Mahama’s petition: a still birth and a waste of time— Nana B fired
Amember of the legal team of the second respondent in the ongoing election petition, Henry Nana Boakye, popularly called Nana B says former President John Dramani Mahama has no case to run to the Supreme court for redress.
According to him, the Chief witness of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia revealed to the court that the NDC party is not in court to challenge the validity of the election as envisaged by Article 64(1) of the 1992 constitution.
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He argued on his Facebook on Saturday that the Petitioner was only wasting the time of the court, those involved and the country since Mr Nketia on Friday established that they were not in court to contend the validity of the elections.
“Indisputably, the Petitioner, his lawyers and witnesses know that their case do not meet the test of Article 64(1) and the Petition was a still birth but have still decided to waste the time of all parties and Ghanaians,” he posted.
This comes on the back of Mr Asiedu Nketia’s response to Counsel of the first respondent during proceedings on Friday.
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“My Lords, we are not in Court to challenge the validity of the 2020 elections or to try to declare another Presidential results by us. We are in Court to challenge the performance of a constitutional duty of the 1st Respondent and to see whether that duty has been discharged faithfully,” Mr Nketia said during cross examination.
This is after the Counsel for the first Respondent suggested to Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia during cross-examination that he had no evidence to support the allegation of vote padding.
Earlier seven out of the 42 paragraphed witness statement by Johnson Asiedu Nketia in support of the petition by former President John Mahama over the 2020 election were struck out by the Supreme Court when hearing begun.
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The apex court took the action after a protest by lawyers of the second respondent in the case, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The lawyers raised concerns with 10 of the paragraphs but after banter with the petitioner’s lawyer, the court settled on seven and struck the seven out.
Mahama’s petition: a still birth and a waste of time— Nana B fired
Source: www.spotonnews.net
