The Supreme Court judgement that ordered Parliament to expunge James Gyakye Quayson’s name as Member of Parliament for Assin North has been made available to the interested parties in the case.
newsalertgh.com has managed to intercept the certified true copy of the 35-page judgement dated Monday, May 5, 2023, and signed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
It will be recalled that Ghana’s apex court in a unanimous decision last month ordered Parliament to expunge the name of James Gyakye Quayson from its records.
The Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse ruled that the Electoral Commission (EC) acted unconstitutionally in allowing the embattled Assin North MP to contest the 2020 parliamentary elections without proof of him renouncing his Canadian Citizenship.
The plaintiff, Michael Ankomah-Nimfah filed the application after securing a judgment at the High Court in Cape Coast injuncting Gyakye Quayson from holding himself as MP after the court ruled that by being a Canadian citizen, he was not qualified to contest as an MP in Ghana.
The suit also prayed the court to rule that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 94(2)(a) of the Constitution, 1992 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 was not qualified to contest as a member of Parliament.
The case was heard by Justices Jones Dotse, Nene Amegatcher, Mariama Owusu, Gertrude Torkonoo, Prof Henrietta Mensah Bonsu, Emmanuel Kulendi and Barbara Ackah Ayensu.
Here’s a full copy of the judgement below:
