General News of Saturday, 5 November 2016Source: citifmonline.comLawsuits won’t affect December 7 elections – AtugubaDr. Raymond AtugubaA Private Legal Practitioner, Raymond Atuguba, is optimistic the general elections will come off on December 7, despite the several suits the Electoral Commission has been saddled with ahead of the polls. Some political parties who were disqualified from contesting in the general elections, are in court praying the court to order the Commission to allow them correct mistakes on their nomination forms. But the EC subsequently said on Monday that it had initiated a processe at the Supreme Court to quash that High Court judgment on the disqualification of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom. Some key stakeholders have since expressed concern about the consequences of about five lawsuits against the Commission, on the election timetable. “The December 7 presidential elections will not be affected by the suits that are currently being mounted against the Electoral Commission.

Source: GhanaWeb November 05, 2016 12:55 UTC