Supreme Court to rule on Zanetor application today

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• Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

  Zanetor has been pampered enough, it is time for Ghanaians to reclaim the political space due everybody.
  Let justice prevail in Ghana while the world watches.

  Zanetor has been pampered enough, it is time for Ghanaians to reclaim the political space due everybody.
  Let justice prevail in Ghana while the world watches.

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• sanjay - Abu Dhabi 9 years ago

  we dey your back, no shaking, only your mother want to divert NDC attention, but for you we dey your back, success on your way

  we dey your back, no shaking, only your mother want to divert NDC attention, but for you we dey your back, success on your way

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• Private Mensah 9 years ago

  Sore losers will always be shamed

  Sore losers will always be shamed

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• Trust 9 years ago

  This case was a diversionary tactics to enable her register in the recent voter registration period.
  Send her back to the High Court with a big fund, please. That will be justice.

  This case was a diversionary tactics to enable her register in the recent voter registration period.
  Send her back to the High Court with a big fund, please. That will be justice.

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• Frank 9 years ago

  The ruling is obvious

  The ruling is obvious

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• Maame 9 years ago

  I WILL NOT TRUST DR. ZANETOR RAWLINGS NDC EXECUTIVE MUST BE CAREFUL WITH THAT FAMILY. LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER OR LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER BOTH NOT GOOD OOO!!!!

  I WILL NOT TRUST DR. ZANETOR RAWLINGS NDC EXECUTIVE MUST BE CAREFUL WITH THAT FAMILY. LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER OR LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER BOTH NOT GOOD OOO!!!!

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• APANTESIS 9 years ago

  HOW DO YOU PRESENT YOURSELF FOR ELECTION WHEN YOU ARE NOT A REGISTERED CANDIDATE ?THIS IS WHAT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.IF ANAS , IS ANYTHING TO GO BY,YOU WILL SURELY LOOSE THIS CASE FOR A RE- ELECTION !

  HOW DO YOU PRESENT YOURSELF FOR ELECTION WHEN YOU ARE NOT A REGISTERED CANDIDATE ?THIS IS WHAT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.IF ANAS , IS ANYTHING TO GO BY,YOU WILL SURELY LOOSE THIS CASE FOR A RE- ELECTION !

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• ABBA ATTA 9 years ago

  APANTESIS, LET US EDUCATE OURSELVES HERE A BIT. BE OPEN MINDED. THIS IS WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS ABOUT THE QUALIFICATION FOR AN MP
  Article 94 of the 1992 Constitution sets out the qualification and eligibility criteria for ...
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  APANTESIS, LET US EDUCATE OURSELVES HERE A BIT. BE OPEN MINDED. THIS IS WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS ABOUT THE QUALIFICATION FOR AN MP
  Article 94 of the 1992 Constitution sets out the qualification and eligibility criteria for membership of Parliament. Key among the criteria is the nationality and age qualification which requires an MP to be a Ghanaian citizen of not less than twenty-one year and a registered voter. Persons with dual citizenship cannot be MPs.
  
  The next important qualification is that of residential status by Article 94 (1) (b) the MP must be “a resident in the constituency for which he stands as a candidate for election to Parliament or must have resided there for a total period of not less than five years out of the ten years immediately preceding the election for which he stands, or he hails from the constituency”. IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER TO STAND FOR AN MP. THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT STRICTLY ENFORCED BY THE POLITICAL PARTIES, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE QUALIFIED POPULAR CANDIDATES WHO HAD LIVE OUTSIDE AND NOT REGISTERED BUT ARE MEMBERS OF THEIR BRANCHES ABROAD, WHO MAY CONTEST AND WAIT TO REGISTER WHEN THE EC OPENS REGISTRATION PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS. REMEMBER SPIO GABRAH THE FIRST TIME HE CAME DOWN FOR APPOINTMENT AS A MINISTER, HE HAD NOT BEING ABLE TO REGISTERED SO HIS APPOINTMENT WAS STOPPED, TILL HE HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER.

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• ASKIA 9 years ago

  I come to think of it, why are politicians doing these things to themselves. Why am I saying this? You're going into contest with someone whom you know is not qualified to go into the contest. You decided not to challenged t ...
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  I come to think of it, why are politicians doing these things to themselves. Why am I saying this? You're going into contest with someone whom you know is not qualified to go into the contest. You decided not to challenged the fellow with the mind-set that you're winning. To your surprise you lost. Then you're running in for legal protection. Let us assumed that the said, litigant did won the very election, would he had gone to court?. What a gimmick!!!.

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• Concerned 9 years ago

  If ashitey were to have won the first election what would be going to court for.

  If ashitey were to have won the first election what would be going to court for.

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• ALONZO 9 years ago

  SHE WILL WIN THE CASE AT THE SUPREME COURT. GHANA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS VERY CORRUPT. NO COUNTRY RESPECT THE RULINGS FROM GHANA SUPREME COURT.

  SHE WILL WIN THE CASE AT THE SUPREME COURT. GHANA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS VERY CORRUPT. NO COUNTRY RESPECT THE RULINGS FROM GHANA SUPREME COURT.

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• CHORKOR SCHOOLBOY 9 years ago

  LOOK AT THIS DAUGHTER OF THAT MURDERER.

  LOOK AT THIS DAUGHTER OF THAT MURDERER.

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• Jay 9 years ago

  You can dance about the issue as much as you want but the law is the law and your father and mother who both claim holier than thou cannot interprate the same laws that they helped to draw up in 1992? Is it that difficult? Do ...
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  You can dance about the issue as much as you want but the law is the law and your father and mother who both claim holier than thou cannot interprate the same laws that they helped to draw up in 1992? Is it that difficult? Does the tax payer really have to waste money on a clear cut case? Was she a registered voter when she run for the position? Does the constitution state that the person has to be a registered voter? Why are they forcing her on us? Why doesn't Mr. know it all Rawlings do the honrouable thing and get his beloved daughter to withraw to fight in 2020?It doesn't only look bad but gives the impression "do as I say not as I do". It is a shame when they have the audacity to point fingers at others but shield theirs when they go against the law. sad.

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• TRUMP, THE WINDBAG-MONEYBAG 9 years ago

  There is nothing wrong with having a drive and personal ambition but it is also true that she is a privilege child who is bulldozing her way through thanks to her parents, Jerry Rawlings and Konadu Agyemang.
  
  Rawlings kille ...
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  There is nothing wrong with having a drive and personal ambition but it is also true that she is a privilege child who is bulldozing her way through thanks to her parents, Jerry Rawlings and Konadu Agyemang.
  
  Rawlings killed and victimised people, all in the name of creating an equal-opportunity society.
  
  Someone should asked Privileged Zanetor Agyemang Rawlings if she knows who Afari Kuta is and what happened to his children, and where they are now.

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• OSEI TUFFOUR JNR. 9 years ago

  Ashittey must know that whether Dr Zanetor is a registered member or not , her election as a parliamentarian is the choice of the people . He can even to go the highest court on the earth, it is people who ignored him and ...
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  Ashittey must know that whether Dr Zanetor is a registered member or not , her election as a parliamentarian is the choice of the people . He can even to go the highest court on the earth, it is people who ignored him and elect Dr. Zanetor,

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• samuel azumah 9 years ago

  i like azanator for korley klotey.all ewes,all gas.adangbes,all fantes,the brons,the 3 norths,western and others.ndc has 8 regions to win by nos.in estern,ndc may win by 49 percentage by my estimation.in ashanti ,ndc may get ...
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  i like azanator for korley klotey.all ewes,all gas.adangbes,all fantes,the brons,the 3 norths,western and others.ndc has 8 regions to win by nos.in estern,ndc may win by 49 percentage by my estimation.in ashanti ,ndc may get 47 percent

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• Volva 9 years ago

  I just hate the guts of this ugly selfish bitch.

  I just hate the guts of this ugly selfish bitch.

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• NiiM3NiiM3 9 years ago

  "I put it to you" this legal definition is very weighty. The young Doctor got herself entangled in the web of Article 94(1)(a)? I can understand why the Supreme Court found for the young Doctor. The genesis of the case was th ...
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  "I put it to you" this legal definition is very weighty. The young Doctor got herself entangled in the web of Article 94(1)(a)? I can understand why the Supreme Court found for the young Doctor. The genesis of the case was that
  Dr Rawlings have indicated to her Party that she would like to represent Klottey Korley Constituency in the 7th Nov 2016 Parliamentary election (WHEN THE TIME COMES BUT WHICH IS A YEAR AWAY). This to me the lay man is a statement of INTENT. Some years ago, I was in UK and my former tenant threatened to deal with me. He made the threat in presence of a Local Authority official. I promptly reported the case to the Police. It was explained to me that no offence has yet been committed because he has not done anything to me yet. But that would be too late - well that is how the law stands and I left the Station and thank God nothing really happened from his vain threat. To my understanding, therefore, because 7th November 2016 was still far away, she has merely expressed intent and it does not matter what her Political Party says or does, Article 94(1)(a) is actionable by only the E.C. She made her intentions known to her preferred Party (NDC). The Party needed to know if she was a Party member. i.e. holder of a Party Card. She satisfied this criteria and she was pitched against other interested individuals in the primaries where she trumped them convincingly. I therefore put it to you that because 7th November 2016 is still months away and there is a window for late registration to comply with Article 94(1)(a), her win over the others at the primaries was legitimate as far as the Party was concerned. Article 94(1)(a) cannot be evoked at Party level unless there is a specific NDC party article which has been flouted. The E.C. is the final authority. She has not as yet filed her papers with the E.C at the time of the contest in her Party. Also just supposing there would be a specific amount to pay as Deposit before she could register with the E.C but she has not got the exact sum as at November 2015 or when their primaries took place but she had hoped to have the money before the registration with the E.C opens. she would not have contravened any law. If when it came to registering with the E.C. she has not been able to raise the money, she has wasted the time of her party and her nomination will be annulled and a quick contest will be organised by her party. Her real issue is therefore exclusively with her Party and interpreting Article 94(1)(a) broadly is ineffective in my lay man's view. Many things can happen which can disqualify an individual from registering after wining the primaries that wining the primaries does not provide rubber stamp for recklessness. As Dr Zenator has now complied with the E.C. regulations as enshrined in Article 94(1)(a), she is now the bonafide Candidate for her Party at Korley Klottey.

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