The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has taken legal action against the Electoral Commission (EC) by filing an interlocutory injunction application to halt the Ejisu by-election.
This legal move, led by Emmanuel Gallo, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the CPP, is based on the party’s decision communicated to the Electoral Commission on April 18, stating its intention not to participate in the by-election.
Among the six reliefs sought by the party, one key prayer is for the court to affirm “that on record, no Constituency Branch Conference of the CPP has been held in Ejisu and elected the said Esther Osei or anybody as a Parliamentary candidate for consideration and approval by the CPP’s Central Committee to be submitted to Defendant as CPP’s Parliamentary candidate for the said Ejisu Constituency by-election.”
The CPP’s argument revolves around the fact that any candidate, particularly Esther Osei, representing the party in the by-election has not gone through the official endorsement process outlined in the party’s constitution.
The party asserts that its Central Committee has not approved Esther Osei or any other person to contest on the CPP’s ticket for the Ejisu Constituency by-election, as required by the party’s internal procedures.
According to the CPP, the proper procedure for selecting a parliamentary candidate involves the Constituency Branch Party Conference followed by approval from the Central Committee. They claim that this process has not been followed in this case, and thus, Esther Osei or any other individual has not been duly elected through the party’s established procedures.
In its legal action, the CPP seeks a declaration from the High Court affirming that its Central Committee has not endorsed Esther Osei or any other candidate for the Ejisu Constituency by-election.
The party is requesting the High Court to issue an injunction to halt the by-election until its claims and demands are fully determined.
Below is the writ filed by the CPP;
