{"id":3220,"date":"2024-12-21T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2024-12-21T13:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T13:11:14","slug":"ndcs-director-of-legal-affairs-challenges-the-high-courts-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/ndcs-director-of-legal-affairs-challenges-the-high-courts-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC\u2019s Director of Legal Affairs Challenges the High Court\u2019s Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized the High Court&#8217;s decision to allow the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-collate and re-announce the election results for five constituencies won by the NDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"370\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7746.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3223 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 795px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 795\/370;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamakloe argued that the judge&#8217;s order was unfair and lacked proper procedure. He expressed concerns that the court based its decision on unverified claims of electoral fraud, without requiring evidence to support these allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Tamakloe, the NDC remains the elected parliamentary representatives for the five constituencies in question. He accused the EC of being biased against the NDC, as they were the only party affected by the re-collation and re-announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7745.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3224 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/383;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamakloe emphasized that the NDC is waiting to see how the re-collation will be conducted. He warned that allowing this re-collation to proceed without proper justification could set a dangerous precedent for Ghana&#8217;s electoral system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Tamakloe has been vocal about his party&#8217;s concerns regarding the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC\u2019s Director of Legal Affairs Challenges the High Court\u2019s Decision<\/p>\n<p>Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized the High Court&#8217;s decision to allow the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-collate and re-announce the election results for five constituencies won by the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Tamakloe argued that the judge&#8217;s order was unfair and lacked proper procedure. He expressed concerns that the court based its decision on unverified claims of electoral fraud, without requiring evidence to support these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tamakloe, the NDC remains the elected parliamentary representatives for the five constituencies in question. He accused the EC of being biased against the NDC, as they were the only party affected by the re-collation and re-announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Tamakloe emphasized that the NDC is waiting to see how the re-collation will be conducted. He warned that allowing this re-collation to proceed without proper justification could set a dangerous precedent for Ghana&#8217;s electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Tamakloe has been vocal about his party&#8217;s concerns regarding the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3225,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions\/3225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}