Ghana’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s election management body to allow presidential candidates it disqualified from contesting the upcoming elections, the chance to correct errors detected on their nomination forms.
The electoral commission of Ghana disqualified 12 presidential candidates after it detected errors on their nomination forms. The commission said the errors flout its regulations making it impossible for the nominations of the candidates to be accepted and approved.
Some of the candidates disqualified challenged the decision of the commission at the High court, which ruled that the aggrieved candidates be allowed to correct the errors on their forms.
But the Electoral commission filed an appeal at the country’s Supreme Court challenging the lower court’s ruling. The Seven-member panel on Monday asked the electoral commission to extend the nomination period to November 8.
This new ruling means the candidates will now be allowed to correct their errors in order to contest the polls. All pending cases at the lower courts have also been discontinued.
Ghana’s elections are due on December 7 and the chairperson of the electoral commission of Ghana is hopeful the polls won’t be postponed.
Source: Africafeeds.com
