Petitioners pray court to invalidate Mahama’s election

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VOLTA 12 years ago

HE CAN NEVER BE A PRESIDENT

HE CAN NEVER BE A PRESIDENT
ATSU, HO 12 years ago

AT THE END OFTHE DAY I HOPE THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL IT WILL BE

AT THE END OFTHE DAY I HOPE THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL IT WILL BE
Chii 12 years ago

Read this carefully:

"The petitioners have shown by the sheer depth and weight of the evidence adduced at trial and the force of legal arguments advanced in this address that there were indeed, substantial constitutional a ...
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Read this carefully:

"The petitioners have shown by the sheer depth and weight of the evidence adduced at trial and the force of legal arguments advanced in this address that there were indeed, substantial constitutional and statutory violations, malpractices and irregularities in the 2012 presidential election and these violations, malpractices and irregularities had a material effect on the results of the election as declared by the 2nd Respondent.”

I thought that the petitioners pray court to invalidate Mahama's election for reasons of FRAUD and COLLUSION.If the is true, Nana and co have no case.

Remember that the petitioners must not only prove the existence of statutory violations, malpractices and irregularities in the election. They must also prove beyond reasonable doubt that President Mahama singularly benefited from the illegality because of collusion with the EC.
Chii 12 years ago

corr: If this is true..

corr: If this is true..
Zoobie-Zoobie 12 years ago

176 pages... all substance?

176 pages... all substance?
krikri 12 years ago

I agree with you THAT ARROGANT EVIL COCAINE SNIFFING DWARF WILL NEVER BE A PRESIDENT. HE IS SIMPLY TOO DANGEROUS AND DISASTROUS

I agree with you THAT ARROGANT EVIL COCAINE SNIFFING DWARF WILL NEVER BE A PRESIDENT. HE IS SIMPLY TOO DANGEROUS AND DISASTROUS
Kojo T 12 years ago

We pary God and the court to save us from this violent band of KKK , Nana Who? as we do notknow his real name, Ken Agyepong of Kill the Gas and kill the Ewes, Anthony karbo, Sir John, Kofi Juma Ursula who? and 'colo' mentalit ...
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We pary God and the court to save us from this violent band of KKK , Nana Who? as we do notknow his real name, Ken Agyepong of Kill the Gas and kill the Ewes, Anthony karbo, Sir John, Kofi Juma Ursula who? and 'colo' mentality like Osafo marfo and arrogant Ken Kurachie
Ofosuhene 12 years ago

IDIOTS.

IDIOTS.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

"The true result of the 2012 presidential election after it is cured of all the infractions through the necessary annulments, the address explains, should see Nana Akufo-Addo earning 56.85% with the first respondent, John Mah ...
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"The true result of the 2012 presidential election after it is cured of all the infractions through the necessary annulments, the address explains, should see Nana Akufo-Addo earning 56.85% with the first respondent, John Mahama, obtaining 41.79% of the valid votes cast."

Hello Oman Ghana, didn't we all watch the 46 days legal tussle on the supreme floor whereby their so-called ironclad evidence by which they confidently touted before the masses was strangely missing in action throughout the length of the sitting and nowhere to be found in the chambers? Well, what is your take, Oman Ghana? Hmmm, your guess is as good as mine.
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

Obetsebi Lamptey and Akuffo Addo can not use 419 shortcut to the presidency. 2016 is the next battle. Let the sore losers go burn the sea!!!

Obetsebi Lamptey and Akuffo Addo can not use 419 shortcut to the presidency. 2016 is the next battle. Let the sore losers go burn the sea!!!

Kwesi - USA 12 years ago

HAVE YOU CLEAN YOUR TEETH TODAY AND TAKING YOUR BATH. AM ASKING BECAUSE I SMELL YOUR STINK.

HAVE YOU CLEAN YOUR TEETH TODAY AND TAKING YOUR BATH. AM ASKING BECAUSE I SMELL YOUR STINK.
Otuo Ampah 12 years ago

Hahahahahaha you are so backward. He does not need to smell good in order to make sense no wonder most of you smell better than a he-goat yet your thinking stinks like you cow dung.

Hahahahahaha you are so backward. He does not need to smell good in order to make sense no wonder most of you smell better than a he-goat yet your thinking stinks like you cow dung.
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

Thanks for you solidarity!!!

Thanks for you solidarity!!!
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

Kwesi-USA?????? Kwesi-USA????? Kwesi-USA??????? Kwesi - USA????????????Sorry to disappoint you. I often do not deal with nkurasefuo. Please do not ever comment on my post with such akurase name!!!!!!!!!!

Kwesi-USA?????? Kwesi-USA????? Kwesi-USA??????? Kwesi - USA????????????Sorry to disappoint you. I often do not deal with nkurasefuo. Please do not ever comment on my post with such akurase name!!!!!!!!!!
KB 12 years ago

Please let' be a bit more decorous in our comments. The whole world have access to whatever views we exchange here. After all we have a common goal - the inerest of Ghana, our motherland

Please let' be a bit more decorous in our comments. The whole world have access to whatever views we exchange here. After all we have a common goal - the inerest of Ghana, our motherland
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

Very cleverly put. Bravo on the keypad. Peace out.

Very cleverly put. Bravo on the keypad. Peace out.
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

Hypocrite! Please stay off my posts!

Hypocrite! Please stay off my posts!
TDA 12 years ago

nkwaseafoa asefoa! idiots...grow up!

nkwaseafoa asefoa! idiots...grow up!
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

You hypocrite and a sore loser! Please stay off my posts!!!!!

You hypocrite and a sore loser! Please stay off my posts!!!!!
TDA 12 years ago

Define a hypocrite. Idiots outnumbers intellects in Ghana. And you Nana Yaw would make a great leader of the idiots. Take a chill pill! Discourse discontinued!

Define a hypocrite. Idiots outnumbers intellects in Ghana. And you Nana Yaw would make a great leader of the idiots. Take a chill pill! Discourse discontinued!

Nana Yaw 12 years ago

You can not handle the truth! A sore loser!!!!

You can not handle the truth! A sore loser!!!!
TDA 12 years ago

Its either you're incredibly stupid or incredibly smart. Lets see which are you.. I insulted you and Kwesi-USA (who seem to support your opponent NPP?). Which (losing) party do I support? NPP? How did you arrive at that concl ...
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Its either you're incredibly stupid or incredibly smart. Lets see which are you.. I insulted you and Kwesi-USA (who seem to support your opponent NPP?). Which (losing) party do I support? NPP? How did you arrive at that conclusion?
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

I careless about your shenanigans. You are a sore loser and a hypocrite. Need I say more? Get off my posts and commends if you can not handle the truth, u sore loser!!

I careless about your shenanigans. You are a sore loser and a hypocrite. Need I say more? Get off my posts and commends if you can not handle the truth, u sore loser!!
TDA 12 years ago

You've answered yourself! Discourse discontinued!

You've answered yourself! Discourse discontinued!
TDA 12 years ago

Actually meant to add that well done, you've won the discourse! Let's move on...

Actually meant to add that well done, you've won the discourse! Let's move on...
GHANAVIA 12 years ago

You need a SHS education to comprehend on issues of discourse. Please help yourself.

You need a SHS education to comprehend on issues of discourse. Please help yourself.
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

Akuffo Addo and Obetsebi Lamptey need JHS to understand what Tarzan and Mr Kwame Pianim have been trying to pump into their empty brains. Elections are won at the ballot boxes and when all election monitors agree with the EC, ...
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Akuffo Addo and Obetsebi Lamptey need JHS to understand what Tarzan and Mr Kwame Pianim have been trying to pump into their empty brains. Elections are won at the ballot boxes and when all election monitors agree with the EC, that must be enough. Just because any idiot can go to the court, does not mean it is okay to do so. Akuffo Addo and Obestebi Lamptey are fraud!!!!
AMA 12 years ago

So that means we should ignore all the mistakes made on behalf of Mahama and carry on...please be a little more sensible. Common sense goes a long way!

So that means we should ignore all the mistakes made on behalf of Mahama and carry on...please be a little more sensible. Common sense goes a long way!
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

So why do we spend millions to have elections, spend enormous resources for international and local monitors to act as independent referees, then the loser comes out with flimsy excuse in an attempt to undermine the winner de ...
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So why do we spend millions to have elections, spend enormous resources for international and local monitors to act as independent referees, then the loser comes out with flimsy excuse in an attempt to undermine the winner despite the opinions of election experts from all over the world? Why is former president Kuffor in Mali if the loser will use patapaa at the end of the elections? Did the president use the military to harass any one? Ghanaians elected an NDC majority in parliament and voted against the president? The president won 8 of the 10 regions and all doesn't matter because con men like Akuffo Addo and Obetsebi Lamptey say so? Since when did Dr Afari Djan become a crook when we were told in 2000 and 2004 by the same sore losers of today that he is the best electoral guru ever surfaced on the African continent? Facts and logic not insults and 419 scams!!!!
GREAT NANA ANTWI 12 years ago

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GOOGLE OR GO TO www greatnanapowerfullspiritualist blogspot.com

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GOOGLE OR GO TO www greatnanapowerfullspiritualist blogspot.com

Kwesi - USA 12 years ago

I ALWAYS THOUGHT NDC HAS MOUTH NOT KNOWING THEY RATHER HAVE OKRO MOUTH FOR PROPAGANDA. NOW THEY CAN'T EVEN FILE THEIR ADDRESS. THIEVES PARTY WITH ALL HIS SUPPORTERS. ANY TIME NDC RULE, THE COUNTRY SUFFER FOR CRIME AND CORRUPT ...
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I ALWAYS THOUGHT NDC HAS MOUTH NOT KNOWING THEY RATHER HAVE OKRO MOUTH FOR PROPAGANDA. NOW THEY CAN'T EVEN FILE THEIR ADDRESS. THIEVES PARTY WITH ALL HIS SUPPORTERS. ANY TIME NDC RULE, THE COUNTRY SUFFER FOR CRIME AND CORRUPTION. WHY? WHY? AND WHY?
HOLY GOAT 12 years ago

BAD FAITH will be the down fall of the petitioners. They excluded pink sheets which had the same flaws in areas where they had substantial majorities. COME TO EQUITY WITH CLEAN HANDS. The Petitioners hands are soiled with blo ...
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BAD FAITH will be the down fall of the petitioners. They excluded pink sheets which had the same flaws in areas where they had substantial majorities. COME TO EQUITY WITH CLEAN HANDS. The Petitioners hands are soiled with blood and s**t.
KOFI 12 years ago

WELL SAID

WELL SAID
AMA 12 years ago

Good observation...but, if the respondents know this, why didn't they bring THAT bit of evidence. Why bring only 17 pink sheets? Think about that!

Good observation...but, if the respondents know this, why didn't they bring THAT bit of evidence. Why bring only 17 pink sheets? Think about that!
Dannybee 12 years ago

We are yet to hear from what the respondents have to say. Then the ruling which will also be explained to the public.

We are yet to hear from what the respondents have to say. Then the ruling which will also be explained to the public.
AREA CODE 12 years ago

TELL ME ONE THING THAT THE MAN WITH EVIL INTENTION HAVE WON?

TELL ME ONE THING THAT THE MAN WITH EVIL INTENTION HAVE WON?
Tom 12 years ago

Born to loss indeed, illiterate dummy. Write born to lose.

Born to loss indeed, illiterate dummy. Write born to lose.
Kojo T 12 years ago

What has Nana the " lost certificate" actually accomplished for his years in public service?

What has Nana the " lost certificate" actually accomplished for his years in public service?
Mozato 12 years ago

Go Ask killerahama that foolish question

Go Ask killerahama that foolish question
KUMBUM 12 years ago

Hmm, spoon and " fufu"

Hmm, spoon and " fufu"
john ansah 12 years ago

well if this is both sides of the coin then that is fine but it is one side then it is hypocrisy!

well if this is both sides of the coin then that is fine but it is one side then it is hypocrisy!
AMA 12 years ago

have you read any of the NDC propaganda? Heavily one sided. :-)

have you read any of the NDC propaganda? Heavily one sided. :-)
Papa 12 years ago

THIS CANNOT BE GRANTED! FOOLISHNESS ON THE PART OF NPP.

THIS CANNOT BE GRANTED! FOOLISHNESS ON THE PART OF NPP.
kusasi 12 years ago

you only won election in two regions and claimed you were robbed.you want to be president through back door just as you fake to be a lawyer

you only won election in two regions and claimed you were robbed.you want to be president through back door just as you fake to be a lawyer
Nana Yaw 12 years ago

Kwesi-USA?????? Kwesi-USA????? Kwesi-USA??????? Sorry to disappoint you. I often do not deal with nkurasefuo. Please do not ever comment on my post with such akurase name!!!!!

Kwesi-USA?????? Kwesi-USA????? Kwesi-USA??????? Sorry to disappoint you. I often do not deal with nkurasefuo. Please do not ever comment on my post with such akurase name!!!!!
jumo mumuni 12 years ago

the petitioners are just acting a comedy movie

the petitioners are just acting a comedy movie
Kalira 12 years ago

Oh npp stop deceiving your souls

Oh npp stop deceiving your souls
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

Laurent Gbagbo refuesd to concede defeat and used the Supreme Court to install himself on the Ivorian people.We all saw what happened later,I hope Nana Addo doesn't want to join Gbagbo in Den Haag.Thank you.

Laurent Gbagbo refuesd to concede defeat and used the Supreme Court to install himself on the Ivorian people.We all saw what happened later,I hope Nana Addo doesn't want to join Gbagbo in Den Haag.Thank you.
....... 12 years ago

Dr Kwadwo Afari G. was not a thief when declared Kuffour winner in 2000 and 2004 elections. In 2008 & 2013 he has been then turned a thief. Oh NPP!!!

Dr Kwadwo Afari G. was not a thief when declared Kuffour winner in 2000 and 2004 elections. In 2008 & 2013 he has been then turned a thief. Oh NPP!!!
Banza Yaro 12 years ago

You don't call somebody a thief until you catch him. NDC had no proof to lay down on him then, but the NPP does now. The guy wanted to be paid and the NPP refused. So he decided to sell out to the highest bidder and the NDC a ...
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You don't call somebody a thief until you catch him. NDC had no proof to lay down on him then, but the NPP does now. The guy wanted to be paid and the NPP refused. So he decided to sell out to the highest bidder and the NDC and Mahama bought him for the prize.
Sankofa 12 years ago

So how much did President Mahama pay?

You can continue to live in cloud-cuckoo land.

So how much did President Mahama pay?

You can continue to live in cloud-cuckoo land.
momo ghana 12 years ago

no difference npp or ndc all thief

no difference npp or ndc all thief
BABA 12 years ago

BOGUS NPP AND THEIR CRAFTY COMMUNICATION TEAM WHO COMMUNICATE NOTHING BUT DUBIOUS AND DIABOLICAL ISSUES

BOGUS NPP AND THEIR CRAFTY COMMUNICATION TEAM WHO COMMUNICATE NOTHING BUT DUBIOUS AND DIABOLICAL ISSUES
Kojo! 12 years ago

Ostriches!

Ostriches!
HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 12 years ago

HEHEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

HEHEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
KING MAXI 12 years ago

INVALIDATE VOTES INDEED!!!! NPP PLEASE KEEP ON DAY DREAMING!!! A BIGGER KNOCKOUT AWAITS YOU IN 2016!!!!

INVALIDATE VOTES INDEED!!!! NPP PLEASE KEEP ON DAY DREAMING!!! A BIGGER KNOCKOUT AWAITS YOU IN 2016!!!!
YAW- COLUMBUS OHIO USA 12 years ago

It should be noted clearly that insults and intimidations are not going to be used by the SC judges to decide this case but RULE OF LAW AS ENSHRINED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF GHANA.NDC we are not under your barbaric and revoluti ...
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It should be noted clearly that insults and intimidations are not going to be used by the SC judges to decide this case but RULE OF LAW AS ENSHRINED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF GHANA.NDC we are not under your barbaric and revolutionary era when your leaders can randomly arrest,intimidate or kill their opponents without a try .This is 21st century Ghana with rule of law working.You guys has to be enlightened about the constitution of the republic and know that if IT IS FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTION MALPRACTICES OR RIGGING ,NANA ADDO CAN BE DECLARED THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OF GHANA OR THE ELECTION WILL BE DECLARED NULL AND VOID AND NEW ONE ORGANIZED OK.Thats very simple ABCD constitutional interpretation.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!! 12 years ago

The concern citizens of Ghanaians abroad such as America, Canada, London, Germany, Italy, Australia and Holland, is appealing to the highest court of our country to throw the petitioners foolish and diabolical case that is ha ...
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The concern citizens of Ghanaians abroad such as America, Canada, London, Germany, Italy, Australia and Holland, is appealing to the highest court of our country to throw the petitioners foolish and diabolical case that is hanging on mother Ghana's Neck through the nearest Windows for Ghana to move forward.
Dandor 12 years ago

HOW CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SUPPORTERS BEING AT THE THROAT OF ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE PRESIDENCY CHANGE HANDS? THINK TWICE AND STOP FOOLING YOUR NUMEROUS SUPPORTERS. TELL THEM THE TRUE AND SAVE YOUR IMAGES.

HOW CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SUPPORTERS BEING AT THE THROAT OF ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE PRESIDENCY CHANGE HANDS? THINK TWICE AND STOP FOOLING YOUR NUMEROUS SUPPORTERS. TELL THEM THE TRUE AND SAVE YOUR IMAGES.
OPINION 12 years ago

ELECTIONS ARE NOT WON BY ENGLISH! IF YOU LIKE SPEAK ALL THE ENGLISH IN THIS WORLD THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOU LOST THE ELECTION - PERIOD!

ELECTIONS ARE NOT WON BY ENGLISH! IF YOU LIKE SPEAK ALL THE ENGLISH IN THIS WORLD THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOU LOST THE ELECTION - PERIOD!
Sankofa 12 years ago

So now the petitioners have reduced the number of pink sheets to 10,119.

So how do they account for the count of over 13000 by KPMG, and the disparities between the sets of pink sheets - those held by the registry, the Pre ...
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So now the petitioners have reduced the number of pink sheets to 10,119.

So how do they account for the count of over 13000 by KPMG, and the disparities between the sets of pink sheets - those held by the registry, the President of the panel and those of the respondents? Why did Dr Bawumia keep insisting that 11582 pink sheets were presented?

If the petitioners cannot even get their primary evidence right, how do they expect to win this case?
Ali Abanga 12 years ago

In the aftermath of the declaration the world will be shocked how mahama really rigged the elections the battle is the Lords and hope to see y'all at Nana's inauguration, thx

In the aftermath of the declaration the world will be shocked how mahama really rigged the elections the battle is the Lords and hope to see y'all at Nana's inauguration, thx
chass 12 years ago

day dreamer. u always forget that nana is an itellectual. he is just doing this to give u some hope after election. he knows he has not won. cant u see that your spiritualist is always deceiving u. the person who said mahama ...
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day dreamer. u always forget that nana is an itellectual. he is just doing this to give u some hope after election. he knows he has not won. cant u see that your spiritualist is always deceiving u. the person who said mahama will die in dec. has changed his live time to fifteen years? if the battle is truely the lord's just keep quiet and wait prayerfully.
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ. 12 years ago

FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
TO:H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA (ONLY)
DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013
SUBJECT: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ALERT AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE FEATURE ARTICLE PUB ...
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FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
TO:H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA (ONLY)
DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013
SUBJECT: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ALERT AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE FEATURE ARTICLE PUBLICATION ON GHANAWEB.COM CAPTIONED "EC ADDRESS".
THIS IS TO RESPECTFULLY REFER TO THE ABOVE RELATED SUBJECT-MATTER IN WHICH CONTENTS THAT EC SOLELY RELYING ON ARTICLE 45 OF THE 1992 GHANA CONSTITUTION AND IN VIEW OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND POWERS VESTED IN EC THAT CHAPTER 007 ARTICLE 46 IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AND CLEARLY PROVIDES FOR EC AUTHORITY AS FOLLOWS:

46
"Except as provided in this Constitution or in any other law not inconsistent with this Constitution, in the performance of its functions, the Electoral Commission, shall not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority."
THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISION IN ARTICLE 46 AS SEEN ABOVE THAT BY THE RULES OF INTERPRETATION THAT EC IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS FUNCTIONS IS NOT UNDER THE DIRECTION OR CONTROL OF ANY PERSON OR AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE BEFORE ANY PERSON OR PERSONS OR AUTHORITY PURPORTED TO CHALLENGE THE EC FUNCTIONS THEN THAT PERSON OR AUTHORITY MUST CLEARLY ASSERT ITS GROUNDS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION EC HAS VIOLATED.

IT IS THEREFORE MY RESPECTFUL SUBMISSION ALSO THAT CHAPTER 001 CLAUSES 1 AND 2 CLEARLY PROVIDED FOR THE CONSTITUTION AS THE "SUPREME LAW OF GHANA" AS SEEN BELOW
"CHAPTER 001

THE CONSTITUTION
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REBUPLIC OF GHANA 1992
1
(1) The Sovereignty of Ghana resides in the people of Ghana in whose name and for whose welfare the powers of government are to be exercised in the manner and within the limits laid down in this Constitution.
(2) This Constitution shall be the supreme law of Ghana and any other law found to be inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void."
THAT IT IS A TRITE LAW AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN A CASE IS BEING ADJUDICATED IN COURT THAT "ALL APPLICABLE LAWS" THAT ARE RELEVANT TO NATURE, FORM CHARACTER AND SUBSTANCE OF THE CASE EQUALLY APPLIED TO CASE".
IT IS IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE ASSERTION OF LAW THAT I AM RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING THAT THE INTERNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVE IF IT APPLIED TO A CASE THEN THE INTERNATIONAL LAW TAKES PRECEDENT OVER ALL OTHER LAWS THAT GHANA IS A SIGNATORY TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW WHICH MEANS THAT GHANA BY THE VIRTUE AND FACT AS SIGNATORY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CEDED THAT PART OF HER SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY.
THEREFORE IN THE INSTANT CASE THAT SUPREME COURT ITSELF OR THE JUDICIARY IS VESTED WITH ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND POWERS UNDER CHAPTER 011 OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:
" CHAPTER 011
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REBUPLIC OF GHANA 1992
THE JUDICIARY
General
125
(1) Justice emanates from the people and shall be administered in the name of the Republic by the Judiciary which shall be independent and subject only to this Constitution.
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(2) Citizens may exercise popular participation in the administration of justice through the institutions of public and customary tribunals and the jury and assessor systems."
THAT CHAPTER 011 ARTICLE 125 CLAUSE 1 CLEARLY PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:
"

(1) Justice emanates from the people and shall be administered in the name of the Republic by the Judiciary which shall be independent and subject only to this Constitution."
IT IS THEREFORE MY RESPECTFUL AND CANDID SUBMISSION THAT THE JUDICIARY AND FOR THAT MATTER IN THE INSTANT CASE IS INDEPENDENT AND SUBJECT ONLY TO THE CONSTITUTION.
THEREFORE IN THE PARLANCE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN ITS CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS UNDER ARTICLE 64 OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:

64
(1) The validity of the election of the President may be challenged only by a citizen of Ghana who may present a petition for the purpose to the Supreme Court within twenty-one days after the declaration of the result of the election in respect of which the petition is presented.
(2) A declaration by the Supreme Court that the election of the President is not valid shall be without prejudice to anything done by the President before the declaration.
(3) The Rules of Court Committee shall, by constitutional instrument, make rules of court for the practice and procedure for petitions to the Supreme Court challenging the election of a President..
THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA IS VESTED OR GRANTED THE AUTHORITY UNDER ARTICLE 64 CLAUSE 2 AS SEEN ABOVE ONLY "A DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT ORDER OR AUTHORITY".
THAT BY THE RULES AND LAWS OF INTERPRETATION THE LEGAL ISSUE HEREBY IS WHETHER OR NOT THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA IS VESTED WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO GRANT THE PETITIONERS RELIEF BEING SOUGHT AT THE SUPREME COURT?'
IT IS MY HUMBLE SUBMISSION THAT THE PETITIONERS RELIEFS BEING SOUGHT "ASKING THE SUPREME COURT TO ANNUL OVER 4.6 MILLION VOTES" THAT THE SUPREME COURT CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS VESTED IN THE COURT UNDER ARTICLE 64 CLAUSE 2 AS SEEN ABOVE CLEARLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF THAT THE COURT LACKS SUCH CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE CANNOT PURPORT TO GIVE AN ORDER OF SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE THAT THE COURT IS NOT VESTED WITH SUCH POWERS UNDER ARTICLE 64.
THE OTHER LEGAL ISSUES RAISED IN THE INSTANT MATTER ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(i) WHETHER OR NOT A SITTING PRESIDENT OF GHANA WHILE IN OFFICE CAN BE SUED OR TO BE JOINED TO A LAWSUIT AS DEFENDANT?
THAT ARTICLE 57 CLAUSES 4,5,6 OF THE CONSTITUTION IN MY HUMBLE SUBMISSION CLEARLY SERVED AS AN OUSTER CLAUSE TO ARTICLE 64 UNDER WHICH THE PETITIONERS RESORTED TO THIS INSTANT CASE.
THAT THE LEGAL SETTLED PRECEDENT IN THE CASE OF "NPP VRS.PRESIDENT RAWLINGS & ATTORNEY GENERAL" IN THE CASE WHERE NPP CHALLENGED THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS THE SUBSTANTIVE PRESIDENT OF GHANA AND APPOINTED THE DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND THAT NPP CHALLENGED THE PRESIDENT CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY OF MAKING SUCH APPOINTMENTS.
THAT THE SUPREME COURT HELD UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACTED PROPERLY UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS VESTED IN THE PRESIDENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 57 CLAUSE 4 OF THE GHANA 1992 CONSTITUTION.
THAT IT WAS DURING THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS MATTER THAT A PANEL MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT ITSELF RAISED THE PRELIMINARY QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT A SITTING PRESIDENT OF GHANA CAN BE SUED OR JOINED TO A LAWSUIT AS DEFENDANT?
THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA IN A MAJORITY 3-2 HELD THAT A SITTING PRESIDENT OF GHANA WHILE IN OFFICE CANNOT BE SUED OR JOINED TO A LAWSUIT AS DEFENDANT BECAUSE OF THE SANCTITY OF THE PRESIDENCY.
THAT THE COURT CITED THE FOLLOWING CASES AS ITS LEGAL PRECEDENT AUTHORITY:
(a) AMOAKO TUFFOUR VRS. ATTORNEY GENERA
(b) SALLAH VRS ATTORNEY GENERAL
JUST TO CITE ONLY THESE TWO (2) CASES.
(ii) THE LEGAL ISSUE INVOLVING THE FAILURE OF SOME ELECTORAL OFFICIALS NOT SIGNING THE PINK SHEETS.
THAT IT IS MY RESPECTFUL SUBMISSION TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THE LAW INVOLVING "MENS REA" OR THE INTENT OF THE FAILURE TO SIGN THE PINK SHEET LOOKING UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE OFFICIALS WORKED WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS "INTENTIONAL, DELIBERATE OR WILLFUL ACT" THAT THE ELECTORAL OFFICIALS INTENTIONALLY REFUSED TO SIGN THE PINK SHEETS WITH THE INTENTION TO CAUSE A WILLFUL INJURY TO A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR JUST "AN HONEST MISTAKE OR A MERE HUMAN ERROR" JUST TO BE CORRECTED?.
FURTHER, WHETHER OR NOT UNDER THAT CIRCUMSTANCE HAS THE ACT AFFECTED THE ACTUAL VOTES CAST? AND WHETHER THE COURT CAN CURE SUCH DEFECTS?
(iii) THE LEGAL ISSUE INVOLVING THE VOTERS REGISTER WHEN THE LEAD COUNSEL DULY TOLD THE COURT THAT THE EC BEFORE THE ELECTION WAS HELD GAVE NPP OR THE PETITIONERS COPY OF THE VOTERS REGISTER EVEN WITH THE SOFT WARE.
WHETHER OR NOT EC JUST GAVE THE PETITIONERS THE REGISTER WITH THE SOFT WARE FOR JUST GIVEN SAKE OR THE PETITIONERS WERE EXPECTED TO CHECK THROUGH THE REGISTER AND TO RAISE THEIR CONCERN,IF THERE WERE ANY?
IT IS THEREFORE MY HUMBLE SUBMISSION THAT THE LAW OF THE LEGAL THEORY OF "ACQUIESCENCE" PROVIDES FOR THE ANSWER THAT "YOU CANNOT CHOOSE OR PURPORT TO SLEEP OVER YOUR RIGHT AND AFTER THE ELECTIONS NOW WAKE UP FROM YOUR DEEP SLEEP TO PURPORT TO ASSERT THAT RIGHT. THAT THE PETITIONERS ARE ESTOPPED TO ASSERT SUCH RIGHT.

(iv) THAT THE LEGAL ISSUE INVOLVING THE PURPORTED MISTAKES MADE BEING THE ACCUSATION BY THE PETITIONERS ON THE PINK SHEETS THAT THE 2ND PETITIONER DR.BAWUMIA CLEARLY TOLD THE SUPREME COURT THAT "YOU AND I WERE NOT THERE BUT BASED ON THE FACE OF THE PINK SHEETS THAT THEY RAISED THOSE ERRORS". THAT IT MEANT THAT NO OFFICIAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PETITIONERS BY THEIR AGENTS OR THE SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT WORKED AT THE POLLING STATIONS WHERE THE ACTUAL ELECTIONS TOOK PLACE .
THAT THE 2ND PETITIONER CLEARLY INFORMED THE COURT THAT THEY THE PETITIONERS IN PREPARING THE PINK SHEETS ALSO MADE MISTAKES AND EVEN SAID THAT "AS HUMAN BEINGS WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES".
THEREFORE THE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WHETHER OR NOT THE DOCTRINE OF EQUITY WHICH PROVIDES THAT "HE WHO SEEKS EQUITY MUST HIMSELF DO EQUITY AND THAT EQUITY AIDS THE VIGILANT AND HE WHO COMES TO EQUITY MUST COME WITH CLEAN HANDS".
THAT IN THE INSTANT CASE THE AGENTS OF THE PETITIONERS DID NOT MAKE ANY OFFICIAL REPORTS OF ANY ACTUAL IRREGULARITIES OR MALPRACTICES THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED AT THE POLLING STATIONS WHERE THE ACTUAL VOTES WERE CAST AND THAT THE PETITIONERS THEMSELVES MADE THE SAME MISTAKES THAT THEY RESORTED ACCUSING ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF AND THAT THEY THEMSELVES "HANDS ARE SOILED AND DIRTY" CONTRARY TO THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AS SHOWN ABOVE.
FURTHER, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE MISTAKES WERE MADE INTENTIONALLY, WILLFULLY OR DELIBERATELY AND JUST HONEST HUMAN MISTAKES?
IT IS THEREFORE MY RESPECTFUL SUBMISSION THAT THE PURPORTED MISTAKES WERE "HONEST MISTAKES" AND MERE HUMAN ERRORS AND NOT INTENDED FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES.
FINALLY WHETHER THE PURPORTED ERRORS WOULD CHANGE THE FINAL RESULTS DULY DECLARED AND DULY GAZETTED WHERE THE ACTUAL BALLOT PAPERS CAST ARE STILL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION WHICH HAS THE SOLE CONSTITUTION AUTHORITY TO PERFORM AND HAS DULY PERFORMED ITS CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS?

IT IS THEREFORE MY RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED THAT IF THE RIGHT ANSWERS ARE FOUND BY THE SUPREME COURT TO THESE RELATED LEGAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE PETITIONERS CHALLENGING THE 2012 ELECTIONS THEN I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MINDSET THAT VICTORY IS ALREADY WON AND THE EC DECLARED RESULTS WOULD BE UPHELD AS CONSTITUTIONAL AND H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA ELECTIONS AS PRESIDENT OF GHANA WOULD BE UPHELD AND THE PETITIONERS CASE TO BE DISMISSED.
IN THE LIGHT OF ABOVE THAT I AM RESPECTFULLY RENDERING THIS LEGAL OPINION FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF H.E.PRESIDENT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA AND STUDY WITH COUNSELS AND IF SOME OF THESE LEGAL ISSUES ARE NOT RAISED OR CAPTURED BY THE THEIR RESPECTIVE ADDRESSES THEN TO FILE AS "ADDITIONAL ADDRESS" TO UPDATE THE ADDRESSES ALREADY FILED BEFORE AUGUST 7, 2013.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
GOD BLESS GHANA AND LONG LIVE GHANA !
VERY TRULY YOURS,

BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT

CHAPTER 007

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REBUPLIC OF GHANA 1992
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
.Right to Vote . Electoral Commission . Political Parties
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Right to Vote
Every citizen of Ghana of eighteen years of age or above and of sound mind has the right to vote and is entitled to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda.
Electoral Commission
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(1) There shall be an Electoral Commission which shall consist of -
(a) a Chairman;
(b) two Deputy Chairmen; and
(c) four other members.
(2) The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President under article 70 of this Constitution.
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(1) A person is not qualified to be appointed a member of the Electoral Commission unless he is qualified to be elected as a member of Parliament.
(2) The Chairman of the Electoral Commission shall have the same terms and conditions of service as a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
(3) The two Deputy Chairman of the Commission shall have the same terms and conditions of service as are applicable to a Justice of the High Court.
(4) The Chairman and the two Deputy Chairmen of the commission shall not, while they hold office on the Commission, hold any other public office.
(5) The other four members of the Commission shall be paid such allowances as Parliament may determine.
(6) If a member is absent or dies, the Commission shall continue its work until the President, acting on the advice of the Council of State, appoints a qualified person to fill the vacancy.
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The Electoral Commission shall have the following functions -
(a) to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law;
(b) to demarcate the electoral boundaries for both national and local government elections;
(c) to conduct and supervise all public elections and referenda;
(a) the guarantee of a fair and realistic remuneration for production and productivity in order to encourage continued production and higher productivity;
(d) to educate the people on the electoral process and its purpose;
(e) to undertake programmes for the expansion of the registration of voters; and
(f) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by law.
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Except as provided in this Constitution or in any other law not inconsistent with this Constitution, in the performance of its functions, the Electoral Commission, shall not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority.

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