Court rules for LMVCA to picket at EC

Let My Vote Count Alliance

It's a joyous ruling for Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) as a Circuit Court in Accra has given the green light for  demonstrators to picket at the Electoral Commission (EC) office on September 29, 2015. The Court presided over by Justice Essandoh, set aside an earlier ruling in favour of the Ghana Police Service, banning the demonstrators from picketing at the EC. The police argued that the EC office constituted a security installation and hence it would prevent demonstrators to picket there. An attempt to enter the vicinity last two weeks led the Police to use some force to prevent the demonstrators demanding a new voters’ register from picketing there. One person lost an eye and several others were injured; thus preventing the demonstrators from submitting their petition. By the Court ruling, the demonstrators can also picket at the premises of the Electoral Commission (EC). According to the court, the ex parte injunction secured by the Police had elapsed hence the green light for organizers of the demonstration to picket around the EC.