Members of Network for Women’s Rights (NET RIGHT) have commended Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, for spearheading successful Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in December 2020. They indicated that despite the numerous challenges encountered, including the uncertainties around with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission instituted effective and efficient structures which resulted in a number of successful initiatives including the replacement of the Voters Register. They indicated that the foundation and structures laid resulted in credible general elections. Mrs Dorcas Coker-Appiah, spokesperson of the group, speaking during the courtesy call on Mrs Mensa, implored the EC Chairperson to continue her good works and be guided by her faith and values.
Election Petition: Mahama files fresh application to amend processes
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The legal wrangling over whether the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa, should testify in the 2020 presidential election petition has taken a new shape.
Watch a live stream of today’s hearing below;
The Supreme Court will today rule on an application by the petitioner, former President John Dramani Mahama, seeking leave (permission) of the court to reopen his case to enable his lawyers to subpoena Mrs Mensa to appear before the court and testify as a “hostile witness”.
The lead counsel for the petitioner, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, yesterday urged the court to grant his client the permission to reopen his case in the interest of “substantial justice”.
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The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 election, Former President John Dramani Mahama, has filed two legal processes at the Supreme Court for certain answers from the Electoral Commission (EC) with regard to his presidential election petition.
In his first process – motion for leave to serve interrogatories, Mr Mahama is seeking permission from the Supreme Court to allow him to elicit answers that borders on how the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa, arrived at the figures she used in declaring President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential poll, reports Graphic Online’s Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson.