Book On Election Petition Out Even before the Supreme Court determines the outcome of the ongoing election petition hearing, a book is set to be launched giving details of what exactly went into the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections. The 200 page book, which is titled “The Election Petition: Restoring Justice and Democracy for Peace” is said to be a comprehensive compilation of documents, articles and pictures describing at firsthand the issues leading to and surrounding the Presidential Election Petition sanctioned by the National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia and Jake Obetsebi Lamptey as the Petitioners. The book which is authored by Ken Ofori-Atta, William Oppong Bio, Boakye Agyarko and Kwasi Busia is expected to be launched come Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at the British Council in Accra at exactly 6pm. According to the authors, “this book seeks to inform the Ghanaian public, the international community and all stakeholders of the allegations of constitutional and statutory violations, irregularities and malpractices that affected the conduct and outcome of the 2012 elections.”A statement issued in Accra yesterday said “the book consists of 11 Chapters, provides profiles of the petitioners, the nine empanelled justices of the Supreme Court, and profiles of the legal teams of the petitioners and the respondents” while a Chapter of the publication is also said to have been dedicated to providing readers with the evidence of malpractices, statutory violations and irregularities as presented by the second petitioner, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, while in the witness box. Election Petition: Restoring Justice and Democracy for Peace is also said to acknowledge the courage shown by the petitioners in challenging the results of the 2012 Presidential election in the Supreme Court instead of the streets while applauding the active engagement of the respondents in the case, as well as the Supreme Court, establishing that justice can be obtained in the courts and not on the streets. “This landmark publication explains that the survival, nurturing and maturation of democracy in Ghana will depend on the collective will of Ghanaians to seeing to it that the sovereign will of the electorate at every election is religiously respected” the authors noted, adding that the declaration of election results must truly and absolutely reflect the choice made by citizens.” Authors of the book are of the firm conviction that “Ghana’s electoral process and the Electoral Commission will see significant changes and that it will eventually evolve to be among the finest in the world in the aftermath of the Presidential Election Petition.”
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 07:47:50 +0000
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