Audio By Carbonatix
A legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Ayenini has expressed surprise at the Supreme Court directive for an independent audit of the pink sheets tendered in court as evidence by the petitioners.
He said based on best practices, the case should have been deferred to the court registry where the pink sheets were filed to settle the matter.
Lawyer Ayenini was speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Wednesday.
The contentious issue about the total number of pink sheet exhibits came up after counsel for the third Respondent, in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition, Tsatsu Tsikata claimed their exhibits is not up to the 11, 842 the petitioners claimed to have filed in court.
Therefore to settle to the issue, presiding judge, Justice William Atuguba appointed international accounting firm, KPMG to audit the pink sheets.
But Samson Lardy Ayenini believes the decision to appoint an independent referee to count the pink sheets will not achieve its intended purpose.
He said the only way out to settle the pink sheets brouhaha was for the court to order both parties to provide their proof of service from the registry.
"From what I know, if you are filing a process in court as a party; you file it at the registry and pay for the service to be done. [Therefore] when the opposing party has an issue with the service and claims he has not been served, he simply has to do the search in the registry that will reveal what has been put at the registry".
He added that "if the opposing party is still not convinced about the search, he would have to have the registrar called to demonstrate through the bailiffs served to prove his [opposing party’s] case".
Samson Lardy Ayenini stated emphatically that the audit by KPMG cannot show the number of pink sheets filed by the petitioners at the court registry and the number respondents received.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Japan earthquake death toll rises to 34 as evacuees battle sweltering heat
3 minutes -
Tarkwa Mine: Why a state takeover is the wrong answer
4 minutes -
FIFA plans to speed up launch of new World Cup spin-off
8 minutes -
Morocco enters ‘new development cycle’ as King Mohammed VI highlights economic growth and industrial rise
10 minutes -
Uefa to hold emergency meeting over Fifa World Cup plans
17 minutes -
Manager Howe to leave Newcastle with immediate effect
25 minutes -
Court of Appeal to rule on Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s bid to overturn 10-year jail term today
31 minutes -
Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing families
37 minutes -
Ghana Medical Trust Fund explores partnership to expand access to diagnostic services
43 minutes -
NAIMOS arrests 19 suspected illegal miners operating near Mpohor Fiase Police Station following JoyNews’ report
1 hour -
Singapore fines French teen $465 for viral straw-licking stunt
1 hour -
Today’s front pages: Thursday, July 30, 2026
2 hours -
Shell profits double as oil prices rise due to Iran war
2 hours -
Madam Gladys Naa-Afi Dodoo
2 hours -
Mrs. Betty Koranteng Okan
2 hours