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Zanetor Rawlings' name not found in voters' register - EC
"Our records confirmed that she [Zanetor Rawlings] is not ion the Commissions register as a registered voter."
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Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Nii Armah Ashitey and Nii John Coleman are challenging the legitimacy of Dr Zanetor Rawlings to contest for a parliamentary seat under the 1992 constitution.
According to them, "A declaration that the Dr Zanetor Rawlings election as a parliamentary Candidate elect for the Klottey-Korley Constituency is null and void and is of no effect as same violates the constitution of the NDC and the rules governing the conduct of the 2016 parliamentary primaries."
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The two filed a suit at an Accra High Court against the Parliamentary candidate for the area Dr Zanetor Rawlings, and the Electoral Commission, challenging her eligibility to contest the 2016 general elections.
A letter purported to be from the EC dated March 3, 2016, said "We write to instruct you to conduct the above suit on our behalf. We have received letters from lawyers of the plaintiff in the matter of requesting information on the status of Dr Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings as a registered voter as well as 'Sub poena duces Tencum' served on the Commission in respect there of.
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"Our records confirmed that she [Zanetor Rawlings] is not ion the Commissions register as a registered voter," the EC has stated.
"Please take note and take appropriate steps to strike out the suit against the Commission because it appears clearly from the processes served on the Commission, that the only reason the Commission has been made party to the suit, is because the plaintiff desires information on the status of Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings as a registered voter, which by virtue of the subpoena would have been bound to disclose to the court anyway."
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Meanwhile, an Accra High Court has dismissed a motion seeking to dismiss her eligibility and also ordered Zanetor Rawlings to open her defense.
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