Tag Archives: James Gyakye Quayson

The Supreme Court has released the official document in which it declared as unconstitutional the election of James Gyakye Quayson as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North in the Central Region. This is after a seven-member panel of the apex court ordered Parliament to expunge the name of …

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Abraham Amaliba, has defended the party’s decision to endorse James Gyakye-Quayson as their candidate for the Assin North by-election. Despite the potential risk of facing criminal charges, Amaliba believes that Gyakye-Quayeson is the most suitable candidate to secure …

In a timely turn of events, some roads within Assin Bereku, the district capital of Assin North constituency, are currently being repaired, just a day after the Electoral Commission scheduled a by-election for June 27 in that constituency. Several residents, speaking anonymously to Citi News, believe that the upcoming by-election …

A failed parliamentary candidate aspirant of the National Democratic Congress, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte has apologised for making denigrating remarks about the Supreme Court. According to the lecturer, he did not intend to “insult” the apex court when he wrote on social media that the court was being turned into a …

The Minority in Parliament has said that the decision of the Supreme Court to expel Mr James Gyakye Quayson from the house and his name expunged from the records of the House is a slap in the face of Ghana’s democracy and rule of law. In a statement reacting to …

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision ordered Ghana’s Parliament to expunge the name of James Gyakye Quayson from its records as a Member of Parliament for the Assin North constituency. This follows a judgment of the apex court upholding an application invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin says there has not been any official communication to the house by the Supreme Court regarding the case of the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson. The court granted an injunction suit restraining Mr. Quayson from carrying himself out as the …

A second attempt by the restrained Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, to get rid of three out of the five charges preferred against him by the Attorney General (AG) has been dismissed by an Accra High Court. The embattled MP was slapped with five charges by …

James Gyakye Quayson, has filed for a review of the decision of the Supreme Court to injunct him from holding himself out as Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North and performing duties as an MP, arguing that there has been a miscarriage of justice. He noted that, the apex …

Restrained Assin North Member of parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, has urged the Supreme Court to set aside its ruling that barred him from performing parliamentary duties. The embattled MP says the majority 5-2 decision was a patent and fundamental error of the law and a breach of portions of Ghana’s …