In an application for judicial review in the form of a mandamus, six (NPP) parliamentary candidates for the just ended 2024 general elections have asked the High Court to order the (EC) to promptly compile and announce the results of the parliamentary elections in the constituencies in which they ran.
Through their lawyer, Gary Nimako Marfo, the NPP parliamentary candidate submitted the application in two different filings.
These are Martin Kweku Adjei-Mensah Korsah, Techiman South; Nana Akua Owusu Afriye, Ablekuma North; Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Nsawam-Adoagyiri; Patrick Yaw Boamah, Okaikwei Central; Charles Forson, parliamentary candidate for Tema Central; and Eric Nana Agyemang Prempeh, Ahafo Ano North.
According to a report by asaaseradio.com, in essence, the six parliamentary candidates are requesting two directives from the High Court of general jurisdiction. First is "an order of mandamus directed at the (EC) (Respondent) compelling it to collate and declare the results and winner of the Tema Central constituency Parliamentary election held on 7 December 2024 through the Returning Officer as required by law." Secondly, they are praying to the court for "an order directed at the Inspector General of Police to provide adequate and armed security presence to the (Respondent) at the designated collation center to enable it to perform its constitutional and statutory duty of conducting and supervising public elections." The six parliamentary candidates basically argue that: "In accordance with the EC's constitutional mandate, parliamentary elections were conducted on December 7, 2024, in the 276 constituencies across the nation, including their constituencies. "The polls were successfully conducted in all polling stations in their constituencies, and results were announced and declared in all the polling stations and forwarded to the returning officer.