The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has filed an interlocutory injunction application against the Electoral Commission (EC) in an attempt to halt the Ejisu by-election.

The CPP's action seeks to prevent the by-election scheduled for April 30 from proceeding until a lawsuit against the Electoral Commission, aimed at preventing Esther Osei from representing the party in the poll, is resolved.

The lawsuit, initiated by Emmanuel Gallo, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the CPP, argues that the party officially informed the Electoral Commission of its decision not to participate in the by-election on April 18.

Among the six reliefs the party is seeking, it is praying the court to declare “that on record, no Constituency Branch Conference of the CPP has been held in Ejisu and elected the said Esther Osei or anybody as a Parliamentary candidate for consideration and approval by the CPP’s Central Committee to be submitted to Defendant as CPP’s Parliamentary candidate for the said Ejisu Constituency by-election.”

The party argues that any candidate purportedly representing the CPP in the by-election, especially Esther Osei, has not been officially endorsed through the party’s internal processes as mandated by its constitution.

It further stated that its Central Committee has not approved Esther Osei or any other person to contest on behalf of the CPP in the Ejisu Constituency by-election.

According to the CPP, the selection of a parliamentary candidate for the constituency should involve the Constituency Branch Party Conference, followed by approval from the Central Committee, neither of which has occurred in this case. The party asserts that neither Esther Osei nor any other individual has been duly elected through the party’s established procedures for candidate selection in the Ejisu Constituency.

In its legal action, the CPP seeks a declaration affirming that the party’s Central Committee has not endorsed Esther Osei or any other candidate to contest on behalf of the CPP in the Ejisu Constituency by-election.

The party is asking the High Court to halt the by-election until its claims and demands are resolved.

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