James Gyakye Quayson, Assin North MP-elect
Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, the clerk of Parliament has ruled that he is not going to recognise the Assin North MP-elect in the election of Speaker of Parliament.
In his ruling, Oteng Nsiah said, “I was duly served and therefore, I do not recognise James Gyakye Quayson for the election of the Speaker.”
James Gyakye Quayson, the MP-elect for Assin North has been restrained from holding himself out as the MP-elect for the Assin North constituency within the Central Region of Ghana.
The NDC MP-elect was spotted in the chamber of Parliament ahead of the inauguration of the 8th Parliament of the fourth Republic.
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The MPs earlier threatened to boycott the inauguration if a re-collation of the parliamentary results in Techiman South is not done.
According to the NDC lawmakers, the declaration of the seat in favour of the NPP’s Martin Agyei Mensah Korsah is fraudulent and they will not allow it to stand.
“We are standing in denial by collusion of fraud by the Electoral Commission and the NPP. It is not acceptable, you know they are just joking with Techiman South, add it to their number and claim a false 137 which they don’t deserve their 136,” MP for Tamale South Haruna Iddrisu said.
It all started when both sides of the House exchanged heated words over the legality for the MP-elect to partake in the election of a Speaker for the 8th Parliament.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs said the summon was not properly served on the clerk of Parliament who is chairing the sitting whiles the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs argued that the MP-elect for Assin North cannot be allowed to vote since the court injunction bars him.
After rounds of counter-debates between both sides of the House, the Clerk of the House, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, admitted to receiving the injunction and ruled that Quayson cannot participate in the vote of the Speaker for the 8th Parliament.
Haruna Iddrisu, MP-elect, Tamale South
Member of Parliament-elect for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has said courts do not determine who is elected as Member of Parliament in Ghana.
He said that power lies in the hands of the electorate.
Mr Iddrisu’s comments come after the MP-elect for Efutu Alexander Afenyo Markins inquired from the clerk of parliament Mr Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, on Thursday, January 7 on the floor of the House whether or not he has received a notification of the injunction placed on the Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyakye Quayson by the Cape Coast High Court.