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EC doing the bidding of 'nameless people' - PPP

The election management body has resorted to the Supreme Court to seek review of the High court ruling.

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Speaking to pulse.com.gh Policy Adviser of the party, Kofi Asamoah Siaw said even though are yet to receive the suit they are suspecting the EC of doing the bidding of some nameless people who do not want to see the name Dr Nduom on the presidential ballot sheet.

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He said the at the ruling by High Court judge Justice Kyei Baffour made it clear that “the Electoral Commission cannot take away from candidates rights that have been given to them by law.”

However, the election management body has resorted to the Supreme Court to seek review of the High court ruling.

An Accra High Court on Friday instructed the EC to give an opportunity to the PPP to correct errors on their nomination papers.

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According to the judge, His Lordship George Kyei Baffour the EC did not adhere to their own regulations spelt in the Constitutional Instrument (CI 44).

But a statement signed by the Head of Communications at the EC, Eric Dzakpasu, and copied to Pulse.com.gh said: “Having carefully studied the contents of the judgment, we respectfully disagree with the High Court judge’s decision on several essential legal and public policy grounds.”

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