Former president John Dramani Mahama’s request for a new elections in his petition is not likely to be granted by the Supreme Court, private legal practitioner, Kwame Gyan has said.
Making reference to the 2012 election petition, he noted that the court made it clear that elections are won at the polling station therefore if you’re not vigilant enough and the results are declared, there’s little you can do about it.
“The 2012 election petition was a landmark one and I tell you that it is still the position that elections are about vigilance. Elections walk with equity and equity helps the vigilance not the indolence. Elections are about vigilance so if you sleep on your job and come to the Supreme Court for redress after the person has been sworn in, it will be difficult”, he was quoted by Ghanaweb.
“When I handle people’s land cases I tell them never to allow the other party sack them from the land. I tell them to protect the land. If the person dislodges you, you won’t come back. I don’t see any election coming out of this petition. No new election will come out because the international observers even endorsed it but had issues with the collation which they said was not transparent,” he added.
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