Dec 28, 2020

Awaiting a long January as election petition hearing beckons

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Dear GhanaWeb reader,

We hope you had a fun-filled Merry Christmas and a happy Boxing Day with your family and friends. Before the break, GhanaWeb was adjudged the Best Online Portal at the Ghana Election Coverage Awards 2020 for its comprehensive online coverage of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.

We want to congratulate all the staff, journalists, correspondents, contributors and you, our reader, for the continuous support and contribution to our success.

An election petition hearing beckons as the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will go to court on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, to start the process to challenge both the presidential and parliamentary election results.

This was disclosed by the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi constituency and a member of the legal team of the NDC, Rockson-Nelson Este Kwami Dafeamekpor.

December 30 will be the last day of the 21 days an aggrieved political party has to file a legal challenge and the NDC is going in for the kill.

We are looking forward to a very long January and GhanaWeb will be here to give you all the news and updates from the grounds to the courts, the parliament, presidency, regions, schools, hospitals and everywhere necessary. We will also be streaming LIVE all day on GhanaWeb TV on www.ghanaweb.com and on YouTube.

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