{"id":8578,"date":"2024-10-21T11:28:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2024-10-21T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:28:34","slug":"court-rejects-bernard-mornahs-appeal-against-ec-disqualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8578","title":{"rendered":"Court rejects Bernard Mornah\u2019s appeal against EC disqualification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Bernard Mornah, the flagbearer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), who was seeking to overturn the Electoral Commission&#8217;s decision to disqualify him from contesting in the upcoming presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling, delivered on Monday, October 21, marks a significant setback for Mornah and his party just weeks ahead of the December polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mornah&#8217;s disqualification was based on issues surrounding his nomination forms, which the Electoral Commission deemed insufficient to allow him to contest the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, Mornah filed an application to challenge the decision, arguing that the grounds for his disqualification were unjust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the High Court upheld the Electoral Commission&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to disqualify Mornah sparked considerable discussions within Ghana&#8217;s political circles, with some questioning the fairness of the electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mornah\u2019s supporters argue that the disqualification process lacks transparency and raises concerns about how the Electoral Commission handles such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the legal defeat, Mr Mornah has expressed his commitment to continue advocating for electoral reforms in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Bernard Mornah, the flagbearer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), who was seeking to overturn the Electoral Commission&#8217;s decision to disqualify him from contesting in the upcoming presidential election. The ruling, delivered on Monday, October 21, marks a significant setback for Mornah and his party just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[2795,76,977],"class_list":["post-8578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-benard-mornah","tag-court","tag-ec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8580,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions\/8580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}