Agbenorsi
705
The Director of the Judicial Training Institute (JTI) and Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel K. Marful-Sau, has reiterated the judiciary’s commitment to settle all electoral disputes that come before the court.
According to him, the timely disposal of electoral disputes was one of the key tenets of the country’s democratic processes, hence the need to resolve them within the shortest possible time.
He was speaking at the training of 35 selected court registrars of the Supreme, Appeal and High courts on electoral laws.
Justice Marful-Sau observed that there was agitation after the December 7 elections and said: “I know you have listened to radio and read the newspapers and there is so much agitation. I can see that so many cases will come to the court especially parliamentary election disputes.