Ghanaian activist and one of the leaders of the Democracy Hub, Oliver Barker-Vormawor has lamented how the Electoral Commission undermines the Judicial processes about the just-ended elections.
Speaking during an interview on JoyNews’ NewsFile, Oliver Vormawor described the judgment of the Supreme Court as a “Solomonic Judgement”.
According to him, most Ghanaians have been waiting to see clarity and maturity in judgments for years which enhances the rule of law.
Oliver Baker stated that the court was approached by a mandamus approach where the mandamus approach requires a person to show that the Electoral Commission has failed to collate or is refusing to collate after a reasonable demand has been made within a reasonable time.
“It is surprising to see that the EC even though hasn’t said any word that it is refusing to collate went ahead and did not oppose that point.
If there is no failure or refusal by the EC, then the mandamus does lie as to how it operates” Oliver Baker Vormawor explained.
Oliver Barker slammed the EC for rushing to re-collate the disputed constituency after the High Court judgment.
“The EC went ahead to collate results. That was a rush; a rush which is an offence to law and proceeding. That is you can’t disrespect the court when there is a pending application to stay; you can’t take any actions.
“The fact that the EC disrespected the process, filed an affidavit to the position, and went ahead to gazette those results.
“This series of actions for me is something we need to look at. The liberty at which the Electoral Commission undermines the judiciary processes is really concerning” he added.
