In a sound democracy, the opposition also wins bye-elections – Bentil

Kofi Bentil, vice president of IMANI Africa

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has said that Ghana’s sound democracy made it possible for an opposition party to win a bye-election.

Commenting on the victory of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Assin North bye-election he said “In a sound democracy, the opposition is able to win bye-elections. Well done NDC! #ProudToBeGhanaian. Now can somebody stop that shameful prosecution, it never should have started?!!”

NDC’s James Gyakye Quayson emerged winner with 57.56% of votes, with Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) coming second with 42.15% and the Liberal Party of Ghana’s Enyonam Bernice Sefenu making only 0.29%.

The Supreme Court initially nullified Mr Quayson’s election as the MP for Assin North over holding Canadian citizenship and being a Ghanaian at the time he filed his nomination to contest the election in 2020.

He now faces charges of perjury and deceiving a public officer.

Upon a bye-election conducted by the Electoral Commission, the people of Assin North Constituency re-elected him to represent them in Parliament.

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