THE REPUBLIC vs. MRS CHARLOTTE OSEI AND THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION EX PARTE DR. PAPA KWESI NDUOM [2016]DLHC3595

THE REPUBLIC vs. MRS CHARLOTTE OSEI AND THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION EX PARTE DR. PA... [2016]DLHC3595

Date	2016-10-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO.GT/1401/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC3595

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

1ST RESPONDENT – NII AYIKOI OTOO ESQ. WITH GARY M. NIMAKO ESQ. FELIX

OGRAH ESQ. DENNIS OFOSU APPIAH ESQ. BARBARA BROWN MS CECIL

ADASI ESQ AND NAA G. AYIKO OTOO MS FOR APPLICANT.

THADDEUS SORY ESQ. WITH SEAN POKU ESQ. AND THEODORA TAWIAH ARMAH MS FOR RESPONDENTS.

[2016]DLHC3595
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">THE
REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>MRS CHARLOTTE OSEI AND THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE DR. PAPA KWESI NDUOM<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
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SUIT
NO.GT/1401/2016&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 OCTOBER, 2016 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>1ST
RESPONDENT – NII AYIKOI OTOO, ESQ. WITH GARY M. NIMAKO, ESQ., FELIX OGRAH,
ESQ., DENNIS OFOSU APPIAH, ESQ., BARBARA BROWN, MS, CECIL ADASI, ESQ AND NAA G.
AYIKO OTOO, MS FOR APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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THADDEUS SORY, ESQ., WITH SEAN POKU, ESQ.,
AND THEODORA TAWIAH ARMAH, MS FOR RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>I have before me an application in the nature of
judicial review seeking the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>One, certiorari to bring to the court the decision of
the Respondents dated the 10th of October, 2016 which disqualified
the Applicant as a presidential candidate for the 2016 general elections for
the purpose of having same quashed. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Two, an order of prohibition to be directed at the Respondents
from proceeding with balloting for positions in the presidential elections.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>And three for further orders directed against the 1st
Respondent in her capacity as Returning Officer for Presidential election to
grant the Applicant the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly found in
his nomination papers as well as accept his nomination papers as amended or
altered to enable him contest as a presidential candidate for the 7th
of December, 2016 elections. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The grounds upon which the Applicant mounts this
application has been stated by him to be anchored on:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Breach of the rules of natural justice (audi alteram
partem)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Error apparent on the face of the record.<o:p></o:p>As an application of this nature launched under Order
55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules C. I. 47 must of necessity be
supported by an affidavit deposed to by or on behalf of the Applicant, the
factual basis upon which this application has been made has fully been set out
in the Applicant’s affidavit of 14th October, 2016.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I find it necessary to state the essential matters
relied on by the Applicant in his thirty-three (33) paragraph affidavit in
support. Applicant states that he was elected at the convention of the
Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) as its Presidential candidate to contest f</main>