Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has alluded that the attempt by the presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention to seek legal redress following his disqualification by the Electoral Commission is a futile venture.
Bernard Mornah, who could not make the final cut of 13 presidential candidates approved by the Electoral Commission for the December 7 general elections, has instituted legal action describing his disqualification as unlawful.
However, reacting to the news, Allotey Jacobs suggested that Mornah’s fate as far as the election is concerned is already sealed.
“What is written is written; what is written is that you will never be part of this election,” he stated during a panel discussion on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.
Despite his statement, Allotey Jacobs expressed interest in escorting Mornah to court in his quest to seek justice.
“I wish to see him so I can escort him to court,” he stated.
According to Mornah, his disqualification is a breach of his rights, illegal, and failed to comply with due process requirements imposed by law.
In a court document available to GhanaWeb, Bernard Mornah demanded, “An order of mandamus compelling the 2nd respondent to declare the 1st applicant as duly nominated to contest the 2024 public presidential elections.”
On Friday, September 20, 2024, the EC, in a statement, indicated that 11 out of 24 aspirants who filed their nominations to contest the 2024 presidential elections were disqualified due to their failure to correct errors on their nomination forms.
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