Parliament has officially written to the Electoral Commission (EC) declaring the Assin North seat vacant.
The letter to the EC was under the signature of the Clerk of Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah wrote to the EC on Monday, May 29.
The letter comes after the Supreme Court on May 17, 2023, ordered Parliament to expunge the name of James Gyeke Quayson from its record.
The court concluded that Mr. Quayson failed to renounce his Canadian citizenship at the time of filing his nomination forms to contest the polls.
Presiding Judge Justice Jones Dotse on Wednesday, May 17, ruled that the Electoral Commission (EC) acted unconstitutionally in allowing him to contest the 2020 parliamentary elections without proof of him renouncing his Canadian citizenship.
A Ghanaian citizen Michael Ankomah Nimfah dragged the MP to court praying that the court rule that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 94(2)(a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, at the time Mr Quayson filed his nomination form in October 2020 to contest the 2020 Parliamentary elections for the Assin North constituency.
He argued that Mr. Quayson was not qualified to contest as a member of Parliament.
The court in a unanimous decision ruled that Mr. Quayson was not qualified at the time of filing his nomination forms.
It also held that the EC allowing him to contest when he had not shown evidence of renunciation of his citizenship of Canada was unconstitutional.
Per the letter sent to the EC, they have to announce a date for the by-election.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
