A Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu Bempah, a has expressed optimism that the party will emerge victorious in the Assin North by-election slated for Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

He said the party was determined to reclaim the seat in the Assin North Constituency, which was carved out of the Assin Central Constituency.

Ernest Owusu Bempah argued that the New Democratic Congress (NDC) won the Assin North parliamentary seat by default in 2020, saying the NPP had always performed better in that constituency in both the presidential and parliamentary elections. He made this statement in an interview with Kwaku Owusu Adjei on Accra-based Original FM 91.9.

"I believe the good people of Assin North want to be represented in Parliament by someone who is untainted, credible, and can represent the interest of the chiefs and the people of Assin North, leaders and members of all faith-based organisations in the constituency," he added.

Background

The Electoral Commission (EC) has fixed June 27 for the by-election.

The NDC is re-presenting James Gyakye Quayson, while the NPP's candidate is Charles Opoku.

The by-election follows a Supreme Court ruling that annulled the election of James Gyakye Quayson as Member of Parliament for Assin North and directed Parliament to expunge his name from its records.

Following this, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has asked the Supreme Court to clarify its directive.

Source: The Independent Ghana