NESTOR GBEVLO –LARTEY vs. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS THE VOLTA REGIONAL SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS [2012]DLHC8648

NESTOR GBEVLO –LARTEY vs. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS THE VOLTA REGIONAL SECR... [2012]DLHC8648

Date	2012-03-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AE5/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLHC8648

DENNIS D. ADJEI JUSTICE OF APPEAL

AGBONOTOR ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF

DR. PHILIP ANDERSON FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2012]DLHC8648
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NESTOR GBEVLO
–LARTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS<o:p></o:p>(1ST
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>THE VOLTA
REGIONAL SECRETARIAT<o:p></o:p>(2ND RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS<o:p></o:p>(3RD RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. AE5/2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 28TH
MARCH, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AGBONOTOR
ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DR.
PHILIP ANDERSON FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DENNIS
D. ADJEI JUSTICE OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>DENNIS
ADJEI, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff per his writ of summons is claiming against the&nbsp; defendants for:<o:p></o:p>“(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration&nbsp; that the decision&nbsp; not to endorse the plaintiff is not&nbsp; consistent with the grounds for
disqualification of contestants in the party’s parliamentary primaries as
specified under Article 43(9) of the&nbsp;
Defendant’s constitution.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the decision not to endorse the candidadature of the plaintiff
offends and violates the Defendant’s National Executive Committee’s&nbsp; published guideline for the election of
parliamentary candidates.<o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration&nbsp;&nbsp; that the&nbsp;&nbsp; Defendant’s&nbsp;
letter dated 15th January, 2012 is vague&nbsp; and fails to&nbsp;
provide&nbsp; precise and/or clear
reasons&nbsp; for the disqualification&nbsp; of the plaintiff’s candidature to contest the
Defendant’s parliamentary&nbsp; primaries.<o:p></o:p>(iv) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration
that the Defendant’s letter dated 15th January, 2012 breaches the
rules of natural justice and violates the provisions of the constitution of the
Republic of Ghana, 1992.<o:p></o:p>(v)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the decision&nbsp; by the&nbsp;
Defendant to disqualify the plaintiff is therefore null and void.<o:p></o:p>