Speaker declares Kumawu seat vacant; directs EC to hold by-election

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. A.S.K Bagbin, has declared the Kumawu seat in the Ashanti Region vacant.

This follows the death of Philip Atta Basoah, the former Member of Parliament.

The Speaker in a communication to the Electoral Commission (EC) on Friday, March 31, 2023, directed the Electoral Commission to hold a by-election for a replacement of the late MP.

Article 112 (5) of the 1992 constitution states that “whenever a vacancy occurs in Parliament, the Clerk to Parliament shall notify the Electoral commission in writing within seven days after the vacancy occurred, and a by-election shall be held within thirty days after the vacancy occurred.”

The former lawmaker died on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he had been on admission briefly.