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NPP Opens Nominations For Assin North Parliamentary Primary Election

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), at its Steering Committee (SC) meeting held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, approved the timelines for holding parliamentary primary election at Assin North for the by-election.

The approved timelines are as follows:

Opening of Nomination - Wednesday May 31, 2023

Closing of Nomination - Thursday June 1, 2023

Election

- Wednesday June 7, 2023

The Party has also approved detailed Rules and Regulations to govern the conduct of the parliamentary primary election which would be made available to stakeholders. However, Nomination Forms will be available at the Constituency Party Office for purchase.

Assin North seat declared vacant

Parliament of Ghana has officially declared the Assin North seat as vacant.

This was communicated by the Clerk of Parliament in conformity with the ruling by the Supreme Court on the eligibility of James Quayson as Member of Parliament for the area.

The Clerk in a memo to the Electoral Commission stated: “In the exercise of the power conferred and the duty imposed on the Clerk to Parliament by section 3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Act 527), I, CYRIL KWABENA OTENG NSIAH, Clerk to Parliament do hereby formally notify you of the occurrence of a vacancy in the Assin North Constituency necessitated by the Judgement of the Supreme Court dated 17 May 2023 vide Writ No. J1/11/2022 issued in respect of James Gyakye Quayson in the case of Michael Ankomah Nimfah vrs James Gyakye Quayson. The Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Attorney-General request you to take appropriate consequential action as required by law.”

The Supreme Court by a unanimous decision ordered Ghana’s Parliament to expunge the name of James Gyakye Quayson from its records as the Member of Parliament for the Assin North constituency on May 17.

The Court on, Wednesday, 17 May 2023, declared as unconstitutional the election of Mr Gyakye Quayson as MP for Assin North saying he held dual citizenship as at the time he filed to contest the 2020 elections