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Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Gary Nimako Marfo has described as progressive the Supreme Court's decision on any election petition in 42 days.

He says it is very upright for the country's democracy and an indication that the country is growing democratically.

Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, the legal luminary explained that it will afford any government who will be hit with any election petition at the Supreme Court the opportunity to continue with its government formation and not hold this country to a ransom.

"I think this is a more progressive decision of the supreme court and it is very commendable".

The Supreme Court is set to deal with any election petition that will arise out of the 2020 elections in 42 days maximum.

Justice Jones Dotse, the Chairperson of the Election Manual Review Committee, says any suit challenging a presidential election will only be allowed from contestants in the election and only against the winner and the Electoral Commission.

This is to prevent a repetition of the election petition of 2012 which dragged for eight months.

Speaking at the launch of the 4th Edition of the Manual on Election Adjudication, Justice Jones Dotse disclosed that processes on who can sue and join the suit have been spelled out.

“And there are major significant changes in the law in the sense that now if you are interested in questioning or initiating a presidential election dispute, you must have been a candidate in that election and you can only sue the one who has been declared as the winner by the EC and the EC, that’s all,” he added.

Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah indicated the readiness of the Judiciary to deal with all election-related suits.

“While not everyone will agree with our decisions, I can assure you that they (political) have all seen and motivated by the national interest underpinned by first and foremost the judicial principles for which the judiciary stands for geared towards the sanctity of our motherland,” he said.

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