Speaker of Parliament Prof Mike Ocquaye has declared the Fomena parliamentary seat vacant.
This follows a request by the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to expel Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the incumbent MP for the area after he decided to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming general elections.
President Akufo-Addo at a durbar in Fomena on Wednesday also expressed his disappointment in Fomena MP’s refusal to rescind the decision.
The Mr Amoako Asiamah had told JoyNews that he is not leaving the 7th Parliament despite a request by the request to send him packing.
“If they have sacked me, I am still part of them…They are saying they have dismissed me but I am still winning for the party,” he told JoyNews on October 29.
But speaking on the floor on Saturday, Prof Mike Ocquaye read the ruling in support of the NPP’s request for Mr Asiamah’s seat to be rendered vacant.
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