Documentary on 2012 Election Petition set for January 24 premiere

General News of Monday, 22 January 2018

Source: citifmonline.com

2018-01-22

Election Petition Paulplay videoElection Petition premieres at the Accra International Conference Center

A 60-minute documentary detailing the processes leading up to, during and after the election petition which was filed after the 2012 general elections is set to be premiered at the Accra International Conference Center on Wednesday January 24, 2018 at 7:20 pm.

The film, which will be told in four parts, chronicles the period from the submission of the petition in 2013 by then presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, his running-mate, Mahamudu Bawumia and Chairman of the NPP at the time, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, to the final declaration by the Supreme Court.

The documentary, produced SOAS and SPURS and directed by award winning journalist and political historian, Paul Adom Otchere is titled ‘The Election Petition’ and will also feature a brief look at the history of elections in the country prior to the 2012 polls as well as the petition’s impact on the conduct and outcome of elections in 2016.

Two Justices of the Supreme Court, Williams Atuguba and Jones Dotse offer their insights into the Supreme Court’s consideration of the petition, the ensuing case and their final verdict.

Tsatsu Tsikata and Philip Addison, the lawyers for the first defendants and the complainants respectively, also shared their thoughts on the entire case with Moses Foh Amoaning and Prof Audrey Gadzekpo providing some expert views as well.

There is exclusive footage from the reactions to the phone call made by then President John Dramani Mahama conceding the 2016 elections to Nana Addo, as well as the Electoral Commission’s official declaration of the results.

There is also some input from Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame on the legal and political history of the first petitioner in the case, Nana Akufo-Addo while lawyer, Phyllis Christian, highlights other social dimensions which factored into the petition.

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Watch trailer below:

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