The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to take a decision on an interim injunction granted by the Amasaman High Court restraining the Party from swearing in Mr George Opare Addo, the NDC National Youth Organiser-Elect.
The Party’s Congress Legal Team is expected to meet Saturday to study the injunction and advise the NDC on the way forward.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency at the NDC’s National Executive Congress in Accra, Mr Abraham Amaliba, the Party’s Director of Legal Affairs, confirmed that the NDC has been served by the Court.
“The Legal Team is here at the Congress grounds. I’m told the Party has been served now so I will take the document and we meet as a team and decide,” he said.
The Court granted the request after hearing an application for an interim injunction filed on December 13th, 2022, by Mr Brogya Genfi, who lost the contest to Mr Opare Addo last Saturday, in Cape Coast.
The suit was jointly filed with Mr Ibrahim Rashid, President of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) branch of the NDC Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) and Mr Paul Amaldago, President, University of Ghana branch of ΤΕΙΝ.
The NDC is the first defendant, while Mr Alex Segbeffia, NDC Director of Elections and Mr Danial Amartey also of the NDC, with the Electoral Commission are the subsequent defendants. Mr Opare Addo is the fifth defendant.
The trio are challenging the validity of Mr Opare Addo’s election on grounds that the defendants violated the NDC’s directives for the organisation of the election and decisions of the High Court.
By Convention, the Youth Organiser-Elect would be sworn in together with other National Executive members that would be elected at the end of Saturday’s National Congress.
However, under the current circumstance, Mr Opare Addo, who was declared winner of last Saturday’s election, may not be sworn into office if the Party complied with the Court’s decision.
More than 9,000 delegates converged at the Accra Sports Stadium to elect officers to steer the affairs of the Party for the next four years.
