LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER

A legal practitioner in Tamale Lawyer Issah Mahmoud has cautioned the electorate to desist from engaging in ballot box snatching, minor voting and defacing of political party posters as all these are crimes punishable by law. Mr. Mahmoud said this at a workshop on consolidating the electoral justice system in Ghana organized by the Legal Resources Center Association LADA. He added that party members of the same party make a choice to LRC in collaboration with star Ghana, DANIDA, UKaid and the Law and Development sit in different pavilions although they are unified by one party and so Ghanaians should understand that there are varied opinions and learn to tolerate each other as we are all united under one country. He said politics often times disregards the laws of the land and this should not be so as the courts are there to protect the rights of every citizen. Lawyer Mahmoud urged the political parties to channel their grievances concerning elections through the courts for justice to be attained and this was the reason that led to the formation of the CI 94 derived from the PNDC Law 284. In his welcome address the project officer of LRC Enock Jengre said the organization felt the need to interact with the key stakeholders in Ghana’s democratic dispensation to enlighten them more on the electoral offenses and Laws governing elections to enable a violence free election. Various questions were asked and opinions given regarding electoral reforms that will enhance the transparency of the elections.