A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team, Justice Srem Sai, has raised strong objections to the swearing-in of three New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament-elect for the Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, and Techiman South constituencies.
The individuals in question—Patrick Yaw Boamah, Charles Forson, and Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah—were declared winners of their respective parliamentary seats following a collation of results ordered by the High Court.
However, Justice Srem Sai argues that the process leading to the declaration of these candidates was marred by legal and procedural irregularities.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, January 6, Srem Sai expressed concerns over what he described as a constitutional violation if the swearing-in were to proceed.
The Electoral Commission (EC) had carried out the re-collation of results in compliance with a High Court directive, resulting in the NPP candidates being announced as winners.
Nonetheless, Justice Srem Sai argued that the legal dispute regarding the validity of the collation had not been fully resolved.
According to Srem Sai, the NDC had filed an appeal for a stay of execution against the court order that initiated the collation. He revealed that this appeal had been formally served on the Electoral Commission, placing the re-collation process under judicial review.
“I do not see why someone will say the swearing-in will happen, and I don’t think we should continue to entertain that because it is unlawful. We appealed for a stay and that has been served on the Electoral Commission.
“I understand that the EC has even filed an affidavit in opposition and so our point is that once you have a notice of a stay application, then you cannot in any lawfulness be conducting the re-collation and if you continue to do that, you have breached the orders that the court has made.
“And our point is that such behaviours will not be blessed by law and it is in that frame that we are saying that the three MPs ought not to be sworn in. They should not be sworn in until such a time that the markings concerning their alleged election are resolved.”
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