High Court Clears Zaneto

Red Arrow showing Dr. Zenato Rawlings

An Accra High Court on Friday dismissed all suit filed against Parliamentary Candidate of Klottey Korle, Dr Zaneto Agyeman Rawlings.

She is now cleared to contest the upcoming November Parliamentary elections.

Some aggrieved members of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) sued Dr Zaneto to challenge her election.

The aggrieved members including:


Joseph Narku Botchway, Jacob Amin, Alhaji Mohammed Mahmud and Reverend Michael Kwabena Nii Adjei Sowah insisted Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, was not qualified to be elected as Parliamentary Candidate of the party because she is not a registered voter in Ghana.

Other defendants in the suit were the NDC and the Electoral Commission.

They had prayed the court to declare the election of Dr. Zanetor Rawlings “null and void” and order the NDC to conduct fresh elections in the constituency.

Kasapa FM’s Court Correspondent, Daakyehene Ofosu Agyeman reported that the Presiding Judge Patience Mills Tetteh, ruling on the matter dismissed the application on the grounds that the petitioners’ action amounted to an afterthought, as they should have raised their objection against the candidate after she filed and was running her campaign.

She was of the view that disqualifying Dr Zaneto will be a waste of her (Zaneto)’s money as she spent a lot of resources leading to her emerging the winner in the party’s primary.