
The lead lawyer for John Mahama in the Election Petition case, Tsatsu Tsikata’s application for stay in the ongoing petition to be resumed today.
The application was filed by him on Tuesday to halt hearings of the substantive proceedings to allow an application for review of the court’s earlier ruling on the respondents putting forth witnesses. Mahama’s application to re-open his case to enable him to Subpoena the EC chairperson for cross-examination was dismissed.
Meanwhile, same parties were directed to file their closing addresses by the close of the day Wednesday, February 17, 2021, to enable oral submissions to take place.