The District Level Elections for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal has been adjourned by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) after an application for an injunction by two teenagers.
This was contained in a press statement issued on Monday, January 16.
Chairperson Jean Adukwei Mensa said, “The Electoral Commission desires to advise the General Public that the Lower Manya Krobo District Level Elections scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, 2023 has been deferred.”
“This has become necessary as a result of an application for an injunction filed at the High Court in Koforidua against the Electoral Commission.”
The two minors, Michael Tetteh and Angel Agyeman, who recently turned 18 and asserted that the EC had infringed upon their constitutional right to vote in the upcoming district level elections in accordance with Article 33 of the 1992 Constitution, alleged the EC had done so.
Additionally, the teen applicants claimed the Commission did not hold a registration process that would have allowed them to register after they turned 18 years old.
As a result, they submitted a request for an interlocutoryinjunction on the polls.
The High Court gave the order restraining the Electoral Commission and its agent from conducting the elections until the final determination of the case.
Background
A dispute over alignment of six electoral areas in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality in the Eastern Region and Dangme West District in the Greater Accra Region delayed the district elections in 2011.
The Supreme Court passed a verdict to maintain Akuse as part of the Eastern Region.
The litigation has since changed the electoral calendar for the assembly and unit committee members’ election in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality.
This year, the assembly elections were supposed to be held on Tuesday, January 18 but the application for an interlocutory injunction against the EC by the teenagers would delay the elections until after the determination of the case.
The EC would have to set a new date after the case.
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly is made up of 31 elected members.
