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Attorney Samson Lardi Anyenini described the change in arguments made by the NDC standard-bearer before filing his election petition in the Supreme Court today as a “dramatic change.”
Following the unwillingness of the Democratic National Congress to accept the results of the elections declared by the Electoral Commission on December 10, the NDC submitted its electoral petition to the Supreme Court today, December 30.
Before the presentation, the NDC had claimed that its candidate, former President Mahama, had won the election and as such should be declared president-elect.
However, in response to his request today, Mr. Mahama affirms that none of the candidates won the elections, but the votes obtained by the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (PNP), the president Nana Akufo-Addo and himself in the election of December 7, as declared by the The EC presidency was not enough to declare the winner.
“The statement that the percentage of votes obtained by the 2nd. [Nana Akufo-Addo] was 51.595% [6,730,413] of the total of valid votes that she clearly expressed that they were 13,434,574 it was a manifest error, since the votes cast for the 2nd Respondent would amount to 50.098% and not the 51.595% declared erroneously ”.
Commenting on the former president’s speech at a press conference tonight, attorney Samson Anyenini indicated that because the details of the petition will be subjected to the highest level of scrutiny by the Apex Court, it was critical that former President Mahama present a case that will survive a superior argument.
Speaking to Israel Laryea on Joy News Prime, Mr. Anyenini stated: “They have been talking about some of the evidence they have. They talk about [vote] padding and so on. That is their story, and right now, it is still their story. You will now go through the mill. Pass; proven in cross-examination proven in superior argument.
“If their evidence and arguments survive the test of judicial scrutiny, they will win. But if the opponents provide a superior argument it is also possible that they will not win ”.
He continued: “We have heard words like ‘stolen verdict’, we have heard expressions like fictitious and fraud that may not fit within the current lawsuit, but when you hear claims that by the NDC’s own calculation [former] President Mahama had secured a victory and should have been declared the winner.
“Then you read the petition and it says that President Mahama did not win, Akuffo-Addo did not win because he neither achieved nor crossed the threshold of more than 50% of the total valid votes, therefore there should be a second round. That’s a dramatic change from what you see on the court. “
