Stop holding yourself as MP-elect – Cape Coast court to NDC MP-elect

A Cape Coast High Court has on Wednesday January 6 ruled that the NDC MP-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, cannot hold himself as the Member of Parliament-elect for the constituency.

He was sued for allegedly holding Canadian citizenship as at the time he filed his nomination to contest for the parliamentary election, something which violates Article 94 (2)(a) of the Constitution of Ghana, 1992.

“94. (2) A person shall not be qualified to be a member of Parliament if he –

(a) owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana”, the provision reads.

Private legal practitioner, Gary Nimako who was in court told journalists after proceedings that the court delivered the right judgment in the case.

He said “The time that he filed his parliamentary forms at the Electoral Commission , he wasn’t qualified to have been allowed to file the forms in the first place, because when he did that he was holding on to his Canadian citizenship.

“So clearly, the court has done the right thing .”

source: 3 News