The Supreme Court Takes The First Bold Step Towards Justice

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• Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

  Both are win win for the NPP/Akufo-Addo:
  
  (1) whether or not there were violations, irregularities, omissions and malpractices in the December 2012 presidential elections; and (2) whether or not those violations, irregulari ...
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  Both are win win for the NPP/Akufo-Addo:
  
  (1) whether or not there were violations, irregularities, omissions and malpractices in the December 2012 presidential elections; and (2) whether or not those violations, irregularities, omissions and malpractices affected the outcome of the December 2012 presidential elections.

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• OBIBA-JUDAS 12 years ago

  IF GHANA

  IF GHANA

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• OBIBA-JUDAS 12 years ago

  IF GHANA

  IF GHANA

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• Mehunu meka nti 12 years ago

  Come on down to Ghana,and take over the NPP`s petitition? Charlatans and pseudo-intellectuals like you will get your 'wish' sooner than you you expect!

  Come on down to Ghana,and take over the NPP`s petitition? Charlatans and pseudo-intellectuals like you will get your 'wish' sooner than you you expect!

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• Mohammed Dimbie 12 years ago

  You are a disappointed history teacher in that wayside university in Pennsylvania and have too much time on your hands to be folling about on Ghanaweb.
  
  Writer of quaint trash he calls a poem?
  
  Your Akufo-Addo will shed b ...
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  You are a disappointed history teacher in that wayside university in Pennsylvania and have too much time on your hands to be folling about on Ghanaweb.
  
  Writer of quaint trash he calls a poem?
  
  Your Akufo-Addo will shed blood. Kpegah already has an iron-grip on his throat.

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• NDC drug addict 12 years ago

  So you people are relying on somebody who has dementia and is talking any how? Eeeeeh NDC,you are ridiculous even the educated elites among you behave like illiterates.

  So you people are relying on somebody who has dementia and is talking any how? Eeeeeh NDC,you are ridiculous even the educated elites among you behave like illiterates.

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• EAF 12 years ago

  That' what I always talk about. Very amazing how very intelligent people, on becoming NDC party members, suddenly loose their intellectual acumen and unable to engage in any meaningful conversation. About 90% of all contribut ...
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  That' what I always talk about. Very amazing how very intelligent people, on becoming NDC party members, suddenly loose their intellectual acumen and unable to engage in any meaningful conversation. About 90% of all contributions and comments on this forum by NDC scribes just don't make sense. I have tried to be objective when reading their articles and comments but they just don't add up.

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• Matthew 12 years ago

  The burden of proof is on NPP/Addo.You cannot accuse someone of stealing your cow without proof.

  The burden of proof is on NPP/Addo.You cannot accuse someone of stealing your cow without proof.

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• EAF 12 years ago

  And there abundance of proofs waiting to be unleashed in two weeks' time. Everyone should stand still and see the salvation of the Lord

  And there abundance of proofs waiting to be unleashed in two weeks' time. Everyone should stand still and see the salvation of the Lord

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• NYG 12 years ago

  One of the important questions that must be answered, especially in the light of the second of the two issues raised by the Supreme Court Justices to be decided in the election petition, is 'what is a valid cast?' Is a valid ...
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  One of the important questions that must be answered, especially in the light of the second of the two issues raised by the Supreme Court Justices to be decided in the election petition, is 'what is a valid cast?' Is a valid vote cast one that biometrically verified and without any obvious blemish on the ballot; or verification by other means and a ballot without blemish? If a presiding officer voluntarily or otherwise 'refuses' to sign off on the so-called pink should that act of omission invalidate the those votes which were obviously verified biometrically or otherwise? It is a known fact that after the votes have been countered at the polling stations and results forwarded to the constituency centers the only entity that order a recount is the Supreme Court. Could we come to a point where the Court can order a recount of the votes cast in those areas where the presiding officers did not sign off?

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• EBBY 12 years ago

  A valid vote cast is one that was biometrically verified and without any obvious blemish on the ballot, or verification by other means and a ballot without blemish. If a presiding officer refuses to sign off on a pink sheet, ...
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  A valid vote cast is one that was biometrically verified and without any obvious blemish on the ballot, or verification by other means and a ballot without blemish. If a presiding officer refuses to sign off on a pink sheet, which is a sign of dispute, that pink sheet should be set aside and properly investigated by the EC in order to resolve all the issues around the pink sheet. The EC has no right to automatically add disputed ballots to the tally and declare the results without due process.

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• Isaac Osei Kwame 12 years ago

  I pray to GOD the almighty to intervene in this critical moment of Ghana history. I also expect all the Judges to rule accordinly.The Lord God is looking.

  I pray to GOD the almighty to intervene in this critical moment of Ghana history. I also expect all the Judges to rule accordinly.The Lord God is looking.

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• BOY KOFI 12 years ago

  Funny,funny propaganda,where did you get 59% for Nana Addo?Are you now the new Electoral Commissioner or the judge presiding over the petition?Who told you that the Supreme Court will interprete the law they way you put your ...
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  Funny,funny propaganda,where did you get 59% for Nana Addo?Are you now the new Electoral Commissioner or the judge presiding over the petition?Who told you that the Supreme Court will interprete the law they way you put your propaganga forward?So for all your allegation that Afari Gyan rigged the elections is that your only evidence?
  This has nothing to do with rigging where somebody added votes or destroyed votes.This is what we call administrative laspes and could not be define as fraud or rigging anywhere.Think twice,your evicence is bogus.Thank you.

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• Amen 12 years ago

  Boy Kofi, read well. The writer did not say that if those votes were eliminated, Akufo-Addo would get 59%. He only said that is what the petitioners (not the writer) are saying. It is up to the petitioners to prove their case ...
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  Boy Kofi, read well. The writer did not say that if those votes were eliminated, Akufo-Addo would get 59%. He only said that is what the petitioners (not the writer) are saying. It is up to the petitioners to prove their case well enough to convince the Supreme Court justices.
  
  They have not yet done that!

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• Mehunu meka nti 12 years ago

  And his soulmate Akadu Mensema,are not merely mimicking the petitioners,but are engaged in a deliberate effort to pre-determine the outcome of this case.
  Thius 'make-em-up' as you go along evidence,will crumble like a deck o ...
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  And his soulmate Akadu Mensema,are not merely mimicking the petitioners,but are engaged in a deliberate effort to pre-determine the outcome of this case.
  Thius 'make-em-up' as you go along evidence,will crumble like a deck of cards right in the face of these sore losers!

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• DO THE RIGHT THING 12 years ago

  To be a leader of Ghana and for that matter any democratic state in the world is not by the individual or group of people's whims and caprices. Is through the box and majority decision period. Court will not help. Now you ...
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  To be a leader of Ghana and for that matter any democratic state in the world is not by the individual or group of people's whims and caprices. Is through the box and majority decision period. Court will not help. Now you are to come out with the evidence and not technicalities.

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• Mehunu meka nti 12 years ago

  In the NPP camp,you get the feeling they believe this is a done deal.
  Far from it; and I must say that I do not want to be in the shoes of certain Justices sitting on this case. The likes of Gabby Otchere Darko,who keeps shi ...
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  In the NPP camp,you get the feeling they believe this is a done deal.
  Far from it; and I must say that I do not want to be in the shoes of certain Justices sitting on this case. The likes of Gabby Otchere Darko,who keeps shifting the goal post,cannot provide anyone involved with this case a cover!

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• michael boye marquaye 12 years ago

  The supreme court has the responsibility to decide whether the election was rigged after all evidence has been produced, once again i take this opportunity to thank all ghanaians both home and abroad and especially NANA ADDO ...
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  The supreme court has the responsibility to decide whether the election was rigged after all evidence has been produced, once again i take this opportunity to thank all ghanaians both home and abroad and especially NANA ADDO DANQUAH AKUFO ADDO for choosing the the supreme court to deal with any suggested election malpractices than take to the street in protest and bringing the nation to a stand still and throwing the whole country into a state of chaos. Patient moves mountain, so lets all have patience and wait for the outcome.

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• Francis 12 years ago

  OHHHHHHHH, U'RE CAN'T BE SERIOUS. THE INABILITY OR REFUSAL BY A RETURNING OFFICER TO SIGN DOESN'T ANNUL ANY VOTES. AFTER ALL, POLLING AGENTS HAD SIGNED.

  OHHHHHHHH, U'RE CAN'T BE SERIOUS. THE INABILITY OR REFUSAL BY A RETURNING OFFICER TO SIGN DOESN'T ANNUL ANY VOTES. AFTER ALL, POLLING AGENTS HAD SIGNED.

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• John Dek 12 years ago

  This article seems to bring home clearly the issues at stake and for me further emphasises the point that the petitioners are only crying over spilt milk.
  If they know the rules of the elections clearly as they seem to know ...
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  This article seems to bring home clearly the issues at stake and for me further emphasises the point that the petitioners are only crying over spilt milk.
  If they know the rules of the elections clearly as they seem to know and were at the various polling stations (through their reps, ie represented), then why will they supervise the illegality and then turn round and want to benefit from it.
  Throughout the press reportage of the elections, no where was it reported that some people were voting without verification and that some polling agents have or were registering their protest.
  Again no where was it reported that some returning officers have not signed the polling sheets and some polling agents are insisting that they append their signatures.
  You cannot profit from your own planned misdeeds. I will find it hard to understand why after spending hours in a queue a foolish or paid presiding officer fails to sign the sheet and therefore my vote is rejected. That will be injustice of the highest order.

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