A US-based Ghanaian lawyer, Professor Kwaku Asare, aka Kwaku Azar, has predicted that the election petition trial ongoing at the Supreme Court is likely to start in February instead of Thursday, January 28, 2021.
“It is unlikely that the trial will commence on 1/28, in light of the pendency of the review action and the Court’s order today,” Kwaku Azar said in a Facebook post after sitting on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, he claimed it’s likely for the apex court to follow through with its timelines, notwithstanding the fallout from the proceedings so far.
“With six days scheduled for trial, it still seems very plausible that the proceedings will be completed by mid-February with judgment coming soon thereafter. As events of today have shown, any timetable, similar to the chart below, should be considered as a guideline rather than something that is cast in stone.”
Justices of the Supreme Court are unhappy about the petitioner of the 2020 Presidential Election and his lawyers after failing to comply with orders made by the court.
The apex court, last Wednesday ordered the parties to file their processes with strict timelines.
But, the petitioner who has not filed his witnesses statement and other processes, instead filed a stay of proceedings ahead of today’s sitting.
In court on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, when the case was called, Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, Justice Yaw Appau, Justice Prof Ashie Kotey, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo all members of the panel took turns to express their unhappiness for the petitioner and his lawyers not to file their witness statement as ordered by the court.
Justice Yaw Appau for instance wondered why the court should hear the petitioner’s stay of proceedings when they have not complied with their orders.
Earlier, Mr Lithur prayed the court to stand the case down for Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata to arrive, but such didn’t go down with the court.
Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah responded by saying that, the matter was fixed for 9:30 am and cannot rise again.
EIB’s Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah reports that after forth and back, between Mr Lithur and the bench, the court took a decision to rise into their chambers.
Source: Starr FM
