{"id":271841,"date":"2024-12-28T08:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T08:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/28\/bright-simons-critiques-npps-legal-strategy-on-ec-declarations\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T08:46:55","slug":"bright-simons-critiques-npps-legal-strategy-on-ec-declarations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/28\/bright-simons-critiques-npps-legal-strategy-on-ec-declarations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Simons Critiques NPP\u2019s Legal Strategy on EC Declarations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bright Simons, Vice President of IMANI Africa, has questioned the NPP\u2019s legal strategy regarding the Electoral Commission\u2019s declarations.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that, given the factual dispute over whether results had already been declared in those constituencies, it was puzzling why the NPP sought a compulsion order (mandamus) rather than first pursuing an overturning order (certiorari).<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bright Simons, Vice President of IMANI Africa, has questioned the NPP\u2019s legal strategy regarding the Electoral Commission\u2019s declarations. He noted that, given the factual dispute over whether results had already been declared in those constituencies, it was puzzling why the NPP sought a compulsion order (mandamus) rather than first pursuing an overturning order (certiorari). 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