The Presidential Election Petition: The Winner is

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• Joe, UK 12 years ago

  The mere fact that Afari Djan does not know everything does not invalidate the votes that represented the people votes.

  The mere fact that Afari Djan does not know everything does not invalidate the votes that represented the people votes.

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• Joe, UK 12 years ago

  The mere fact that Afari Djan does not know everything does not invalidate the votes that represented the people's will.

  The mere fact that Afari Djan does not know everything does not invalidate the votes that represented the people's will.

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• YEN AKANFUO 12 years ago

  YEN AKANFUO

  YEN AKANFUO

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• Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo 12 years ago

  NPP CRIMINALS
  THIS ARTICLE IS ENDORSED BY NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY OF GHANA LED BY NANA AKUFFO ADDO - A NOTED WEE SMOKER, WOMANIZER, PATAPAA AND A FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE..
  FOLKS,SINCE COMING OUT I FEEL REAL GOOD NOW.FOR T ...
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  NPP CRIMINALS
  THIS ARTICLE IS ENDORSED BY NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY OF GHANA LED BY NANA AKUFFO ADDO - A NOTED WEE SMOKER, WOMANIZER, PATAPAA AND A FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE..
  FOLKS,SINCE COMING OUT I FEEL REAL GOOD NOW.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT LOVE TURUMU I MUST TELL YOU THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING.
  
  IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE NUMBER OVER 1 MILLION. WE ARE NOT A MINORITY ANYMORE.
  
  FOLKS, FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WHO ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT, THE TIME IS NOW .NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFFO ADDO'S COMMENTS ARE FREE AND BALANCED
  
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• NANA AKUFFO ADDO 12 years ago

  ,,,,,VVVI NANA AKUFFO ADDO HAVE COME OUT OPENLY TO DECLARED MY HOMOSEXUALITY...THAT I SLEEP WITH MEN AND WOMEN...I HAVE DONE CHILDREN TOO. I LOVE BIG WOMEN'S ASS.
  THIS ARTICLE IS ENDORSED BY NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY OF GHANA LED ...
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  ,,,,,VVVI NANA AKUFFO ADDO HAVE COME OUT OPENLY TO DECLARED MY HOMOSEXUALITY...THAT I SLEEP WITH MEN AND WOMEN...I HAVE DONE CHILDREN TOO. I LOVE BIG WOMEN'S ASS.
  THIS ARTICLE IS ENDORSED BY NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY OF GHANA LED BY NANA AKUFFO ADDO - A NOTED WEE SMOKER, WOMANIZER, PATAPAA AND A FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE..
  FOLKS,SINCE COMING OUT I FEEL REAL GOOD NOW.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT LOVE TURUMU I MUST TELL YOU THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING.
  
  IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE NUMBER OVER 1 MILLION. WE ARE NOT A MINORITY ANYMORE.
  
  FOLKS, FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WHO ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT, THE TIME IS NOW .NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFFO ADDO'S COMMENTS ARE FREE AND BALANCED
  
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• tony MAHAMMA,WA. NORTHEN REGION 12 years ago

  the real winner is NANA ADDO DANQUAH AND HIS NPP PARTY.

  the real winner is NANA ADDO DANQUAH AND HIS NPP PARTY.

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• insight to the bone 12 years ago

  legacy of the pepeni and his murder of mills is nothing but sorrow, misery and poverty while he and his cronies boldly continue to loot the country. this is understandable since they are not Akans, they do not care as they kn ...
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  legacy of the pepeni and his murder of mills is nothing but sorrow, misery and poverty while he and his cronies boldly continue to loot the country. this is understandable since they are not Akans, they do not care as they know the wealth of the nation does not belong to them , its a take/steal money and run mentality that drives them. They have no solutions because they are too feeble minded and reality deep down they know its only by theft , trickery , election engineering /rigging , ideological lies and camouflage that they are there now and know it can not last . The national security is going round spreading the word they have the supreme court under control and have ensured the petition will not succeed , i guess they are able to blackmail the judges after all so there will be no justice . The national security has an interest to keep pepeni in place as there is not a single corruption act that goes on whereby they dont have a cut . they know if pepeni goes over 80% of them will be out of a job as thats the first place any true patriotic govt will clean up. we know all this will sooner or later lead to war and we are ready , long live the republic of Akan

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• keen observer 12 years ago

  NPP paaa! Calling for 4 Million votes to be annulled for Nana Addo to become president. NPP, we are in the 21st century!! The judges will not fall for this bush tactics.

  NPP paaa! Calling for 4 Million votes to be annulled for Nana Addo to become president. NPP, we are in the 21st century!! The judges will not fall for this bush tactics.

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• George 12 years ago

  When I started reading and thought you were going to hit below the belt but it was never the case. Hope all people on this platform will learn from your good example. In fact, with the mosquito powers invested in me I appoint ...
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  When I started reading and thought you were going to hit below the belt but it was never the case. Hope all people on this platform will learn from your good example. In fact, with the mosquito powers invested in me I appoint you as the Editor in-Chief of Ghanaweb.

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• BOY KOFI 12 years ago

  Namely,the electorate know exactly who they voted for,this must be clear.
  Akuffo Addo knows that the electorate did not vote for him massively to win the presidency that is why he wanted the court to annulle over 4 million v ...
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  Namely,the electorate know exactly who they voted for,this must be clear.
  Akuffo Addo knows that the electorate did not vote for him massively to win the presidency that is why he wanted the court to annulle over 4 million votes.
  Dr Yaw,you cannot say Afari Gyan changed the results from the polling stations at the Collation centres,this is very untrue unless you give me a concrete evidence.Then again you cannot tell me that all the presidential candidates don't have copies of the collated results as you would like us to believe.I think Nana Addo is a sore loser because the presidential elections was not between only him and Mahama.Are you trying to tell us that the other 6 contestants just participated for fun or what?Why is it that none of them is saying the election was rigged for Mahama?Yes,you have a point here,the EC was seen being on the side of the respondents and ask yourself why.Npp made a bloody mistake by suing the president which Bawumia confessed that he has done nothing wrong.The petitioner should have sued only the EC for court to decide the results.As for now,the mess has been created already with pot holes all over the evidence.Are you going to win your case with patch,patched evidence or what?Tell me.Thank you.

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• Kalira 12 years ago

  Oh npp stop deceiving your souls. Even there were errors in both the USA and Canadian elections. Just google canada '12 election and see. Afari gyan is a very honest man l think his credibility is still intact. I am hearing h ...
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  Oh npp stop deceiving your souls. Even there were errors in both the USA and Canadian elections. Just google canada '12 election and see. Afari gyan is a very honest man l think his credibility is still intact. I am hearing he has been the ec boss since '92. Afari cannot know everything because he is not God.

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• koofie 12 years ago

  My thoughts have been aptly put out there by the author. it is incisive and straight to the point. dr afari djan ha been exposed to be just an ordinary man and hopefully, next time he will learn to be humble

  My thoughts have been aptly put out there by the author. it is incisive and straight to the point. dr afari djan ha been exposed to be just an ordinary man and hopefully, next time he will learn to be humble

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• 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:
  
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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."
  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:
  
  
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  (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.
  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.

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• Kalira 12 years ago

  Tony,You've really educated me. This is what we want on ghanaweb

  Tony,You've really educated me. This is what we want on ghanaweb

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• Asempanaye 12 years ago

  Kalira, learn and flunk. Amekudzi's legal postulations are like melting shea butter cubes in the northern sun.
  As you like to post " stop deceiving your soul" if his write up gave you any hope.
  
  Like we say in America, La ...
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  Kalira, learn and flunk. Amekudzi's legal postulations are like melting shea butter cubes in the northern sun.
  As you like to post " stop deceiving your soul" if his write up gave you any hope.
  
  Like we say in America, Lawyers are dime a dozen. Let him share his scholarly works or scholarship with us and leave this case to the SC of Ghana.

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• Yesuba 12 years ago

  Mr AMEKUDZI, You may agree then that the EC as defined in the Constitution is a non-partisan Independent institution?
  
  If your answer is in the affirmative, then why did the EC blatantly coordinated it legal efforts with t ...
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  Mr AMEKUDZI, You may agree then that the EC as defined in the Constitution is a non-partisan Independent institution?
  
  If your answer is in the affirmative, then why did the EC blatantly coordinated it legal efforts with the legal teams of the 1st and 3rd Respondents in court for the world to see? Does that pass the smell test to you? Can you provide a constitutional basis for that? Should we expect the EC to always gang up with people it has declared as winners even though others have grievance it the decision just to maintain its infallibility? Help me as I cannot find the infallibility "clause in the constitution" of the EC electoral process and systems that form the basis of election declaration. Why did the EC not perform its constitutional duty of flushing out the TRUTH based on the electoral records in its possession during this trial ? That is the expectations of tax payers for a non partisan institution under the constitution.
  
  Your legal postulates brings only confusion to the debate, The SC are equally learned and will rule based on the evidence against the processes and systems that was the basis of the EC chairman declaring the 1st respondent the winner. All your legal arguments will meet other legal experts counter arguments soon when the verdict is in the public domain.
  Please stop seeding wrong legal points in peoples mind. It wont help the out come of this case.

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• Kwaku Azar 12 years ago

  Doc.
  
  Greetings. Great job, as usual. The proceeding has clearly taken too long. It should have ended long ago.

  Doc.
  
  Greetings. Great job, as usual. The proceeding has clearly taken too long. It should have ended long ago.

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• Yaw Ohemeng 12 years ago

  Hi Prof, Thanks a lot. I do admire your writings as well. Can I make your acquaintance? I can be reached on wangaba@aol.com.

  Hi Prof, Thanks a lot. I do admire your writings as well. Can I make your acquaintance? I can be reached on wangaba@aol.com.

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• Kwobia ( Toronto ) 12 years ago

  Most elections are fraught with problems.Afari Gyan and EC did their best.Is nullifying more than 41/2 million votes any more democratic?

  Most elections are fraught with problems.Afari Gyan and EC did their best.Is nullifying more than 41/2 million votes any more democratic?

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• Observer 12 years ago

  "As a body funded by the public, one was expecting that the EC would, before the parties prepared their case, make available all the ‘pink sheet’ originals and collation sheets for them to inspect. Failing this, the Supre ...
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  "As a body funded by the public, one was expecting that the EC would, before the parties prepared their case, make available all the ‘pink sheet’ originals and collation sheets for them to inspect. Failing this, the Supreme Court should have ordered the EC to do so"

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• OPEN MINDED SAINT 12 years ago

  GOOD ARTICLE WELL DONE. EC CAUGHT RED HANDED. IT WAS COMMON SENSE TO BRING THE PINK SHEETS IN HIS POSSESSION TO JUSTIFY EVERYTHING. AFTER ALL THEY ARCHIVE THE RECORD FOR FUTURE REFERENCE IF DISPUTE SO WHY HE FAILED BRING THEM ...
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  GOOD ARTICLE WELL DONE. EC CAUGHT RED HANDED. IT WAS COMMON SENSE TO BRING THE PINK SHEETS IN HIS POSSESSION TO JUSTIFY EVERYTHING. AFTER ALL THEY ARCHIVE THE RECORD FOR FUTURE REFERENCE IF DISPUTE SO WHY HE FAILED BRING THEM TO JUSTIFY HIS POSITION SHOWS THE MAN WAS DOGGY. I HAD RESPE T FOR HIM BUT IS CLEAR HE IS A USELESS AND CROOK DIRTY OLD MAN

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• Kwadwo 12 years ago

  Your piece was insightful. Good job.

  Your piece was insightful. Good job.

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• Whatever 12 years ago

  Democracy means the rule by majority. That three-man petition means a considerable portion of the majority votes should be wiped out so as to establish a new-look majority. That is NOT democracy. In fact, that is a subversion ...
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  Democracy means the rule by majority. That three-man petition means a considerable portion of the majority votes should be wiped out so as to establish a new-look majority. That is NOT democracy. In fact, that is a subversion of Democracy.

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• Jato.P 12 years ago

  I agree with you in toto

  I agree with you in toto

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• Evans 12 years ago

  Your lengthy write up is what we are already aware of. It is however very shameful when the very Ghanaians who volunteered to work as presiding officers over the 2012 elections and was given so much respect by the electorate ...
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  Your lengthy write up is what we are already aware of. It is however very shameful when the very Ghanaians who volunteered to work as presiding officers over the 2012 elections and was given so much respect by the electorate at the various polling stations, should sherk such responsibilities as to warrant the annulment of votes of most electorate who went through the scourging sun with hunger and thirst to cast their votes.The EC chairman has accepted the responsibilities of all the omissions and commissions of the recalcitrant presiding officers. Now the question your lengthy write up fail to address is, who is to be punish. Is it the electorate or the EC Chairman.

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• Lexus 12 years ago

  Suffice it to happily say that, there is still hope for Ghana.
  MY PREDICTION: MAHAMA GETS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE ON 8/15/2013.
  
  Doc, may God continue to richly bless you with Wisdom.

  Suffice it to happily say that, there is still hope for Ghana.
  MY PREDICTION: MAHAMA GETS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE ON 8/15/2013.
  
  Doc, may God continue to richly bless you with Wisdom.

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• CONCERNED GHANAIANS 12 years ago

  Bravo! we hardly remember reading an article of such clarity and objectivity, full of wisdom analyses; from hind-look into the present with a focused projection into the future. Your elucidation of the loopholes the petition ...
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  Bravo! we hardly remember reading an article of such clarity and objectivity, full of wisdom analyses; from hind-look into the present with a focused projection into the future. Your elucidation of the loopholes the petition reveals, the manner in which the petition is refining all - from the average Ghanaian to the SC judges up to the president; how it is shaping almost all sectors of the system, and the enduring legacy it carries, cannot go unmentioned. Your contribution is very helpful and educative. Please keep it up!

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