Hohoe Residents File Petition Against Peter Amewu’s Election As MP

Some residents of Hohoe constituency in the Volta Region have petitioned some key institutions to look into the election of the Energy Minister John Peter Amewu as the Member of Parliament (MP) of that constituency which saw many people disenfranchised by the Electoral Commission (EC).

According to them, the elections that happened in the Hohoe Constituency minus areas such as Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe on the 7th of December, 2020, “was ultra vires, unlawful and unconstitutional”.

The petition has been served on Parliament, the Council of State, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and the media.

The petitioners; Paul Dzamboe and Godfred Osei said: “we are concerned citizens of Hohoe Constituency and voters in the Hohoe Constituency. That we believe that our laws especially law of Ghana must be respected at all times”.

According to them ” whatever election happened in Hohoe Constituency on December 7 to elect John Peter Amewu is null and void and of no effect”.

The petitioners demanded “that the Electoral Commission of Ghana conducts a fresh election in Hohoe Constituency to include all the 30 electoral areas or in the alternative, the EC must take immediate steps to create the new Hohoe Constituency and Guan Constituency and conduct parliamentary election in the two constituencies before January 7, 2021”.

Source: GhanaFeed.Com