- Advertisement -

Election Petition: We can still ask those 12 questions in cross examination – NDC Legal Team

- Advertisement -

Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has said despite the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the application by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 election, John Dramani Mahama, which was seeking 12 answers from the Electoral Commission (EC) on the presidential election declaration, counsel for Mr. Mahama still has the chance to put the same questions to the EC during cross examination at the hearing of the case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 dismissed Mr. Mahama’s motion explaining that his lawyer, Tsatsu Tsikata was relying on the CI 47 while the current rule in force relating to the apex court is the C.I. 90.

“We accordingly refuse to grant the application and same is accordingly dismissed.” The court said.

But commenting on the issue on A1 Radio’s Daybreak Upper East program, Lawyer Amaliba said counsel for the Mr. Mahama still has the chance to demand answers to the same questions during cross examination when hearing the case in court.

Abraham Amaliba

“First and foremost, it’s to narrow down so that during cross examination, you don’t ask those questions again. It will also help to speed up the process; because if you have 80 questions to ask, 12 have already been taken care of; so that you don’t keep long during cross examination.

So now that it has been denied and if we are minded not to go for review and to proceed, these same questions can be asked during cross examination but the only thing is that, it will prolong the cross examination.” Lawyer Amaliba said.

 

Source: A1Radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Samuel Katomse|Ghana

- Advertisement -

MOST POPULAR

- Advertisement -

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related news

- Advertisement -