The National Democratic Congress [NDC] has been hit with another court injunction to stop the party from holding presidential and parliamentary primaries on May 13.
The plaintiff, Edgar Asamoah Boateng, a member of the party, filed a suit today, May 12, to injunct the May 13 primaries.
In his writ of summons, Asamoah Boateng (Plaintiff), a member of the NDC in Abuakwa North says he is surprised, the 1st (NDC) and 2nd (General Secretary of NDC) defendants have failed to provide the voters register to him (the Plaintiff) and all other aspirants including presidential aspirants.
Edgar Asamoah Boateng is therefore seeking three reliefs. First, “a declaration that the Photo Album Register issued by the 1st and 2nd Defendants to the Plaintiff on 4th May 2023 as the primary document for conducting the internal Presidential election of the National Democratic Congress on the 13th of May, 2023 is incomplete and inaccurate.
Second, “an order directing the 1st and 2nd Defendants to prepare and deliver a complete and accurate Photo Album Register to the Plaintiff and other Presidential aspirants of the National Democratic Congress at least five weeks ahead of the elections to enable the aspirants carry out the needed verification of the Photo Album Register.
Third, “an injunction restraining the 1st, 2nd and 4th Defendants from conducting the internal Presidential elections of the National Democratic Congress on 13th May 2023 pending compliance with reliefs (b) supra and lastly, “any other reliefs the honourable court may deem fit”.
“Plaintiff is also currently contesting Parliamentary Primaries Election of the 1st Defendant party. Plaintiff also says his NDC party card number is F240540024 and is a member of the Abuakwa North Branch of the 1st Defendant party.
“The 1st Defendant is a Registered Political Party in Ghana. The 2nd Defendant is the elected General Secretary of the ‘National Democratic Congress (NDC) and De Facto Chief Executive Officer of the 1st Defendant Party.
“The Plaintiff herein will move this Honourable court praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain the Defendants/Respondents its officers or agents or otherwise howsoever from holding the primary elections for the Nomination of Presidential and Parliamentary Candidates of the National Democratic Congress party on 13th May 2023 pending the determination of the suit herein as per grounds deposed to in the accompanying affidavit and for any further orders the Honourable court may deem fit.”
The suit comes following an Accra Circuit Court struck out a case involving Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, one of the flagbearer aspirants, and the National Democratic Congress over an injunction application filed against the NDC’s presidential and parliamentary primaries on May 13.
