The High Court will deliver its final verdict on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) mandamus application against the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday, January 1.

Presiding Judge Justice Forson Agyapong is expected to deliver the final verdict on the case.

This follows the disputed parliamentary elections in four constituencies which has drawn a legal objection from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

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Lawyers for the NDC and its parliamentary candidates argued that the mandamus application filed by the NPP is effectively an election petition disguised as a procedural request.

Counsel for the NDC, Edudzi Tameklo, contended that allegations such as intimidation and duress—cited by the EC as reasons for nullifying the election results—are substantive matters that fall under Sections 16 and 20 of PNDC Law 284 and require evidence to be resolved in court.

Mr. Tameklo asserted that the case filed constitutes an election petition rather than a straightforward mandamus application.

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However, Gary Nimako, counsel for the NPP parliamentary candidates, dismissed the NDC’s objection as misconceived.

He maintained that the NPP’s application is properly before the court and does not violate procedural rules.