The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision merged the two cases against the EC’s voters’ registration exercise.
The Court has also indefinitely adjourned its judgment in the case filed by the NDC which was slated for June 23.
Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in an application urged the Supreme Court to merge the new case filed against the Electoral Commission with the other case was which was due for judgment on June 23.
Both cases relate to the EC’s decision to compile a new voters’ register.
The NDC is in court asking the Apex Court to direct the Electoral Commission to allow eligible Ghanaians use the existing voter’s ID card as proof of citizenship.
The party had earlier challenged the EC’s decision to compile a new register but abandoned that cause after the court asked it to clarify what relief it wants granted.
The court had fixed June 23 to deliver its decision on whether or not the existing voter’s ID card can be used in the upcoming registration exercise.
As the EC and the nation await this judgement, a new suit was filed against the Commission.
Describing himself in his writ as a native of Breman-Kokoso in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, Mark Takyi-Banson is challenging the decision of the Commission to use the Ghana Card and the Ghanaian passport as the only identification documents.
He wants the EC to be directed to include a birth certificate and the existing voter’s ID card as evidence of identification in the upcoming mass voter registration exercise.
Deputy AG Godfred Dame moving his motion on Friday said the two cases bother on the same facts and have similar reliefs.
NDC initially objects
The Opposition NDC’s legal team led by Godwin Tamakloe initially opposed the application.
Source: Adomonline
