NDC slams EC over 'mischievous and disingenuous' disqualification of Amenfi Central candidate

Accra, Ghana - October 17, 2024 - The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed outrage over the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to disqualify its parliamentary candidate, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, from the Amenfi Central constituency.

 Edudzie Tamekloe, Head of Legal Affairs for the NDC, has described the EC's move as "mischievous and disingenuous".

In an interview on Citi FM Tamekloe argued that the EC's basis for disqualification was flawed. The EC cited an interlocutory injunction from the High Court in Sekondi, but Tamekloe pointed out that the EC was a party to the suit and had supervised the election, making the disqualification unjustified.

The controversy began with the May 12 primary election, which was annulled and re-run. The EC, despite being aware of the proceedings, waited until October 10 to inform Gyan Cudjoe of her disqualification via a letter signed by Deputy Chairman Samuel Tettey.

Tamekloe accused the EC of taking sides and acting in bad faith. "The EC cannot act like an octopus and move everywhere looking to disqualify a candidate whose election it supervised," he stated.

“The basis of the disqualification is the purported interlocutory injunction from the High Court in Sekondi which is extremely mischievous because clearly, the EC at all material times, was a party to the suit in the Sekondi Court.

“Each time we appeared before the judge in Sekondi, there was a representative for the EC and so the proceedings were known to the EC. When we annulled that election and decided to rerun it, they came to supervise the election and so for Samuel Tettey to refer to the injunction [in the disqualification] is completely disingenuous.”

Source: Lead News Online