The Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), a coalition of 25 civil society organizations (CSOs) in governance and democracy, has urged all Ghanaians to accept the final verdict of the Supreme Court on the 2020 election petition which judgment will be delivered on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
In addition, the forum called on the leadership of both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to advise their supporters against engaging in acts that had the potential to disturb the peace of the country in the aftermath of the judgement.
“Regardless of the outcome, we must remember to put Ghana first and take the necessary actions to ensure that our nation does not plunge into political turmoil,” the Chairman of the CFI, Major General Nii Carl Coleman (retd), said at a press conference in Accra yesterday.
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The Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), a coalition of 25 civil society organisations (CSOs) in governance and democracy, has urged all Ghanaians to accept the final verdict of the Supreme Court on the 2020 election petition which judgement will be delivered on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
In addition, the forum called on the leadership of both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to advise their supporters against engaging in acts that had the potential to disturb the peace of the country in the aftermath of the judgement.
“Regardless of the outcome, we must remember to put Ghana first and take the necessary actions to ensure that our nation does not plunge into political turmoil,” the Chairman of the CFI, Major General Nii Carl Coleman (retd), said at a press conference in Accra yesterday.
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BY: Emelia Ennin Abbey
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Dr Emmanuel Akwetey (left) Major General (rtd) Carl Coleman (middle), Chairman and Dr Angela Dwamena-Aboagye interacting after the press conference. Picture: Maxwell Ocloo
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The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) have indicated that an independent audit of the presidential results outside the court is unconstitutional.
They have therefore advised the aggrieved parties of the recently declared presidential and parliamentary results to resort to the court for redress.
The two bodies made this known during a joint press conference on the theme: Matters arising from the December 7 general election.