The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has publicly questioned the New Patriotic Celebration’s (NPP) resolution to boycott the upcoming rerun of parliamentary elections in 19 polling stations throughout the Ablekuma North constituency.
In keeping with him, the get together nonetheless stands a powerful probability of securing victory within the rerun, and he has urged all members to rally behind the NPP’s candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie.
The NPP, on Tuesday, 9 July, introduced its resolution to boycott the rerun scheduled for Friday, 11 July, citing considerations over what it described as inconsistencies and breaches within the Electoral Fee’s processes.
In a social media submit on Thursday, 10 July, Mr Opoku careworn that though the NPP clearly received the sooner election, selecting to boycott the rerun can be a mistake. He wrote:
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Pricey NPP, the reality is, in these 19 polling stations on the centre of this matter, the NPP received in 2020. And guess what? We received once more in 2024. Sure, the margins could have dropped a bit, however the persons are nonetheless with us.
He continued:
So why are we boycotting? Why are we stepping again after we must be stepping ahead? Akua Afriyie is not only a candidate. She is a widow. A lady who has poured her life, sweat, and power into this get together. She’s stood agency for us — even when it was arduous. She didn’t stroll away. She believed.
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Mr Opoku known as on get together leaders and supporters to face united behind her candidacy:
Now it’s our flip to face for her. Let’s not watch whereas the NDC scheme to push her apart. Let’s not act powerless when we’ve the numbers, the bottom, and the message. This isn’t the time to boycott — that is the time to point out up, mobilise, and get Akua elected. We owe it to her. We owe it to ourselves. And we owe it to the spirit of the NPP.
Ablekuma North NPP’s Akua Afriyie rejects EC rerun in 19 polling stations
In the meantime, an Accra Excessive Courtroom has dismissed an utility filed by Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie in search of to dam the scheduled rerun.
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Throughout proceedings on Wednesday, 9 July, the presiding choose, Justice Ali Baba Abature, dismissed the movement for an interim injunction, ruling that the appliance lacked advantage.
