Cyril Nsiah, the clerk to the Parliament, has said that the Speaker is not yet allowed to declare the Assin North Parliamentary seat vacant. The clerk said this while responding to a letter from the Registrar of the General Jurisdiction Division of the Law Court Complex in Accra. The letter was requesting the Parliament to declare James Quayson’s parliamentary seat Vacant.
The High court in Cape Coast had annulled the December 7 Assin north parliamentary. According to the courts’ ruling, James Quayson was a Canadian citizen when he filed to vie for the parliamentary seat.
The lawyers of James Quayson have sent certified documents to the august house appealing to challenge the judgement of the Cape Coast High Court. According to the clerk, the matter will remain to await in court because of the appeal documents to the Speaker.
“Mr Speaker is not clothed with the legal basis to make a pronouncement on the matter and can thus not declare the occurrence of the vacancy in the House pursuant to the 1992 Constitution and the Standing Orders of the House,” sections of the letter read.