Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo has criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana for not giving the rejected presidential aspirants an opportunity to be heard and respond to the reasons for their disqualification.
He said the EC should have itemised the errors and give to the aspirants for corrections to be made.
He referred to an earlier Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dr Papa Kwasi Nduom against the Electoral Commission in 2015 in which the apex court ordered the commission to give Dr Nduom a hearing, to support his argument.
“Why is that the EC refused to give the PPP an opportunity to be heard?” he questioned on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, September 21.
It is surprising that this electoral commission that makes errors is disqualifying people for errors, he stressed.
Meanwhile, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has announced a decision to sue the Electoral Commission (EC) over their disqualification from the 2024 general elections.
National Chair of the PPP Nana Ofori Owusu, said the EC failed to give them a hearing on the reason for their disqualification.
He said that there was inconsistency in the communication from the Electoral Commission to the PPP announcing their disqualification from contesting in the presidential election.
“They did not give me the opportunity to to correct or be heard,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday September 21.
The reason given by Jean Mensa at the press conference were different from the letter they wrote to us, all they said in their letter to us was that they identified several errors and omissions in the forms. This is different from her verbal communications, he said.
“My right has been truncated, they did not even give us a hearing,” he added.
Out of the 24 presidential aspirants who filed nominations last week, The PPP is amongst 11 of them who have been disqualified by the EC. Most of the disqualified aspirants are Independent candidates.
“Following the successful conduct of the Filing of Nominations from the 9th of September to the 13th of September, 2024, the Commission instituted a thorough examination of the Nomination Forms submitted by the Candidates to ensure conformity with requirements as set out in law,” the press release announced.
“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that the following persons have successfully gone through the Nomination process and qualify to contest as Candidates in the 2024 Presidential Election,” it concluded.
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