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General news for Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2021-01-13
Ghana Supreme Court Premises
Former President John Dramani Mahama’s legal team will take its best step forward when the pre-trial stage of the petition for the 2020 presidential election begins tomorrow.
Attorney Abraham Amaliba, a member of the petitioner’s team, told Joy FM that, although they did not know which judges were going to be paneled, they will demand the disqualification of particular judges if necessary.
“That (composition of the panel) has not been made known to us. Once again; It is in the pre-trial stage, the case management stage that we can meet the panel and if there is a need to do some background checks or if there is a need to object and ask any of them to recuse, we will not stay away from it. “
On the issue of whether or not the team had names of judges to whom they would object, he said: “We are not going to court obsessing over and saying that if this judge is there we will not make him sit down on the case.
“We will go with an open mind, hoping that the panel is fair to each of us. Hoping that the panel is one that you have no questions to ask about, “he added.
The petition hearing is expected to begin on January 14. The pre-trial stage will reveal the names of the judges who will hear the case. The former president demands that a replay be ordered between him and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Electoral Commission is the other defendant. The EC declared Akufo-Addo president with 51.48% of the votes compared to 47.86% for former president John Dramani Mahama. The NDC says the president got 49% of the valid votes.
