A member of the Legal team of the NDC in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition case has rubbished allegations they have resorted to unnecessary delay tactics to prolong the case. Victor Kojogah Adawudu says it is in the interest of the government in power, as it is the petitioners, to have this case dealt with as quickly as possible. He said the government has made promises and must deliver on them because they cannot go back to the electorates four years later and tell them that because of the court case they could not honour those promises. The cross examination of the Petitioners’ key witness Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been going on for about two weeks with Tsatsu Tsikata, lead Counsel for the third respondent taking eight days so far. He will be doing his ninth day of cross examination when the court sits on Tuesday, and there is no clear indication he will finish soon. Critics, mostly from within the NPP are accusing Mr Tsikata of engaging in needless repetitions to prolong the case. On Monday, Presiding Judge William Atuguba also had cause to complain about the delay in proceedings so far and admonished all parties to adopt measures that will help expedite the trial. Reacting to the concerns of delay, Kojogah Adawudu told Joy News’ Evans Mensah there “is no better option” than what has gone on so far. He explained the respondents must “meticulously” subject the evidence brought before the court by the petitioners to proper scrutiny. “If there was any other best option the court would have gone for it,” he noted. He said it is in the interest of the government to have this case determined as quickly as possible but added they will not sacrifice thorough and judicious work for speedy trial. “If you don’t have a good case that is when you adopt technicalities to buy time,” he said, adding, the NDC has no doubt at all that it won the elections "fair and square." On the motion filed by Tsatsu Tsikata to seek leave of the court to cross examine affidavits witnesses, Adawudu said his boss has the responsibility to cross examine those three witnesses- two of whom are NPP MPs and a polling Officer- otherwise the testimonies they have filed in affidavits will be assumed to be the truth.