Bernard Mornah to appeal High Court ruling that dismissed his case against EC

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Mon 21st Oct, 2024 13:59

The flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Bernard Mornah has served notice to appeal the High Court ruling that dismissed his application against the Electoral Commission(EC).

He argues that the judge did not look at the issues he brought before the court.

“The EC made mistakes on their own forms and we are not allowed to make mistakes. The judge did not look at that and that defies ordinary thinking. What is the error that they are talking about? Is it a data entry error that they are talking about, is it an error of composition and how come those errors were not brought to court?

“The judge did not look at the issues that were brought before it and I have already instructed my lawyers that this case is not ending here and we will go to the Supreme Court and my lawyers say that they will quickly study the case,” he told journalists on Monday October 20.

An Accra High Court on Monday October 21 refused and dismissed to overturn the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to disqualify him.

The court dismissed his application on Monday, October 21.

“A declaration that the Respondents failed to comply with due process requirements imposed on them by law when they disqualified the 1st Applicant from contesting the December 7, 2024 Public Presidential Elections without furnishing the 1st Applicant with the exact and particular reasons for his disqualification and without offering him the opportunity to remedy same.

“A declaration that the 1st and 2nd Respondents, as an administrative body and an administrative official respectively, together acted unreasonably, unfairly, capriciously, arbitrarily and in patent breach of their duties imposed on them by articles 23 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution in disqualifying the 1st Applicant from contesting the 2024 Public Presidential Elections.

“An order to bring to this Court the decision of the Respondents dated September 20, 2024 which decision disqualified the 1st Applicant as a Presidential Candidate for the 2024 Public Presidential Elections, for the purpose of having same quashed.”

“Following the successful conduct of the Filing of Nominations from the 9th of September to the 13th of September, 2024, the Commission instituted a thorough examination of the Nomination Forms submitted by the Candidates to ensure conformity with requirements as set out in law,” the press release by the EC announced.

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