Court grants injunction to stop swearing-in of Assin North MP-Elect
The injunction was granted on the grounds of purported 'dual citizenship'
Jonas Danquah 
The MP-elect for the Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson will not be part of the swearing-in ceremony at parliament tomorrow, January 7 2020.
This was after the Cape Coast High Court granted an injunction against Mr Quayson, restraining from joining the other 274 lawmakers who are going to sworn-in to officially assume duty.
A private citizen and a resident of Assin Brekum Micheal Ankomah Nimfah filed a suit at the Cape Coast High Court challenging the qualification of James Quayeson as the MP elect for the area.
Mr Ankomah averred that at the time Mr Quayeson filed his nomination he was still holding on the his Canadian citizenship. He failed to denounce his citizenship as required by law.’
Ghana’s laws bar dual citizens from holding public offices in Ghana.
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In freezing the MP Elect right to be in Parliament, the court said “the allegation contained is of great nature and he could not hold himself as MP elect.”
Mr Quayson, the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) MP-elect, polled 17,498 as against New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Madam Abena Durowaa Mensah who had 14,793 in the December 7, 2020 election.
In November last year, a group calling itself 'Concerned Citizens of Assin North' petitioned the EC in the Central Region to withdraw the candidature of Mr. Quayson as he owes an allegiance to Canada.
