John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer has finally submitted his petition to the supreme court on the just ended 2020 general elections and his prayer to the court has been judged to be a straight forward one by way of the relief sort in the petition. 

The former president is praying the apex court order for a fresh election between himself the President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This is contrary to the earlier assertion that, the election had been rigged in favour of the incumbent President. 

While many thought the NDC through John Mahama was going to seek to overturn the result for John Mahama to be declared as the winner of the 2020 Presidential election, they have rather asked for the election to be rerun.

It is usually said that, the noises and commentaries you hear on radio and TV stations are not always evidence and not all allegation get leg to stand on in the court of law. Going to court is a serious business and evidence is the name of the game. 

If the reliefs are anything to go by, then it does seem that the real claim of John Mahama is not that he was cheated or robbed of victory but that Nan Addo didn’t obtain the requisite number of votes (50%+1) to be declared President-elect. 

That is NOT to say that these claims are, on their own, not significant. If Mahama can prove them, the better for our Constitutional democracy. It seems a straight forward matter.

Nana Addo either obtained 50% + 1 votes or he did not. The Supreme Court must decide, having regard to all the evidence to be adduced, and then make the necessary orders, if any.

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