The Supreme Court is set to rule on the presidential election petition filed in December 2020 today, Thursday, March 4, 2021.
Former President John Mahama challenged the newly elected President Nana Akufo-Addo as winner of the polls in the supreme court. In his petition, Mr. Mahama also stated that President Akufo-Addo did not reach the constitutional threshold for election to the high office of president, despite the fact that he was declared so.
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He has been appealing for the court to declare the election null and void, and for a re-run which would bring him over the top of President Akufo-Addo. The Supreme Court’s decision is expected to resolve five questions, including whether President Akufo-Addo met the constitutional threshold for election to the presidency.
The Issues are:
• Whether or not the petition discloses any reasonable cause of action.
• Whether or not based on the data contained in the declaration of the Electoral Commission of President Akufo-Addo as president-elect, no candidate obtained more than 50% of the valid votes casts as required by art.63 3 of the 1992 constitution.
• Whether or not the 2nd respondent still met the Article 63(3) of the 1992 constitution threshold by the exclusion or inclusion of the Techiman South constituency presidential election results.
• Whether or not the declaration by the first respondent dated 9th of December 2020 of the results of the presidential election conducted on the 7th of December 2020 was in violation of Article 63(3) of the 1992 constitution.
• Whether or not the alleged vote padding and other errors complained of by the petitioner affected the outcome of the presidential election results of 2020.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM
