SAMUEL KWESI ANDERSON vs. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION & 2 OTHERS [2020]DLCA8873

Date	2020-02-26
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/10/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8873

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

PATIENCE MILLS-TETTEH J.

J. E. K. ABEKAH COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA8873
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL KWESI ANDERSON<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
&amp; 2 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.
H1/10/2020&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: 26TH FEBRUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>J.
E. K. ABEKAH COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR
DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), ANGELINA
M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A), PATIENCE MILLS-TETTEH J. (SITTING AS ADDITIONAL
COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>IRENE CHARITY LARBI&nbsp;
(MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This
Appeal emanates from the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi dated 27th
October, 2016 which dismissed the Plaintiff’s case in its entirety. <o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Plaintiff by a Writ filed on August, 2015 sought the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order declearing the disqualification of the Plaintiff from contesting the
District Assembly Election for Assembly man for West Tanokrom Electoral Area
2015 as wrongful, illegal and unconstitutional.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order compelling the Defendants to permit the Plaintiff to participate by
contesting the District Assembly Election to be held on the 1st September,
2015 or in the alternative an order to suspend the election unless the
Plaintiff is made one of the candidates to contest for the Assembly man of West
Tanokrom Electoral Area of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant from conducting the District Assembly
Elections in the West Tanokrom Electoral Area of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan
Assembly without the candidature of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff describes himself as an
accounting officer and an immediate past Assembly man of the West Tanokrom
Electoral Area of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. He avers that he is
also a registered voter with voter ID
Card No.7082033771. The Plaintiff pleaded that the 1st Defendant
is a body established by the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, charged inter
alia to conduct and supervise
all public elections and referenda including the District Assembly elections
whilst the 2nd and 3rd Defendants are the Regional and District
representatives respectively of the 1st Defendant body.<o:p></o:p>(3)