Ayariga wins disqualification suit against EC

10:16 - 04 November 2016

The judge Justice Babara Charway in her judgment indicated that the EC acted unfairly by disqualifying the APC.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has been ordered by the High Court to allow the flagbearer of the of All People’s Congress Party (APC) to correct the mistakes on his nomination papers.

The court presided over by Justice Barbara Tetteh Charway dismissed arguments by the EC that the Court had no power to order the Commission to perform a certain action because it is an independent institution set up by the Constitution.

She ordered the EC to in accordance with regulation 9 of CI 94 which governs this year's election, allow Dr. Nduom to amend his nomination papers and submit them.

Some of the parties whose presidential nominees were disqualified from the race – the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), National Democratic Party (NDP) and Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) had sued the EC praying the court to compel the commission to rope them back into the race.

The commission disqualified about 12 political parties from the presidential race.

Ayariga becomes the second flagbearer after the court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour ordered the EC to afford the PPP’s candidate Papa Kwesi Nduom an opportunity to make the necessary corrections on his nomination forms and submit appropriately.