{"id":57227,"date":"2023-10-18T17:11:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T17:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=57227"},"modified":"2023-10-18T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:35:51","slug":"voter-registration-exercise-supreme-court-strikes-out-injunction-by-ndc-4-other-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/voter-registration-exercise-supreme-court-strikes-out-injunction-by-ndc-4-other-parties","title":{"rendered":"Voter registration exercise: Supreme Court strikes out injunction by NDC, 4 other parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Supreme Court has struck out the injunction application filed by NDC, four others against the Electoral Commission.<\/b><\/p>\n

Five political parties made up of the NDC, the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), All People\u2019s Congress, Liberal Party of Ghana and the Great Consolidated Popular Party on September 7, sued the Electoral Commission at the Supreme Court over its decision to restrict voter registration centers to its district offices.<\/p>\n

NDC, four other parties sue EC over upcoming limited voter registration<\/p>\n

The parties contended that the EC\u2019s decision had the potential to deprive many eligible voters of their right to register to vote in public elections. They filed an injunction against the exercise till the substantive case was heard. But the Commission disregarded the injunction and went ahead with the exercise.<\/p>\n

When the case was called on October 7, 2023, both applicants and their counsels were absent in court.<\/p>\n

Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare was however, present with their lawyer, Justin Amenuvor.<\/p>\n

The Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, who presided over the 5-member panel, noted that the case couldn\u2019t be set on an earlier date, because the Apex court doesn\u2019t sit during August and September due to the legal vacation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court doesn\u2019t sit on vacation. There are no rules for SC to sit during the month of August and September. That is why the application was fixed for 17th of October, 2023. Discussions of fixing it for today should be premised on the SC not being able to sit during vacations except by a special fiat,\u201d she explained to the court.<\/p>\n

The court fixed October 17, 2023 to hear the suit against the Electoral Commission after the five political parties filed the suit on September 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

Limited Voter Registration: NDC says suit against EC first in series of action<\/p>\n

Lead counsel for the Electoral Commission, Justin Amenuvor told the court that after filing the injunction the parties hadn\u2019t filed any statement of case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that they are all satisfied with the exercise that went on. Till date there has not been any statement off case. Just a writ and application.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruling on the case, the Apex court struck out the application by the five political parties.<\/p>\n

The five-member panel consisted of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo, Justice Baffoe Bonnie, Justice Mensa Bonsu, Justice Barbara Ackah-Yensu and Justice Ernest Gyawu.<\/p>\n

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