Nana Adjoa Adobea Asante, a member of the Legal Committee of the New Patriotic Party says it is the case of the 2nd Respondent, the President, that the Petition of John Dramani Mahama lacks substance and does not meet the threshold set by Article 64 of the Constitution. It is therefore for this reason that the 2nd Respondent is asking the court to determine that the Petition is incompetent and set same down for legal arguments.
She shared this in an interview with Happy FM’s Sefa Danquah on the “Epa Hoa Daben” show.
According to her a perusal of the paragraphs of the Petition indicate that John Dramani Mahama is focused on the alleged mistakes made during the declaration of the results by the Electoral Commissioner and not the challenging the “validity of the elections”.
She further stated that while paragraphs 31 to 35 of the Petition are a pale semblance of a challenge to the validity of the election, the facts pleaded in this regards, cannot materially change the outcome of the just ended elections. She explained that the John Dramani Mahama in his petition alleges wrong aggregation and votes padding which amounts to less than 7000 votes. She stated that with an election where His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won by a margin of over 500, 000 votes, assuming without admitting that there is a question to be answered about some less than 7000 votes, those 7000 votes when added to Mr. John Mahama’s votes will not materially affect the outcome of the elections.
Former President John Mahama has petitioned the Supreme Court to annul the results of the 2020 Elections and for the apex court to order a second election.
