Group calls for in election petition case

A GROUP called “Let My Vote Count” has urged Ghanaians to remain calm while the Supreme Court adjudicates the case of electoral fraud filed by some leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
It expressed optimism that the highest court of the land would adjudge the case fairly and without favour to ensure that all Ghanaians who went to cast their vote on the day of voting would have their votes counted for the candidate they voted for.
Addressing the media in Accra, Mr Kweku Bonfeh, a spokesperson for the group, urged the court to get to the bottom of the evidence in the case.
The 2012 NPP presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; his running mate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the party’s National Chairman, Mr Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, have filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the presidential results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC) which declared Mr John Dramani Mahama as President.
According to the three, the elections were fraught with widespread fraud.
Mr Bonfeh said the people of Ghana were being patient despite their frustrations, because they were counting on the Supreme Court to deliver justice.
According to Mr Bonfeh who is a leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), the group was inspired by events in Ukraine in 2004 and Thailand in 2008, where the people stood up and said “no” to electoral malpractices.
“Our courts should be no different. If justices in Ukraine, a former KGB state, noted for judicial corruption, could have the courage and conscience to be just, then we have every confidence that our Supreme Court, with a deeper history of independence, will let justice be done and be seen to be done. It is only justice that can secure the peace we seek to protect,” he explained.
He expressed satisfaction that all preliminary legal manoeuvring had ended, paving the way for the Supreme Court to deal with the real issues.


Published: January 26, 2013