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Nduom to intensify campaign after Supreme Court ruling

A seven-member panel in the ruling asked the election management body to extend the nomination period to November 8 and allow the parties to correct their mistakes in order to contest the polls.
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The 2016 presidential nominee of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has indicated that his party will now intensify their campaign.

This follows the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the EC’s suit challenging the High Court ruling asking the EC to allow Dr Nduom to correct the errors on his nomination forms.

“I thank the judges, I thank God, I thank all our supporters, I thank everybody for your prayers. And we are now going to work hard and we are going to campaign hard and make sure that our messages reach everybody in Ghana so that December 7, 2016 everybody will go and give their power and authority to Papa Kwesi Nduom and the Progressive People’s Party,” Dr Nduom said.

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The seven-member panel in its ruling asked the election management body to extend the nomination period to November 8 and allow the parties to correct their mistakes in order to contest the polls.

"EC ordered to extend close of nomination period from today Monday to Tomorrow Tuesday, and invite all disqualified aspirants and afford them a hearing towards necessary corrections on their nomination forms. All pending cases on disqualification of aspirants stayed. EC to comply with orders with IMMEDIATE EFFECT," the Supreme Court presided over by Justice, Sophia Adinyira ruled.

READ ALSO: Supreme Court throws out EC suit; orders it to extend nomination period to tomorrow

The EC disqualified Dr, Papa Kwesi Nduom and 12 other people from the December polls for various errors detected in their nominations.

But the High Court presided by Justice Kyei Baffuor ruled that the EC was unfair in the decision.

The judges said a nomination period would have determined the final day for the submission of the forms and given the EC legitimate basis to reject forms not properly filled.

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