The Supreme Court has set out five issues for determination in the 2020 presidential election petition filed by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama.A determination of the five issues by the court will enable the court come to a conclusion as to whether or not the petition has any merit.The Apex court has also set timelines and mode of trial for it to hear the petition.The five issues include:1.whether or not the petition discloses any cause of action – that is if there is any legal grounds for the petition, 2.whether or not the…
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The Supreme Court has just dismissed a motion of leave to serve interrogatories filed by Counsels for the petitioner in the 2020 election petition hearing. It may interest you to know that in 2013 a similar motion of leave to serve interrogatories was filed by Counsel for then petitioner Nana Akufo-Addo, the 9 Justices of the Supreme Court in a judgement read on their behalf by Justice Gbadegbe unanimously granted that motion for leave to serve interrogatories. The motion of leave to serve interrogatories in that instance was filed by the petitioners to solicit some answers to key questions which…
A Ghanaian UK based Lawyer, Kwaku Aboagye Esq, has commended the leadership of the National Democratic Congress and their Members for the unprecedented feat achieved in the 2020 General Elections.Lawyer Kwaku Aboagye alluded to the fact that though the governing Party, the NPP resorted to a lot of ”other tactics” in an attempt to appease Ghanaians, the NDC were able to surmount these challenges to come out with a huge story and admonished the leadership of the National Democratic Congress, to put their houses together and eschew complacency for a positive outcome for the coming years.I think that it is…
The Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) has declared its intention to embark on a nationwide strike beginning Wednesday, January 13, 2021.The action, according to TEWU, has been necessitated by the failure of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to conclude negotiation on their demand for better conditions of service.DEVTRACO THE PELICANThe Local Union Chairman of TEWU at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Mr Charles Arthur said in a radio interview on Accra-based Citi FM that, for “every public university, the members of TEWU will embark on a strike come Wednesday.”“We are saying our conditions of…
The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress in Ahafo Region is saddened by an unprovoked attack meted out to Hon. Alhaji Collins Dauda,Member of Parliament for Asutifi South by Hon Ursula Owusu Ekufful on the eve of the dissolution of the 7th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana.Hon. Alhaji Collins Dauda is a known experienced, affable, peoples’_ centred Politician and revered personality in Ghana especially, lslamic circles across the country.It is therefore a gross disrespect and an insult on the people of Asutifi South,Ahafo,Ghana and DEEN ISLAM for such a perfect gift from Allah to humanity to be treated…
The leadership, members, sympathizers of the NDC – Bono East Region and other parts of the country as well as well meaning Ghanaians were shock by the NPP – MP Bekwai – Hon Joseph Osei Owusu and 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament for his Un-Parliamentary and dishonorable comments to call and accuse innocent Ghanaians who were shot and killed by his government as well as several others injured for no offence committed and turn around to accuse them as “criminals and armed robbers ” as their families and dependents are still trying to recover from the shock, trauma and pain of…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic.In a congratulatory message to Alban Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic on Thursday, January 7, 2021, Mr Mahama said “The events of last night stretching into the morning of 7th January have been both a great occasion for Ghana’s democracy and at the same time a day of infamy, which will go down as a low point in our democratic practice”.He added that “The election of…
The Regional Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress, the NDC, has taken notice of a perpurted dogmatic write-up by the NPP Bono Regional Chairman, Abronye, which, ostensibly, sort to mislead and create an erroneous and misleading impression with the sole aim of winning back his pepertual lost sympathy after his massive failure in the just ended General Election.The Regional Leadership of the National Democratic Congress in the Bono Region, on Saturday, 2nd January, 2021, organized a meeting involving the MPs elect, the Parliamentary Candidates, the Regional Executives and the Constituency Executives to deliberate on the aftermath of the 2020…
The Constitution of the New Patriotic Party provides in: Article 3(7) 1: A Member may be suspended from membership of the Party, or holding any office in the Party, pending an enquiry into his or her conduct by a Disciplinary Committee. Article 3(7)2: Any decision to suspend a Member shall not be taken ,unless the nature of the complaint has been communicated to the Member in writing, and disciplinary proceedings have initiated against such Member. Again, Article 4(3)7a,b & d provides 7a : A complaint against a Member or office holder at the polling station level or non-elected Constituency Officer…
Schools in Ghana will return to full academic work beginning mid-January 2021, sources within government have told Graphic Online.The major decision, the outcome of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to be announced soon.DEVTRACO THE PELICANThe exact resumption date is unclear yet but the sources say it could be any date from 12th to 19th January, and will mark a return from the long, Covid-19 inspired schools closure by government.President Akufo-Addo on March 15, announced the closure of all schools in the country beginning March 16, along with a ban on public gatherings when…