Our legal team has submitted interim injunction over UG SRC election disqualification – Guru
Maradona Adjei Yeboah, one of the aspirants who was disqualified by the University of Ghana’s Students’ Representative Council (SRC) to contest the student body’s election, has petitioned the electoral commission of the SRC.
Guru in the statement noted, “On Monday, 19th August, 2024, we formally filed a petition against the SRC Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify Maradona Adjei Yeboah (Guru NKZ) due to his non-resident status. This petition has been lodged with the Electoral Commission and the Office of the Dean of Students Affairs of our dear university”.
The statement continues that his legal team has also taken the matter up.
“Additionally, our legal team has submitted an interim injunction to the Judicial Board, requesting a temporary halt to the electoral process until a proper hearing and ruling can be made,” he adds.
Guru’s disqualification
According to a communique issued earlier by the SRC, Guru does not satisfy the conditions that qualify him to contest the position.
In a vetting report issued on August 16, 2024, the SRC’s Vetting Committee indicated that during their vetting on August 11, 2024, they assessed three treasurer aspirants, three general secretary aspirants and five presidential and vice presidential aspirants. Out of these, some failed to meet the criteria for the election.
“Upon a careful examination of the documents submitted, it was discovered that two candidates from the presidential and vice presidential aspirants, indicated their non-residential status, which they further confirmed during vetting the process,” the report says.
The report states that Maradona Adjei Yeboah (Guru) and Lawrence Edinam Egleh are non-residential students, for which reason they are not permitted to contest the election.
According to the UG SRC Constitution, “A student shall not be qualified to any executive office unless: he is qualified to contest under his hall’s constitution, except that a provision requiring a student to be in at least his third year in this University shall not disqualify such a person from contesting for any office under this article.”
It also states that a person who does not reside in any of the halls of the university shall not qualify to occupy a leadership position.
“The committee after a critical assessment of the qualification criteria, noticed that Maradona Adjei Yeboah and Lawrence Edinam Egleh do not meet the criteria stated in Article 30 (1) (a) of the UG-SRC Constitution and therefore do not qualify or are not eligible to contest for an Executive Officer position of the University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (UGSRC).
