The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Electoral Commission (EC) from re-collating and redeclaring the parliamentary results for five constituencies: Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Obuasi East.

The party contends that the EC no longer has the legal authority to carry out these processes after the results were initially declared. This legal action comes in the wake of disputes over the original collation of results, with the EC previously declaring the results for the four constituencies—Dome-Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, and Tema Central—as invalid due to procedural irregularities.

On December 13, Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairperson of the EC for Operations, explained that the initial results could not be upheld due to non-compliance with the procedures outlined in CI 127, despite police presence at collation centres to ensure proper conduct.

In their notice of motion, the NDC and five other applicants are requesting a court ruling declaring that the EC, having already declared the NDC candidates as winners, is “functus officio” (no longer competent) and therefore prohibited from re-collating, recounting, or redeclaring the results.

The applicants are also seeking a declaration that only the High Court has the exclusive jurisdiction to invalidate parliamentary election results, in line with Article 99 of the 1992 Constitution and section 16 of PNDCL 284.

Source:TheDotNews