Two persons have picked nomination forms to contest the Assin North Constituency parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region excluding former candidate who was Incumbent member of Parliament as at December 2020, Abena Durowaa Mensah.
Honourable Abena Durowaa Mensah won the seat for the New Patriotic Party in 2016 with 15,553 votes against 10,751 votes for Mr. Ambre Samuel, candidate for the National Democratic Congress.
The incumbent NPP MP could not retain the seat in 2020 and she was defeated by NDC’s James Gyakye Quayson with 17,498 votes against 14,193 votes respectively.
As at 4pm on Thursday,1st June 2023, Charles Opoku and Frederick Freeman Amoah-Kyei were the men who picked nomination forms to contest for the NPP’s Primary scheduled for 7th June 2023 to select a candidate for the 27th June by-election in the Assin North Constituency.
Meanwhile, the Assin North Constituency Chairman for the National Democratic Congress in the Central Region, Mr.Felix Benefo has revealed that the Party will reconsider Mr.Gyekye Quayson as Candidate for the upcoming by-election.
According to him, Mr.Gyekye Quayson has denounced his Canadian citizenship and can contest the seat again for the NDC, adding,he will get more sympathy votes and win the seat with again for the NDC.
The apex court ordered Parliament to expunge James Gyakye Quayson’s name from its records after it concluded that he failed to renounce his Canadian citizenship at the time of filing his nomination forms to contest the polls.
Presiding Judge Justice Jones Dotse on Wednesday, May 17, ruled that the Electoral Commission (EC) acted unconstitutionally in allowing him to contest the 2020 parliamentary elections without proof of him renouncing his Canadian citizenship.
This is in the case filed by a resident of the constituency, Michael Ankomah Nimfah.
Source: mybrytfmonline/ Mensah Atakora
