The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says, the fate of the Member of Parliament for Fomena, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, will be decided by the National Executive Committee of the party should he consider re-aligning with the party.
He defied the party to contest as an independent candidate but emerged victorious despite sustained campaigns by the party against him.
With the NPP failure to retain a majority in Parliament, many have wondered if the only independent candidate to make it to Parliament would take sides with his old party.
The General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, has said the leadership of the governing party will decide whether to welcome Mr. Asiamah back to the fold.
At the end of polls on Monday, December 7, 2020, Mr. Asiamah managed to obtain 12,805 of the total votes cast by beating his contenders – Philip Ofori Asante of the NPP and Christiana Appiagyei of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who polled 10,798 and 2,608 votes respectively.
The other contestant in the race, Eric Appiagyei of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) had 158 votes.
These confirmed final results from the Electoral Commission (EC) at the Fomena Constituency also showed that the total number of votes was 26,637 out of which 247 were rejected.
Akufo-Addo had said it will be in the best interest of the people of Fomena if Mr. Amoako Asiamah goes back on his decision to contest the parliamentary election as an independent candidate.
The President said he will ensure that Mr. Amoako Asiamah is comfortable in his next government should he change his mind.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
