[ 2016-05-03 ]

Supreme Court hears Zanetor’s case today
The Supreme Court will today [Tuesday] hear an
application filed by the NDC’s Parliamentary
Nominee for the Klottey Korle constituency, Dr.
Zanetor Rawlings over her candidature.

She is challenging the capacity of a High Court
hearing the case in which her candidature is being
contested.

This follows an adjournment last week due to the
unavailability of the judges empanelled to hear
the case.

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the area,
Nii Armah Ashietey is in court challenging his
defeat in the party’s primaries, citing some
constitutional breaches.

According to him, Dr. Zenetor Rawlings did not
qualify to be elected as the parliamentary
nominee, since at the time of the contest; she was
not a registered voter.

This he said, is a serious constitutional breach
but lawyers for Dr. Zanetor believes the high
court is not an appropriate forum to adjudicate
the matter.

She is thus seeking a restraining order to stop
the judge hearing her case at a High Court.

The writ filed by lawyers of Dr. Rawlings is
seeking “an order of prohibition directed to the
His Lordship Kwaku T. Ackah Boafo of the High
Court…restraining him from proceeding to hear
the dispute between the applicant and the
interested parties pending a decision in the
instant application.”

Dr Zanetor has subsequently registered as voter
ahead of the November 7 polls but lawyers of
incumbent Nii Armah Ashietey say that will not
exonerate her.

Source - citifmonline.com

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