The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has launched a revised edition of a manual that serves as a guide on the adjudication of electoral disputes in the country. Known as the Manual on Election Adjudication in Ghana, it is produced by the Judicial Service, and had been launched in every electoral year since 2008.
It is a one-stop shop for everything related to the laws and regulations of elections in the country, housing the compendium of all electoral laws, decided cases on electoral disputes, the rules of procedure adopted by the courts in adjudicating electoral disputes, as well as the processes involved in instituting legal actions over elections.
The revised edition, which is the fifth edition, is unique, as it comprises three volumes, with each volume dealing with a specific area relating to election adjudication. Most importantly, the new edition also includes proposals and recommendations by civil society organisations (CSOs), the Electoral Commission, the Judiciary, and other stakeholders on how to improve election adjudication in the country, especially how to expedite Parliamentary Election disputes. Justice Torkornoo said that every citizen had the duty to protect the country’s democracy and also ensure that the democratic foundation continued to blossom.
