The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has filed an interlocutory injunction against the Electoral Commission (EC) to halt the Ejisu by-election.
The move aims to pause the April 30 by-election until a lawsuit against the Electoral Commission, seeking to prevent Esther Osei from representing the party in the poll, is resolved.
Emmanuel Gallo, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the CPP, initiated the lawsuit, stating that the party formally communicated its decision not to participate in the by-election to the Electoral Commission on April 18.
The CPP contends that Esther Osei, or any other candidate representing the party in the by-election, has not been officially endorsed through the party’s internal processes mandated by its constitution.
The party argues that neither Esther Osei nor any other individual has been duly elected through the party’s established procedures for candidacy selection in the Ejisu Constituency.
The CPP seeks a declaration affirming that its Central Committee has not endorsed Esther Osei or any other candidate to contest on behalf of the party in the Ejisu Constituency by-election.
Additionally, the party requests the High Court to halt the by-election until its claims and demands are resolved.
