Traditional
leaders of Assin North in the Central Region are appealing to President
Akufo-Addo and the Attorney General to ensure that charges proffered against the
Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson are dropped.
This follows the
swearing-in of the MP by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Tuesday,
July 4, 2023.
Gyakye Quayson
is facing charges of forgery and perjury in relation to certain alleged
offences in the run-up to the 2020 Assin North parliamentary election.
Speaking to
journalists after the swearing-in of the MP, the Queen mother of Assin Bereku,
Nana Hemaa Afia Ntiamoah said they back the calls by the Dormaahene, Osagyefo
Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, for the President to discontinue the case.
She says the
legal action against the lawmaker would not foster development in the area
“We are
appealing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Attorney General to
discontinue criminal prosecution of Gyakye Quayson. We will be deprived of
developments if the case continues. We the people of Assin North elected him,
we should all come together to build Assin North. We are suffering because
there’s no MP. We also stand by what Dormaahene said. Let’s stop the bickering
and come together as one,” she said.
SOURCE: CITINEWSROOM.COM
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