Home Politics The Legal Practitioner says that the errors linked with Mahama’s election petition won’t be accepted.

The Legal Practitioner says that the errors linked with Mahama’s election petition won’t be accepted.

by The Ghana HIT

Ralph Poku-Adusei, the private Legal Practitioner in Ghana, says that the errors linked with the NDC’S election petition will not be accepted. The errors made by the Lawyer include the interchanging of the 1st Respondent and the 2nd respondent. Instead of requesting for another election between the NPP candidate and petitioner, he requested for re-run between John Mahama and the EC.

Speaking during an interview Ralph said, “The mistakes, omissions, and clerical errors in the petition was filed by the lawyers for the NDC flagbearer in the just ended 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections are unacceptable. The nature of the mistakes in the petition reduces the confidence the public has in the Ghanaian bar as far as the standards and etiquettes of the legal profession is concerned and thus it will be prudent for the legal team to ensure that the mistakes are corrected at the earliest opportune time.”

The private Legal Practitioner in Ghana, also stated, “the duty of a lawyer to represent someone, be it an applicant such as in the instant case, or a respondent in Court is a sacred duty and lawyers are naturally enjoined to ensure that they have done due diligence before proceeding to act in a matter. The errors in the petition filed on the 30th of December 2020 could have been avoided if proper vetting of the petition had been carried out.”

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