Hoho MP, John Peter Amewu, to submit his response to the election petition involving the disenfranchisement of residents of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lipke and Lolobi (SALL) in the 2020 polls in December 2023. A grace period of 14 days will be granted starting from the 21st.
In the case filed by Professor Margaret Kwaku and other petitioners against the Electoral Commission (EC) and Mr. Amewu, on December 21, 2023, the Presiding Judge of the Ho High Court, Justice Owoahene Acheampong: The court was scheduled to issue a ruling on the motion. Judgment based on confessions by the committee.
However, he said that while finalizing the judgment to be submitted that day, certain documents were submitted to the court by the lawyer representing the second respondent in the petition, Mr. Peter Amewu.
Justice Owoahene Achiampong said Mr. Amewu was seeking time to file a response to the petition and was also seeking arrest for sentencing scheduled for that day.
These applications, made on behalf of the second defendant, were scheduled to be heard on 22 January 2024.
Benedict Coffice, the lawyer who filed the documents on Amewu’s behalf, appeared in court.
The petitioner’s lawyer, Mr Tsikata, said he had not been served with any documents.
However, he would not fundamentally object to Peter Amewu being given the opportunity to submit a response to the petition, even if it belatedly.
Mr Tsikata said there was no need to wait until January 22, 2024 for this to happen as there were no objections to the application and the court could bring forward the hearing of the application and make an order on the belated application. Ta. answer.
He stressed the urgency of the situation in which SALL traditional areas are not represented in the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic, even as the final year of the Eighth Parliament approaches.
Regarding the Electoral Commission’s application for arrest of judgment on application for judgment based on confession, Mr Tsikata also suggested that it should be amended to an earlier date than January 22, 2024.
The first defendant, EC lawyer Saki Boapong, told the court that documents filed on behalf of Peter Amewu had been served on him.
He said it would take time to file a response to the arrest application for a sentence that was due to be handed down on the same day, but said he was unable to do so given the content of the application.
After hearing from all three lawyers, Justice Owoahene Achiampong moved forward the hearing of the application for late filing by the second defendant of the reply to the petition to that date and ordered Peter Amewu to do so on December 21, 2023. granted a grace period of 14 days. answer.
The court accepted the appearance filed on behalf of Mr. Amewu, although it was filed late.
The court’s motion for judgment on the motion for judgment on the arrest confession was also finalized on January 9, 2024.
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