The High Court is set to announce its final ruling on the mandamus application filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday, January 1.
Justice Forson Agyapong, presiding over the case, is expected to deliver the judgment following a legal challenge related to the parliamentary elections in four constituencies.
On December 31, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) contested the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear the NPP’s application. According to Godwin Tameklo, Head of Legal Affairs for the NDC, the move was an improper attempt to challenge the validity of the election results.
He stated that per sections 16 and 20 of the Representation of People Law, PNDCL 284 as amended, it is only by a petition that the results of an election can be challenged.
He contended that any attempt to do so through any prerogative writ such as a mandamus is a way of circumventing a proper hearing to be done by evidence.
