In an attempt to overturn a High Court decision that called for the recollation of the parliamentary results in six constituencies, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) filed a certiorari case, but the Supreme Court rejected their preliminary legal protest.

Gary Nimako Marfo, the attorney for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidates for the six constituencies, filed a preliminary legal objection on Friday morning [Dec 27] on the grounds that the NDC had neglected to include the High Court's decision in its certiorari application.

Mr. Nimako urged the court to reject the application, arguing that such a failure was in violation of the court's rules.

However, the court's five-member panel decided that although though the High Court's ruling was not first submitted by the NDC, it was later submitted as a supplemental affidavit.

Considering this, the court chose to overlook the NDC's violation of the guidelines and grant the application.

Justice Gabriel Pwamang is the chair of the five-member panel, which also includes Justices Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Eric Gaewu, Henry Kwofie, and Richard Adjei-Frimpong.

Choosing

The court has retired into chambers to render its decision in the meantime.

This came after the court heard arguments from Gary Nimako Marfo, the attorney representing the NPP parliamentary candidates, Justine Amenuvor, and Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, the attorney for the NDC.