Source: newsthemegh.com
Today, June 17, 2023, former president John Mahama is anticipated to join James Gyakye Quayson, the NDC Parliamentary candidate for the Assin North by-election, to assist his campaign.
On May 17, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that James Quayson’s position as the representative for Assin North was unconstitutional in response to a petition filed by Michael Ankomah Ninfah.
The by-election is slated to take place on June 27, 2023.
For the residents of the Assin North Constituency, the former president has described his campaign as one of justice and progress.
“This NPP administration has taken disgusting measures to deny the Assin North population parliamentary representation. The cause? to acquire an edge in a parliament that is, in reality, hung.
The former president Mahama said on Facebook on Friday that the James Quayson case “will go down in the history of Ghanaian democracy as one of the most brazen manipulation of our judicial system ever.”
In his words, “I firmly believe and trust the people of Assin North to right the wrong done to them and James Quayson by electing him once again as Member of Parliament for the constituency.”
However, Mr. Mahama praised Assin North residents for their ongoing love and support of James Quayson and the NDC, “despite the last-minute vote-buying gimmicks being employed by the NPP.”
The criminal prosecution of James Gyakye Quayson will now begin every day on Tuesday, June 20, according to a ruling from Accra’s High Court.
Despite five criminal allegations against him, including forgery and perjury, he had already announced his desire to run in the byelections scheduled for June 27 in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling.
His attorneys requested in court on Friday, June 16, that Mr. Quayson’s case be postponed from the hearing scheduled for June 20 to the day following June 27.
The Court, headed over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, however, denied the request.