Following a ruling by the Supreme Court, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will rerun elections in three of constituencies in the Ashanti Region.
[contextly_sidebar id=”OHMgst1BQa3xfp5qzRrw2MEi41xjS9bg”]An Accra High court in April 2014 placed an injunction on the three constituencies; Kumawu, Juabeng and the Manhyia North, following some issues among some of the candidates contesting for executive positions in those constituencies.
In its ruling, the High court presided over by Justice Bright Mensah noted that the register from the three affected constituencies should not be included in the party’s delegates register in the conduct of its national delegates conference or any election of the NPP till a re-run of their constituency executives elections were conducted.
The NPP subsequently reached an agreement with the aggrieved members to adhere to the courts ruling but the Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Philip Basoah and his constituency chairman, Joseph Danso, filed a case at the Supreme Court seeking to set aside the arrangement, but the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case.
By this ruling it implies that the NPP is expected to rerun the election in the three constituencies.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Ashanti regional secretary of the NPP, Sam Pine said they are yet to meet with their legal team to decide the way forward for the party.
He said their legal team will “study the ruling of the court and whatever decision or recommendation arrive at and deem fit and in comformity with the laws of the land, we are going to do that.”
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonilne.com/Ghana