Founder of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said the Ho High Court’s ruling on the election of John Peter Amewu as MP for Hohoe was something they expected.
He has expressed worry over the concerns of the residents of the affected communities which remains unresolved following the outcome of the ruling.
The High Court has dismissed a petition that sought to challenge the validity of the election of John Peter Amewu as Member of Parliament for Hohoe.
This was due to the disenfranchisement of some persons in the area by the Electoral Commission during the exercise in December 2020.
In a post made on his social media after the judgement Monday, July 29, 2024, Mr. Cudjoe noted that if things continue the way they are, the oppressed will rise one day.
“The court’s decision to dismiss the petition means that John Peter Amewu remains the MP for Hohoe, with the SALL residents’ concerns about their representation remaining unresolved for now.
“Well, we expected this ruling too. The High Court Judge has effectively ruled that no one in government and the Electoral Commission was responsible for what happened. Keep on this way until one day when disadvantaged people decide they have had enough,” he indicated.
Background
The Ho High Court has thrown away the petition challenging the election John Peter Amewu as member of Parliament for Hohoe on grounds of lacking jurisdiction.
The validity of Mr. Amewu’s elections was challenged on the basis of the inability of some 13 communities from SALL who were denied the opportunity to vote in the parliamentary elections in the December 2020 exercise.
There were about 17,000 people from Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) enclave making the 13 communities who were carved out of the Volta Region to the newly created Oti Region.
The residents have since been left without a representation in Parliament. Five residents from SALL petitioned the Ho High Court to nullify the election of John-Peter Amewu to become MP.
After making a late entry into the hearing of the petition, John-Peter Amewu at the last hearing introduced three new issues to the case, which the NDC in the region says was a ploy to delay the case.
But, a ruling delivered by the court Monday, July 29, 2024, indicated that the declaration sought by the petitioners effectively questions the constitutionality of CI 128 on which the EC relied to conduct the 2020 parliamentary elections.
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