The Managing Editor of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie has sued former President John Dramani Mahama over his validity to contest in the 2024 general elections.
The two-time NPP Parliamentary aspirant is praying the court to offer a true and proper interpretation of Article 66 (1) of the 1992 Constitution on the elegibility of the former President to contest the 2024 elections.
“A declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 66 (1) of the 1992 Constitution the number of years of a presidential term in Ghana is four years.
“A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 66 (1) and (2) of the 1992 Constitution, a person seeking a second presidential term must be a sitting president.
“An order directed at [John Mahama] to fully disclose to Parliament the terms of his engagements with Parliament as flagbearer of a political party.”
Mr Mahama was recently elected flagbearer of the NDC for the 2024 general elections.
During the NDC’s primaries held on Saturday, May 13, 2023, he swept 297,603 (98.9%) of the total valid votes to become the party’s Presidential Candidate for the 4th time.
