A private legal practitioner, Kwame Boafo Akuffo, has criticised the decision of the High Court in Accra, ordering the of Ghana (EC) to go ahead with re-collating and re-declaration of the results of five constituencies where (NDC) parliamentary candidates had earlier been declared winners.
In a write-up sighted by , lawyer Boafo Akuffo pointed out a number of issues with the court's order for the commission to re-collate and re-declare the parliamentary election results of the five constituencies.
He indicated that the commission's claim that its officers were forced to declare the initial winners was not proven before the court made its decision, which he indicated was unfortunate. "It is my understanding that an EC officer spoke to duress as the basis for making a declaration in favour of a candidate.
The side in whose favour the declaration was made denies this factual allegation.