President John Dramani Mahama, has filed his response to a petition challenging his election as President in the December 7, 2012 Presidential election.
He is accusing the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his running mate, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia and the Chairman of the NPP, Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey of “seeking to subvert the Constitution and undermine the sovereign will of the people of Ghana by demanding from the Honourable Court an order annulling the results of the exercise of their fundamental righs under the Constitution.”
“That the whole petition lacks merit and should be dismissed,” a response filed on behalf of the President by his lawyer, Mr Tony Lithur stated.
The response was filed at the Registry of the Supreme Court on Saturday, January 12, 2013,
The petitioners are accusing the Electoral Commission (EC) of doctoring the election results in favour of President Mahama but the EC, in its defence, has denied the claims and maintained the results declared were credible and accurate.
According to the petitioners, irregularities recorded during the elections, favoured the NDC, noting that 24,000 of the pink result sheets from some polling stations indicated that those irregularities
were enough to affect the results.
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