The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and incumbent Member of Parliament for Asante Mampong, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has been re-elected as the Parliamentary Candidate ahead of the December elections.
Mr Ampratwum-Sarpong
polled 555 votes to win Saturday’s primary. His close contender Dennis Kwakwa
garnered 167 Votes.
The New Patriotic Party
(NPP), had initially paused the primary due to internal dissent.
A three-judge panel of
the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa, rejected an
injunction filed by 35 disgruntled NPP members from the Asante Mampong
Constituency.
The Court underscored
the potential for reconciliation, noting that all disputing parties are members
of the same political group.
The unhappy members have
sought legal redress since February 2022, mainly over issues related to polling
station executive elections. With the legal obstacle now removed, the NPP has
affirmed that the primaries will resume on Saturday, February 17, 2024.
Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong
competed against Dennis Kwakwa, a former Communications Officer of the NPP in
the Ashanti Region.
The NPP ahead of the
election called on delegates to uphold decorum throughout the process. Paul
Yandoh, the NPP’s Communications Director in the Ashanti Region, echoed this
sentiment.
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