Embattled Assin North MP, James Gyake Quayson has officially declared his intention to contest the Assin North by-election to reclaim the vacant seat.
In a statement dated June 1, Gyakye Quayson maintained that his only reason to contest in the by-election is to serve his people.
“When I took the decision to put myself forward as a candidate for the 2020 Parliamentary Election in the Assin North constituency, on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), I did so with a determination to serve the people of the constituency with all my heart, soul, body and all the resources I could muster in the service of my people.”
In the statement, he emphasized that he renounced his Canadian citizenship in December 2019 and declared on his Nomination Forms in October 2020 that he owed no allegiance to any country other than Ghana.
He notes that the continuous back and forth at the Supreme Court, which hitherto caused his inactiveness in his constituency and the subsequent declaration that the parliamentary seat of the Assin North Constituency is vacant would not have been if the needed and rightful procedures were taken.
James Gyakye Quayson believes the people of Assin North continue to render their undying support for him.
As such he said the ‘will of the people of Assin North must triumph and Democracy must be restored’ adding that the people of Assin North should “come out in your numbers to vote for me so I return to Parliament and continue the work I began to do on your behalf, towards advancing the Assin North development agenda.”
Find attached the statement from James Gyakye Quayson
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Source: Aba Aikins Appah/ATLFMNEWS
