The National Democratic Congress (NDC) filed a certiorari case to overturn a High Court decision that required the recollation of the parliamentary results in six constituencies, but the Supreme Court rejected the application after receiving a preliminary legal objection.
Gary Nimako Marfo, a lawyer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidates for the six constituencies, filed a preliminary legal objection on Friday morning [Dec 27] on the grounds that the NDC had neglected to include the High Court’s decision in its certiorari application.
Mr. Nimako urged the court to reject the application, arguing that such a failure was in violation of the court’s regulations.
However, the court’s five-member panel decided that although though the High Court’s ruling was not first submitted by the NDC, it was later submitted as a supplemental affidavit.
Considering this, the court chose to overlook the NDC’s violation of the guidelines and grant the application.
Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Eric Gaewu, Henry Kwofie, and Richard Adjei-Frimpong are the members of the five-member panel, which is chaired by Justice Gabriel Pwamang.
Ruling
The court has withdrawn to chambers in order to render its decision.
This came after the court heard arguments from Gary Nimako Marfo, the lawyer representing the NPP parliamentary candidates, Justine Amenuvor, and Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, the lawyer for the NDC.
