Supreme Court clears last hurdle before hearing of substantive election petition Tuesday

The court might in accordance with the law and its discretion not delve into issues agreed on by all the parties in the case.

It will concentrate mainly on stalemate matters, resolve those issues and thus pave the way for the hearing of the substantive matter which promises to be a landmark in the legal and political history of the country.

Key among the issues to be looked into is whether or not President Mahama or Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was validly elected as President in the December 2012 presidential polls.

Another vital issue likely to be adopted by the court is whether or not voting took place without prior biometric verification at many polling stations across the country.

The nine-member panel is also expected to consider or reject whether or not the alleged statutory violations, irregularities and/or malpractices introduced 4,670,504 invalid votes into the total number of votes cast in the December 2012 presidential election.

By Graphic.com.gh

Read full details from our court correspondent in Tuesday’s edition (April 2, 2013) of the Daily Graphic

Story by Mabel Aku Banaseh

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