An aide of the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), James Agyenim-Boateng, has told all persons stampeding the party executives to go to court over the results of the just-ended elections following the refusal of John Dramani Mahama to concede defeat that the main opposition party is still within the time limit set out under the law.
Article 64 (1) of the 1992 Constitution says “the validity of the election of the President may be challenged only by a citizen of Ghana who may present a petition for the purpose to the Supreme Court within twenty-one days after the declaration of the result of the election in respect of which the petition is presented”.
To that end and given that the final results were declared by the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, on Wednesday, December 9, the NDC has up until Wednesday, December 30 to file any petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the results.
In a tweet, Mr Agyenim-Boateng, who is a former Deputy Minister of Information, said: “As for those who shout themselves hoarse ‘go to court, go to court’, the commonsensical thing to note is that the NDC still is within the time limited for commencing any such legal action.”
