Joana Gyan Cudjoe, the parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Amenfi Central, has appealed to the Electoral Commission over a petition to prevent her from running in the election scheduled for December 7.
In a letter to the EC dated October 15, the parliamentary candidate’s lawyers, Ayine and Associates, underlined that Joana Gyan Cudjoe is still the NDC’s legitimately chosen candidate.
“We write as lawyers for and on behalf of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Joana Gyan Cudjoe who is the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Amenfi Central Constituency for the 2024 Parliamentary Elections (hereinafter called “our clients”), on whose instructions we write to you in respect of the above subject matter,” the opening paragraph of the lawyers’ letter read.
“The instruction of our clients is that they have become aware of an alleged petition dated September 13, 2024 and a subsequent letter dated September 24, 2024 served on your office wherein the petitioners claim that there is a purported pending order of interlocutory injunction restraining Joana Gyan Cudjoe from holding herself out as the duly elected NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Amenfi Central Constituency in the Western Region, and also restraining both the NDC and the Electoral Commission, their agents and officers from holding out, allowing Joana Gyan Cudjoe to be held out, dealt with in any way, recognised or afforded any rights or privileges as the duly elected NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Amenfi Central Constituency.”
However, after losing the NDC primary to Joana Gyan Cudjoe, Peter Yaw Kwakye-Ackah, the current Member of Parliament for Amenfi Central, announced his plan to run as an independent.
Source: Citinewsroom