Member of Parliament-elect for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has said courts do not determine who is elected to political office in Ghana.
He said that power lies in the hands of the electorate.
Mr Iddrisu’s comments come after the MP-elect for Efutu Alexander Afenyo Markins inquired from the clerk of parliament Mr Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, on Thursday, January 7 on the floor of the House whether or not he has received a notification of the injunction placed on the Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyakye Quayson by the Cape Coast High Court.
His request was seconded by MP-elect for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who reminded the Clerk that the House has been served a notice of court injunction.
But Mr Iddrisu told the clerk that “Mr Chairman, courts don’t determine an elected person in Ghana. The court has the mandate to adjudicate on matters brought before it but the election of Member of Parliament is vested in Ghanaians citizens. We are aware that James Gyakye Quayson of Assin North was duly elected.
Mr Iddrisu’s position, though consistent with his position in 2012, appears to be a departure from his Party’s 2020 flagbearer, John Mahama who has resorted to the courts after he was declared to have lost an election.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com