Akwatia NPP MP-Elect decides to be sworn in regardless of injunction

Member of Parliament-elect for Akwatia, Ernest Kumi has decided to be sworn in and partake in the election of a Speaker regardless of an injunction brought against him by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The MP-Elect’s decision was communicated to the House by the Minority Leader of Parliament. Afenyo Markin.

Afenyo Markin indicated that he is announcing the decision based on precedence from January 7, 2021.

He urged the Clerk of Parliament to acknowledge the presence of the Member of Parliament.

However, Ato Forson Cassiel, PhD insisted that the member of Parliament speak to make the world aware of the fact that he was in breach of the constitution, something which was overlooked.

Meanwhile, the Koforidua High Court upheld an injunction restraining the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate, Ernest Kumi, from holding himself out as the Member of Parliament-Elect for Akwatia Constituency.

The ruling was expected to prevent the Clerk of Parliament from swearing him in as the MP for the constituency.

The Akwatia seat was one of several contested in the recent elections, with the results declared by the Electoral Commission at the National Police Training School in Tesano, Accra.

On Thursday, January 2, the court had granted an injunction request filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Henry Boakye Yiadom, against the Electoral Commission, Ernest Kumi, and the Clerk of Parliament, halting Kumi’s swearing-in.

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