The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC ) to provide the legal basis why it has refused to accept the existing voters’ identification card as a form of identification in the upcoming mass voters registration exercise.
A seven-member panel of the court, presided over by the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah, gave the order Thursday, June 5, during hearing of a suit by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) challenging the upcoming compilation of a new voters register by the EC .
Per the orders of the court, the EC must provide the legal basis by Monday, June 8, 2020.
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Source: Daily Graphic
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if you and those who think like you believes there are voters who registered with NHIS card on the register and that the Charlotte osei's admin failed to remove all the names, common sense will inform you to remove the remaining names instead of compiling a new register..stuopidity at its apex..
The point is EC hasn't made sense since it decided to compile a new register. The president was elected by the register Jean Mensa wants to change. Jean Mensa herself is a product of this same so called defective register, therefore in the current register is defective, then the president is illegal, and anyone the president appoints is equally illegal, simplisita! If the register is so bad then we can deduce that the so called 1m votes extra that nana addo gained were probably illegal voters. Every about ECs position is plan stuopidity. I hope the NDC will beg Tsatsu to be part of the legal team, though I know Tony Lithur is champion, but with Tsatsu the team becomes super clue.
Me Man Nkoso, bring the legal basis. Your arguments exposes your weakness of the law. I quoted the law but you did not. Have read the Judgement of GINA WOOD? It is funny some are using the Abu Ramadan case, but same case justified the legal basis of the old Voter ID. Unless you are Johnny just come, there's a ruling between 2015 and 2016 when Abu Ramanda an PNC man doing the bidding of NPP took the EC to the Supreme Court to argue against the use of the NHIS card to register to vote. The SC under CJ Georgina Woods, ruled that, the NHIS card is not acceptable to establish the eligibility of a voter, rather only those who hold the old voters card are eligible to register and vote. Thereafter, the EC instructed Charlotte Osei to delete the names of all those who used the NHIS card to register; which she did to make the register credible. Therefore, all the NDC have to do is to refer to the Georgina Woods ruling, which set a precedent into law..
ABCD i feel pity for you people, these Supreme court judges were among the judges who sat on the election petition and their verdict was Ghana's elections would never be the same after the petition. You see,you people in the ndc are foo*ools ! The Supreme court advised Charlotte Osei to delete all names in the register that used NHIS cards do you remember? and she was able to only delete a fraction which made the register not credible and some people including foreigners are still having Ghana's voters card with NHIS as proof of ID which makes it illegal and that is what the Supreme court is demanding to make their case that the supreme court has already nullified the voters card to be proof of ID becsuse of the NHIS card ! I'm not a lawyer but better than ndc lawyers who couldn't read the verdict of Abu Ramadan vrs EC case ! Ndc are too disgraceful ! I'm using my home sense perfectly to analyse and tell you ndc that you have lost it already !
WAIT AND SEE. PARLIAMENT MAKES LAWS. JUDGES GIVE JUDGEMENT ACCORDING TO LAW. THE PARLIAMENT SHALL APPROVE THE LAW, THE C.I. PRESENTED BY EC TO PARLIAMENT AND THE JUDGES SHALL GIVE THEIR RULING. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME. IN ALL OVER PROGRESSING WORLD THERE IS A DOCUMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR CITIZENS. AND AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD PASSPORT IS ACCEPTED AS IDENTIFICATION OF ANY PARTICULAR CITIZENS. THE TWO DOCUMENT INCLUDE PICTURES AND BIO DATA OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY ARE VERY ESSENTIAL TO DETERMINE THE TRUE IDENTITY OF A PERSON AS A CITIZEN OF A NATION. IT ALSO CONTAINS THE ADDRESS FROM WHICH THE BEARER OR THEIR FAMILY CAN BE CONTACTED WHEN IT BECOME NECESSARY.
In 2012, after six of the passage of Act 707, and four years after Act 750 was enacted, L.I. 2111 was passed to make regulations for the effective administration of Acts 707 and 750. Two key elements of LI 2111 are worth stressing for the purposes of this article: It makes clear that national ID cards issued shall be used in transactions where Identification is required. It is a further obligation that any organization offers any services where identification is required shall demand the presentation of the national ID cards before providing the relevant service to the individual. These services include: application for and issuance of a passport; application for and issuance of a driver’s license; opening of individual and or personal bank accounts; purchase of insurance policies; purchase, transfer, and registration of land by any individual or a connected transaction subject to the provision of other enactments; transactions pertaining to individuals in respect of pensions; transactions specified under the National Health Insurance Scheme; transactions that have social security implications; consumer credit transactions; registration of voters; payment of taxes; registration of SIM cards; applications for public or government services, facilities, approvals, permissions or benefits; and any other transaction
Article 6 to 10 of the Constitution of Ghana define who a Citizen is. Again Citizenship Act, 2000 says a person acquires citizenship of Ghana by BIRTH, MARRIAGE, ADOPTION, OR NATURALIZATION. The Constitution of Ghana which is the Supreme Law, and the Citizenship Act 2000 did not mention Ghana Card or Passport as a proof of Citizenship. Going by the Citizenship Act then; a Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Adoption Certificate or Naturalization Certificate are valid documents which show whether or Not a Person is a Citizen of Ghana. No where in the law does it say Ghana Card or Ghana Passport would be proof of citizenship. So denying a Ghanaian Citizen who is of a sound mind and has attained the age of 18 years the right to register and vote by virtue of the fact that s/he does not have a Ghana Card or Ghanaian Passport is null and void, and Unconstitutional.
This one na deadly punch oooo. imaging EC saying there are foreigners on the register as their reason, the next question will be then Akuffo Addo was elected by foreigners and if care is not taking the supreme court will have no option than to remove him. hmmmmmmmmm na wa ooooooo legal basis hahahaha
NHIS cards !
The battle has just begun. These are these are the wise women and men of our time, we salute you