“If it was accepted that the law cast a mandatory duty on the presiding officer to sign the pink sheet, then he could not neglect to perform that act; excuses like the officer had a lot of work to do that day, and signing the pink sheet was only one of them, the prevailing weather, the crowd at the polling station shouting ‘tsoo boi’ (see the evidence of Asiedu Nketia), could not be good enough reasons to relive him from discharging his legal duty. Considering the importance the nation attaches to the exercise of conducting a national election, sustaining the integrity of the election should be zealously guarded; this could best be done by the presiding officer in charge of affairs at the polling station appending his signature to the declaration to testify that the events on the face of the pink sheet took place there.” [ Justice Ansah, on Presiding officers Signatures]
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:55:10 +0000
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