Zanetor's registration will not affect our case - Ashietey's lawyer

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April 29, 2016 12:10 AM

Dr. Zanetor has finally registered with the Electoral Commission as a voter in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.

Lawyer for Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Garry Nimako has said Dr. Zanetor Rawlings acquisition of a voter’s ID card will not affect the case in court seeking to annul her election as the parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Klottey Korle constituency.

Her candidacy is being challenged by incumbent Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Nii Armah Ashitey, whom she beat to the party’s ticket for the November 2016 parliamentary poll.

According to Nii Armah Ashietey, Zanetor is not a registered voter and thus her election must be declared null and void.

Lawyers for Dr Rawlings have subsequently filed an application at the Supreme Court arguing that the High Court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case.The lawyers are seeking "an order of prohibition directed to the His Lordship Kwaku T. Ackah Boafo of the High Court restraining him from proceeding to hear the dispute between the applicant and the interested parties pending a decision in the apex court."

RELATED: Zanetor becomes a registered voterThere are views that Dr. Zanetor being a registered voter now will give the case in court a different twist.

But, lawyer for the plaintiff has told Accra-based Adom FM that her registration cannot validate her candidature and will therefore not affect the case in court.

"What she [Zanetor] has done is commendable but it can only take prospective effective," he added.

The case has been adjourned to May 3, 2016.

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