The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has filed an interlocutory injunction to prevent the Electoral Commission (EC) from conducting the Ejisu by-election.
The party is seeking to halt the by-election slated for April 30, 2024, or any other date as long as one Esther Osei is on the ballot.
Esther Osei is purported to be contesting on the ticket of the CPP.
In the suit, the party said that it had written to the EC on April 18 to categorically inform them of their non-participation in the by-election.
According to the CPP, it has resolved to concentrate on the reorganisation of the party in the Ashanti Region to prepare adequately for the December 7 elections, and as such have no interest in the Ejisu by-election.
After making this known to the EC, the party said Esther Osei has been registered by the commission to contest the by-election as a CPP candidate.
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“The said Esther Osei was introduced by a letter dated 18th April 2024 to the defendant from the former chair and leader of the CPP Nana Akosua Frimpomaa, who together with 8 other National Executives, at the Party’s National Executive Council meeting on 5th December 2023, were removed from office,” the suit said.
They are, therefore, seeking a declaration that “CPP’s Central Committee has not considered and approved the said Esther Osei or any other person to contest on the ticket and on behalf of the CPP as a political party, regarding the Defendant’s intended Ejisu Constituency by-election”.
They are also seeking an order directed at the EC not to register and allow Esther Osei or any other person not elected by the CPP Ejisu Constituency Branch Conference and approved by the CPP’s Central Committee, to contest on the ticket and on behalf of the CPP.
Meanwhile, six contestants have been cleared by the Electoral Commission(EC) to contest the by-election.
The by-election has become necessary due to the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency and Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah, on March 7, 2024, after a short illness.
Below is the full injunction application