One of the lawyers of President Akufo-Addo in the ongoing election petition hearing has brushed aside claims by lead counsel for the petitioners in the Election Petition, Tsatsu Tsikata that the Supreme court should not sacrifice justice for expedition.

In his response to Mr Tsikata, he noted that justice delayed is justice denied.

Tsikata, had told the Supreme Court that much as the court may want to stick to the timelines specified in C.I 99 for the adjudication of election petitions, it should not be done in disregard of justice.

However, addressing the media after proceedings, Mr Frank Davies said “What is meant by sacrificing justice on the altar of expedition? 

“Justice delayed is justice denied. So what is it?  They are just not ready. They were advocating for a live broadcast of proceedings and now everybody is seeing what is happening in court. Everyday lead counsel for the petitioners is making one complaint or the other.

“You cannot blame the failure of a bad farm on your tools of implementation. Your farm is your farm  and  it depends on how you cultivate it  so we should not ponder over this repeated rhetoric of  sacrificing justice for expedition.”

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The Supreme Court has adjourned its hearing of the 2020 Election Petition to Tuesday January 26, 2021.

The petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, has sought a review of a ruling on some 12 questions he wanted the 1st Respondent, Electoral Commission to answer after the court had earlier dismissed similar applicaion.

Lawyer for the petitioner on Wednesday January 20 told the court at the beginning of hearing that he has come to seek a review of the ruling on their application for interrogatories the previous day.

The court ruled that “the crucial issue of relevancy has not been established in this Application” emphasizing the various amendments that have been made to the Court Procedures and Rules, the latest being C.I 99.

“We are strictly bound by C.I 99 and therefore will not apply Order 22 of C.I 47 OF 2004 in this circumstance.

“We accordingly refuse to grant the application and same is accordingly dismissed”, the court ruled.

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Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has questioned the presence of military personnel inside the Supreme Court amidst the ongoing election petition.

The men in uniform have been spotted in the courtroom.

“So Soldiers have been deployed inside the Supreme Court during a trial? What at all is going on in this country?” He asked in a tweet.

NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama is asking for a rerun of the 2020 elections after he refused to concede defeat, citing errors on the part of the Electoral Comission.

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