[ 2013-07-11 ]

Addison accuses Afari Gyan of printing triplicates of pink sheets
Petitioners in the Election Petition hearing have
accused the Electoral Commission Chairman of
misleading the court by printing four sets of pink
sheets for each polling station.

The Electoral Commission has always held the
position that it printed only two sets of pink
sheets for the 2012 election.

But when court resumed hearing on the 43 day,
Philip Addison, counsel for the Petitioners
insisted he has evidence to show that the Second
Respondent did not only illegally print two sets
of pink sheets but printed duplicates and
quadruplicates of pink sheets.

Addison started the day with a cross examination
of Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan on the duplication of
serial numbers on pink sheets.

He went through more than five lists of pink
sheets that have duplicate serial numbers- a fact
pushed by the petitioners and which Dr. Afari-Gyan
affirmed.

Having tendered the list of duplicated serial
numbers of pink sheet, Addison probed the EC Chair
on why he printed more than four sets of pink
sheets for the election.

“Dr. Afari-Gyan you have told this court that
you printed two sets of pink sheets, as if that
was not bad enough, how do you explain triplicates
and quadruplicates?”, Addison asked.

Afari Gyan responded that "logically there should
be no triplicates. I cannot understand how there
should be quadruplicates," he said.

"The evidence in exhibit X shows that four sets of
pink sheets were printed," Addison probed further
but Afari Gyan insisted, only two sets were
printed.

Addison then suggested to the witness that he was
misleading the court, a charge Afari Gyan
vehemently denied.

Meanwhile, a lot more list of pink sheets are
expected from the petitioner which has raised
concerns from the parties and the court about how
this affects the expeditious trial.

Source - MyjoyOnline

... go Back