[ 2012-08-17 ]

Ayikoi Otoo to cite EC for contempt again
Former Attorney General in erstwhile Kufuor
administration, Ayikoi Otoo has declared his
intention of filing a fresh contempt suit against
the Electoral Commission having withdrawn the
earlier one it filed against the EC.


The controversial Constitutional Instrument (CI)
73 creating 45 additional constituencies was
withdrawn earlier this week following the
recommendation of the Subsidiary Legislative
Committee of Parliament which cited many mistakes
and errors in the CI.

The withdrawal of the contempt suit filed by the
former Attorney General at the Accra Fast Track
High Court became necessary following the
withdrawal of the controversial CI 73 from
parliament.

Speaking to Joy News' Dzifa Bampoh, the former AG
stated that they are compelled to file a fresh
contempt suit against the EC after it laid an
amended CI creating the 45 constituencies.

The former AG quoted Article 47 (3)(4) of the 1992
Constitution as providing guidelines to which the
EC may use in creating the new constituencies.

But Ayikoi Otoo maintained that EC's basis that
every district must have a constituency is never
stated anywhere in the constitution.

According to Ayikoi Otoo the EC must come clear on
some of the factors it considered in the creation
of the constituencies.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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