News:
October 23, 2024
Two Members of Parliament from the governing New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Asante, and Cynthia Morrison have both denied they have rescinded their quest to contest as independent candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Speculations were rife on social media since yesterday after the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin adjourned the House sine die that the two representing Suhum and Agona West Constituencies respectively, and happened to be among the four seats declared vacant by the Speaker for filing to contest as independent candidates have decided to reconcile with their mother party thereby withdrawing their candidature as going independent.
Speaking on Onua TV Maakye programme with Captain Smart, the Suhum MP, Kwadwo Asante, denied ever taking such a decision; and instead affirmed that he is still in the race.
He revealed that “Annor Dompreh removed me from the Majority Caucus WhatsApp platform because I was going independent.
Immediately the Speaker of Parliament gave the ruling, the same Annor Dompreh quickly added me when the Supreme Court ruled on the stay application. Annor Dompreh thinks he is smart. When he added me back to the WhatsApp platform, I decided not to speak until I saw the fake news that I have decided not to go independent again. It is not true. I am the independent candidate in Suhum”.
Cynthia Morrison also denied on TV3 Evening news that such decision had been taken, adding she is still in the race.
The NPP needs superior numbers in parliament to avert the stalemate that currently characterized the legislature as they have been pushed into the Minority having lost three members to the Speaker’s ruling.
Ghanamps.com