Veteran journalist and editor of the New Crusading Guide, Malik Kweku Baako Jnr has commended former president and NDC Flagbearer, John Mahama for “opting to activate Article 64(1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana the same way then Candidate Akufo-Addo, his running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the late Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, then the National Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) did in the wake of the Declaration of the outcome of Election 2012!”
Mr Baako asserted that the action of the National Democratic Congress Presidential candidate will further deepen the country’s democracy whichever way the result may go.
Taking to his Facebook wall, the veteran journalist explained that despite the several exclamations of members of the NDC, per new rules which were gazetted on October 12, 2016, and came into force on January 5, 2017, only John Mahama is allowed to go to court to legally challenge the 2020 Presidential Election declared by the Electoral Commission.’
Election petition: Will Addison be in court again for NPP? – Gyampo wonders
Outspoken University of Ghana lecturer Professor Ransford Gyampo has waded into the potential Supreme Court challenge of the 2020 election results asking who will lead the ruling party’s legal team.
It comes after the opposition National Democratic Congress announced it will file a petition to challenge the results announced by the Electoral Commission by Wednesday. Following the announcement, a list of potential lawyers to lead the team has flooded social media.
Commenting on the development on Facebook, the political science lecturer said “I have seen the galaxy of NDC legal brains heading to the Supreme Court over the 2020 elections. Will the fierce and competent Philip Addison be there for the NPP this time?
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DEC 29, 2020
Outspoken University of Ghana lecturer Professor Ransford Gyampo has waded into the potential Supreme Court challenge of the 2020 election results asking who will lead the ruling party’s legal team.
It comes after the opposition National Democratic Congress announced it will file a petition to challenge the results announced by the Electoral Commission by Wednesday. Following the announcement, a list of potential lawyers to lead the team has flooded social media.
Commenting on the development on Facebook, the political science lecturer said “I have seen the galaxy of NDC legal brains heading to the Supreme Court over the 2020 elections. Will the fierce and competent Philip Addison be there for the NPP this time?