MP-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson will be sworn in today in Parliament following the just-ended by-election.Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin, disclosed the information to the media during a visit to the office of Graphic Communications Group Limted (GCGL) to meet with management and the editorial staff.Parliament resumes sitting today after the abrupt end of proceedings on Tuesday due to the Assin North by-election.

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Gyakye Quayson is expected to proceed to Parliament after first appearing in court for the perjury and forgery case against him over his participation in the 2020 Assin North parliamentary election.Mr Gyakye Quayson on Tuesday, June 27, beat his closest contender, Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Assin North by-election by obtaining 17,245 votes out of the total valid votes of 29,962, representing 57.56 per cent.

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Mr Charles Opoku, on the other hand, garnered 12,630 of the votes cast, representing 42.17 per cent while Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) secured 87 votes.Tuesday’s election was marked by electoral malpractices such as bribery and vote-buying, as well as the arrest of some recalcitrant who posed as security officers.

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Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has congratulated the opposition National Democratic Congress for their victory in the just-ended election.He however entreated the supporters of the NPP not to lose hope despite their defeat."I urge members of my party, the New Patriotic Party, to keep their heads up, recognising that, in a democracy, there are winners and losers, and that we live to fight another day.

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We once held the Assin North seat, and I am confident that, sooner rather than later, Assin North will be blue again," he wrote in his message.

The Independent Ghana | Andy Ogbarmey-Tettey

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