The National Democratic Party (NDP) says it is heading back
to court to enforce its rights which it believes the Electoral Commission (EC)
has blatantly violated leading the eventual disqualification of the party's
Presidential Candidate.
An Accra High Court has struck out an application filed by
flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
who was seeking a judicial review of the Electoral Commissions decision to
disqualify her from contesting the 2016 elections and also an infringement on
her human rights due to that decision. According to the court the rules
governing the application for a judicial review is different from that of
enforcement of human rights hence the two cannot be filed as one case.
But a statement signed by the party's General Secretary,
Mohammed Frimpong issued said the lawyers have been instructed to immediately
file another action.
“We have therefore instructed our lawyers to immediately
file an action to enforce our rights that we believe the Electoral Commission
has blatantly violated leading to its decision not to accept our Nomination
Forms and then disqualify our candidates from contesting in the 2016
Presidential Elections,” the statement said.
It further indicated the party’s preparedness to fight to
get the right thing done by the EC. “We assure all Ghanaians and our teeming
supporters that this matter is not over, not by a long shot. We shall continue
to fight to ensure that persons in public offices respect the Constitution of
the land and laws that are passed to protect ordinary citizens from
arbitrariness, capriciousness and prejudice, and actions that breach the due
process of law and requirements imposed by law.”
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