NANA YAW NTIM
V.
CARLOS AHENKORAH

(2016) JELR 107716 (HC)

High Court · SUIT NO. GJ 237/2015 · 10 Jun 2016 · Ghana

CORAM

H/L NOVISI A. ARYENE (MRS.)

Core Terms ^Beta

1st defendant

party

tema west constituency

2nd defendant

national delegates conference

parliamentary candidate

party’s constitution

ga indigenes

national council

electoral commission

affirmative action

forthcoming elections

greater accra region

conduct of the party

decision of the national appeals committee

parliamentary elections

parliamentary primaries

plaintiffs’ case

witness statement

1st defendant’s purported election

2nd defendant’s election

abuse of the courts process

complaints of the ga voters

decision of the constituency

decisions

earlier case

following aspiring candidates

general secretary of the party

i. notice of such amendment

main issues

meeting of the party

members of the new patriotic party

national appeals committee of the party

national executive committee

parliamentary seats

party’s regional vetting appeals board

press statement

registered voter

rule of equity

upcoming district level elections processes

vetting committee

virtue of the supreme court decision

way of amendment

JUDGMENT

Plaintiffs and 1st defendant are members of the New Patriotic Party, the 2nd defendant herein (hereinafter referred to as The Party). At a meeting of the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) on 23rd of March 2015, an affirmative action was taken to allow only Ga Indigenes to contest parliamentary seats in coastal areas within the Greater Accra Region including the Tema West Constituency. The rationale was to address complaints of the Ga voters, ensure ethnic balance and make the Party more attractive to Ga voters. In furtherance of this and other decisions, guidelines were issued for the conduct of the Party’s Parliamentary primaries.

In the Tema West Constituency, the following aspiring candidates were vetted by the Party’s Constituency Vetting Committee: the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo, 1st defendant and Mrs. Adjoa Amoako. 1st defendant and Mrs. Amoako were disqualified by the vetting committee on grounds of being non-Ga indig…

NANA YAW NTIM V. CARLOS AHENKORAH

NANA YAW NTIM
V.
CARLOS AHENKORAH