The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has lodged an interlocutory injunction application against the Electoral Commission (EC) to pause the Ejisu by-election.
This action by the CPP intends to halt the April 30 by-election until the resolution of a lawsuit against the Electoral Commission, which seeks to prevent Esther Osei from representing the party in the election.
The party contends that any candidate purportedly representing the CPP in the by-election, particularly Esther Osei, has not been officially endorsed through the party’s internal processes as mandated by its constitution.
The party added that its “Central Committee has not considered and approved the said Esther Osei or any other person to contest on the ticket and behalf of the CPP as a political party, regarding the Defendant’s intended 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, which has not occurred in this instance. The CPP asserts that neither Esther Osei nor any other individual has been duly elected through the party’s established procedures for candidacy 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 praying the High Court to injunct the by-election until its claims and demands are determined.
Source: Our Homeland Ghana
