Six NPP PCs sue Electoral Commission over delayed election outcomes

Six New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidates within the 2024 elections have filed an software for a judicial evaluate within the type of a Mandamus, urging the High Court to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to collate and declare parliamentary ends in their respective constituencies.

Represented by lawyer Gary Nimako Marfo, the candidates—Charles Forson (Tema Central), Frank Annoh-Dompreh (Nsawam-Adoagyiri), Patrick Yaw Boamah (Okaikwei Central), Martin Kweku Adjei-Mensah Korsah (Techiman South), Nana Akua Owusu Afriye (Ablekuma North), and Eric Nana Agyemang Prempeh (Ahafo Ano North)—are requesting two crucial orders.

The first seeks to mandate the EC to collate and declare the outcomes of the elections held on December 7, 2024, of their constituencies.

The second requires the Inspector General of Police to make sure satisfactory safety at collation facilities to allow the EC to hold out its constitutional duties with out additional disruptions.

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The candidates argue that elections had been duly performed in all polling stations, and outcomes had been transmitted to the Returning Officers. However, collation processes had been interrupted by violent acts from unidentified people at collation facilities, leading to chaos and halting proceedings.

Subsequent makes an attempt to renew collation on the EC’s regional collation heart and later on the Police Training School in Tesano, Accra, had been unsuccessful.

The six parliamentary candidates.

Frustrated by the delays, the candidates issued a proper demand to the EC on December 16, 2024, for the rapid collation and declaration of outcomes. Despite receiving the demand, the EC has not taken motion.

The candidates contend that the EC’s failure to fulfil its statutory obligations undermines the democratic course of.

The disgruntled NPP MPs insist {that a} courtroom order is critical to make sure the well timed decision of the matter and uphold electoral transparency.