Injuct Assin North MP –NPP to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court could however not hear the application when the case was called on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, due to failure to serve the writ and processes on the defendant.
The New Patriotic Party is seeking the Supreme Court to injunct the Assin North MP Hon. James Gyekye Quayson from holding himself as such.
The Supreme Court could however not hear the application when the case was called on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, due to failure to serve the writ and processes on the defendant.
On July 28, 2021, the Cape Coast High Court nullified the 2020 parliamentary election results of the Assin North Constituency.
Justice Kwasi Boakye, the presiding judge called for a fresh election to be conducted for the Assin North constituency by the Electoral Commission.
The judge also injuncted Hon James Quayson from holding himself as the Member of Parliament of the Constituency.
The above was the outcome of a Parliamentary election petition filed by Michael Ankomah-Nimfa to challenge the validity of James Quayson as a properly elected Member of Parliament arguing that at the time of filing his nomination to contest for the election, Hon Quayson owed allegiance to another country(Canada) in addition to Ghana and had not renounced same.
The petitioner further argued that it is a violation of Article 94(2a) for James Quayson to hold himself as the MP of the Assin North Constituency. Thus called on the court to declare the election as null and void.
The MP has since filed an action at the Court of Appeal against the decision of the Cape Coast High Court.
In court today, the Registrar made it known that his outfit had made several unsuccessful attempts to serve the MP.
Therefore the Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Jones Dotse and comprised Nene Amegatcher, Getrude Torkonor, Yoni Kulendi, Agnes Dordzi, Mariama Owusu and Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu ordered the applicant to aid the Registrar to serve the MP personally.
The NPP’s Director of Elections, Evans Nimako indicated after proceedings that the Party is in the Supreme Court to seek interpretation of Article 94(2A) and get the Court to injunct the MP.
“We are here for an interpretation of Article 94 (2a) because we have realized that going to court, at the High Court in Cape Coast and the Court of Appeal, the lawyer for the NDC MP for Assin North, has been raising the issue of interpretation of the article. We think that this has to be settled, and so today, we are at the Supreme Court to seek interpretation of Article 94 (2a).”
“In addition to this, we are also asking the court to injunct the gentleman not to hold himself as such. As we are aware, the High Court in Cape Coast has already given judgment and has given orders to the Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections because the gentleman was not qualified when he applied to contest on the ticket of the NDC in the said constituency,” he indicated.
The Supreme Court has meanwhile adjourned the case sine die.
