Election Petition: John Mahama files another motion demanding original collation forms

Evans Effah 20:01 - 19 January 2021

Mr. Mahama wants to inspect the pink sheets in court

Lawyers of former president John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing Election Petition case have filed another motion at the Supreme Court demanding the Electoral Commission to provide them with original copies of the collated presidential results of the various constituencies among others.

It comes after the Supreme Court dismissed their interrogatories on Tuesday, January 18, 2021.

According to the motion, Mr. Mahama wants the following:

The originals of the Constituency Presidential Election Results Collation Forms (Form 9) for all constituencies in Ghana;
The originals of the Constituency Presidential Election Results Summary Sheets (Form 10) for all constituencies in Ghana;
The originals of the Regional Presidential Election Results Collation Forms (Form 11) for all regions in Ghana;
The originals of the Regional Presidential Election Results Summary Sheets (Form 12) for all regions in Ghana;
The original of the Declaration of the Presidential Results Form (Form 13);
The records of the alleged update to the purported declaration of presidential election results on 9th December 2020, of the results of four Constituencies in the Greater Accra Region.

Mahama files request to inspect pink sheets

In court on Tuesday, Lawyers of the former president John Mahama were seeking leave of the Supreme Court to allow the electoral commission respond to some 12 interrogatories (questions) to expedite the hearing of the election petition.