Mahama Takes On SC For Delaying To Decide On The Sue Against EC Over Voters Limited Registration
According to the former President, contrary to the time-honoured practice of the Registrar of the Supreme Court giving dates for applications to be moved, the Registrar has, as of this afternoon, refused to provide a date for the application for interlocutory injunction filed against the EC.
Freeman Koryekpor 
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed disquiet over the delay tactics exhibited by the Supreme Court to decide application for interlocutory injunction filed against Electoral Commission (EC) by the various opposition political parties in relation to the EC ’s decision to limit the upcoming voter registration exercise to its district offices only.
According to the former President, contrary to the time-honoured practice of the Registrar of the Supreme Court giving dates for applications to be moved, the Registrar has, as of this afternoon, refused to provide a date for the application for interlocutory injunction filed against the EC.
He pointed out that the writ and the injunction application were duly filed at the Registry of the Supreme Court on Thursday, 7th September 2023, at 2:50 p.m.
He mentioned that the Registrar informed the applicants’ representatives that they were awaiting the date to be given by the Chief Justice, who was outside the jurisdiction at the time.
He indicated that the Chief Justice returned and travelled to Cape Coast for the Bar Conference, adding that "As I write, the applicants’ representatives are still waiting at the registry of the Supreme Court."
According to the former President, this
is unprecedented and does not augur well for public confidence in the justice delivery system.
In 2012, he pointed out that when a Ghanaian citizen decided to challenge the creation of the 45 new constituencies, the Supreme Court had a sole judge to decide the interlocutory injunction application in a timely manner.
Indeed, the practice of assigning single justices to hear interlocutory applications for an injunction has happened several times in the cases of Ekwam v. Pianim, Welford Quarcoo v. Attorney General and Ransford France v. Electoral Commission & Attorney General.
The EC starts the lopsided registration exercise tomorrow for which this process is being filed, and yet we all know the famous mantra, "Justice delayed, is justice denied."
