The Koforidua High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing Ernest Kumi from being sworn in as the Member of Parliament-elect for the Akwatia constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The injunction follows a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Henry Boakye-Yiadom, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, against the Electoral Commission (EC), Ernest Kumi, and the Clerk to Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legal action seeks to halt Mr. Kumi\u2019s swearing-in pending the resolution of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Akwatia constituency was among the contested seats re-collated and declared by the EC at the National Police Training School in Tesano, Accra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the EC\u2019s final collation, Ernest Kumi of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was declared the winner with 19,269 votes, while Henry Boakye-Yiadom of the NDC polled 17,206 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After hearing arguments in the case, the court ruled in favor of issuing the interim injunction, effectively barring Mr. Kumi from being recognized as the MP-elect for the Akwatia constituency until further notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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