The New Patriotic Party, the National Democratic Congress, and the two independent candidates have been praised by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for holding a calm and transparent by-election in Kumawu in the Ashanti Region.
The Electoral Commission, headed by Jean Mensa, was praised by Mr. Akufo-Addo for continuing to conduct “the best elections in the 4th Republic.”
In the election held on Tuesday, NPP Ernest Anim received 15,264 votes, defeating the candidates for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwasi Amankwaa, and the two Independent Candidates, all of whose names are Kwaku Duah.
Kwasi Amankwaa of the NDC garnered 3,723 votes, compared to Kwaku Duah (1)’s 2,478 and the other Kwaku Duah’s meager 62.
“I congratulate warmly the people of Kumawu on conducting a peaceful, credible, and transparent by-election, on 23rd May 2023, to elect their new Member of Parliament, which has given another big boost to Ghanaian democracy.
“I congratulate further the NPP, NDC, and the two independent candidates for their contribution to this positive outcome. I congratulate, also, the Jean Mensa-led Electoral Commission for maintaining its tradition of organizing the best elections in the 4th Republic.
“Finally, I congratulate Ernest Yaw Anim, the NPP parliamentary candidate, for his 71% emphatic victory in the by-election. He, and the national, regional, constituency, and polling station executives and party workers of the NPP are to be strongly commended for their outstanding work, which has brought about this excellent result, recording one of the highest turnouts in a by-election in the history of the 4th Republic. I am confident that he will make an effective representative of the people of Kumawu in Parliament. The elephant continues to be on the march.
“God bless Ernest Yaw Anim, the people of Kumawu, and Ghanaian democracy, and may God bless us all, and our homeland Ghana, and make her great and strong.”
Source: Citinewsroom
