A US-based Ghanaian lawyer, Professor Kwaku Asare, aka Kwaku Azar has joined calls for the chairperson of the Electoral Commission to mount the witness box to be cross-examined in the ongoing election petition case.
The Supreme Court has set Thursday, February 11 for ruling on whether or not to allow the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa to be cross-examined.
This comes after the hearing of legal arguments on Tuesday in advancing the case whether or not to proceed with the cross-examination of the witness of the 1st respondent.
Both the 1st and 2nd respondents made legal submissions in opposition to the Petitioner’s demand to have the witness cross-examined.
Prof. Kwaku Asare in his argument claimed he foresees no pitfalls in the 1st respondent’s witness mounting the box to be cross-examined by the Petitioner’s Counsel.
“It is in the interest of the Electoral Commission, the President, the Petitioner, the Court and GOGO for the Returning Officer to enter the witness box and answer any questions that the petitioner might have.
“I truly cannot see any downside in her mounting the box to dispute the petitioner’s claims, lay out the truth as she knows it and clear any clouds surrounding the elections,” he said in a Facebook Post on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, he said: “There are other ways to get the returning officer into the box. An obvious example is through a subpoena. She is boxed in and must just go in the box voluntarily rather than be involuntarily put there.”
Source: Kasapaonline
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