The National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, known as, Nana B has expressed contentment with the judgement by the Cape Coast High Court on Wednesday, July 28, annulling results of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections.

According to him the judgement is a victory for rule of law.

Addressing the press after the ruling, Nana B said “today is another victory for rule of law. This a petition that was filed by our own friend Michael Ankomah-Nimfah.

“Today the court, after almost six months has upheld our position and the petitioner’s position for that matter. We had repeatedly said Honourable Quayson at the time of filing his nomination to contest as an MP was a Canadian and also a Ghanaian.”

Meanwhile the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has described the judgment as a travesty of justice.

Addressing the press after the ruling, Mr Ampofo said the judges’ decision came as a shock to the NDC and its lawyers.

According to him, parties to the case knew that a ruling by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 27 directed that due processes are followed to transfer the case to the apex court of Ghana for hearing.

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National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has described the judgement by the Cape Coast High Court on Wednesday, July 28, annulling results of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections as a travesty of justice.

Addressing the press after the ruling, Mr Ampofo said the judges’ decision came as a shock to the NDC and its lawyers.

According to him, parties to the case knew that a ruling by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 27 directed that due processes are followed to transfer the case to the apex court of Ghana for hearing.

The court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye, ordered for fresh elections to be conducted in the Assin North constituency.

The case of the petitioner is that the MP at the time of filing to contest the 2020 parliamentary elections, had not renounced his Canadian citizenship and thus held dual nationality.

Handing his judgement on Wednesday, the judge said the MP, Joe Gyaakye Quayson violated constitutional provisions and other statutory provisions that guide Ghana’s elections.

The NDC has expressed their intention to contest the judgement by the court.

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The New Patriotic Party is likely to initiate steps to contest the election of Alban Bagbin as Speaker of Parliament after the election of NDC MP for Assin North, Joseph Gyaakye Quayson was annulled by the Cape Coast High Court.

The NPP, on the dawn of January 7 when the 8th parliament of the 4th Republic was being ushered in, conceded the speakership of the house to the NDC’s Alban Bagbin under acrimonious circumstances.

The NPP had failed to get their preferred candidate, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye elected as speaker following a heated election that saw the military called into the chamber to restore order.

Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah has since insisted that his caucus decided to concede the speakership to Mr. Bagbin in order to foster peace in the house.

However, now that the NDC is one seat short in parliament, and with NDC MP for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo Toffey also likely to lose her seat due to the same circumstances, it is increasingly becoming likely that the NPP caucus in parliament might attempt to aim for the seat of the Speaker.

The coming days will be very interesting indeed.

Source: GhanaFeed.Com