Former President John Dramani Mahama has filed an application for stay of proceedings of the Election Petition.
He wants the Supreme Court to halt hearing on the main Election Petition until a determination is made on his request for review of an earlier decision taken by the Supreme Court.
A stay of proceedings is an order to stop or suspend a proceeding or trial temporarily or indefinitely.
The former President, who is challenging the result of the 2020 presidential election, wants the court to reconsider its decision not to allow Mr Mahama’s legal team to drag the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, to the witnesses box to answer questions that it says underpins its case.
A seven-member panel of the apex court chaired by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah on Wednesday issued some timelines for the parties to follow including the Petitioner filing their witness statements by 12noon today.
But lawyer for former President John Mahama in the ongoing election petition case challenged the timelines announced by the Supreme Court for the hearing of the petition, suggesting that the court seems to be rushing the case.
Mr. Tsikata was of the view that the court should make considerations for its motion for a review of its earlier decision against him in the timelines, but the Supreme Court argued that given that the motion was not a Stay of Proceedings, the substantive Election Petition hearing can go on while Mr. Tsikata pursues the motion for review.
Below is the stay of proceedings filed at the Supreme Court today..
