Lydia Seyram Alhassan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n President\nAkufo-Addo has vehemently condemned the violence that characterised Thursday\u2019s\nby-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nattacks by unidentified individuals and gro"},"modified":"2019-02-02T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T11:29:29","slug":"%ef%bb%bfnana-congratulates-mp-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/02\/%ef%bb%bfnana-congratulates-mp-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffNana Congratulates MP-Elect"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n Lydia Seyram Alhassan<\/strong><\/p>\n President The The opposition An A The Instead, He, He expressed The He said: In a The Minority, The Minority The But The Speaker, The Minority threatened to boycott proceedings after the Speaker had refused to give their leader the opportunity to raise the issue on the floor.<\/p>\n By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent <\/strong><\/p>\n The post \ufeffNana Congratulates MP-Elect<\/a> appeared first on DailyGuide Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\nAkufo-Addo has vehemently condemned the violence that characterised Thursday\u2019s
\nby-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.<\/p>\n
\nattacks by unidentified individuals and group of persons led to the
\nhospitalisation of not less than six people who sustained various degrees of
\ninjury.<\/p>\n
\nNational Democratic Congress (NDC) subsequently announced a withdrawal of its parliamentary
\ncandidate, Delali Kwesi Brempong, but the party\u2019s agents stayed put.<\/p>\n
\nobviously disappointed President Akufo-Addo, in a statement to congratulate the
\nruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, who won the
\nelections, indicated: \u201cThe isolated incident of violence, which occurred in the
\nearly stages of the election, was unfortunate and regrettable, and I condemn it
\nin no uncertain terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nby-election, he said \u201cshould be a peaceful and happy event, no matter how
\ncompetitive. The police are committed to conducting a rapid inquiry into the
\nmatter, and I expect all persons who are found culpable, at the end of the
\nprocess, to face the full rigours of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPresident, however, defended his party\u2019s democratic credentials, insisting that \u201cthe New Patriotic Party, the party from which my government
\nwas born, would never dream of competing with any other political party in
\nunleashing violence on the Ghanaian people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nhe emphasised that \u201cour policy, as espoused by the founding father of our
\npolitical tradition, is to liberate the energies of the people for the growth
\nof a property-owning democracy in this land, with right to life, freedom and
\njustice as the principles to which the government and laws of the land should
\nbe dedicated in order specifically to enrich life, property and liberty of each
\nand every citizen and that is what my government is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\ntherefore, sent a message of congratulation to Lydia Seyram Alhassan on her
\nemphatic victory in Thursday\u2019s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency,
\nsaying \u201cthe electorate in the constituency has made an excellent choice.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nconfidence in her ability to serve the interest of her constituents in
\nParliament with distinction.<\/p>\n
\nPresident also commended the Electoral Commission for the professionalism it
\ndisplayed in conducting a free, fair, transparent and credible election,
\ndespite the isolated challenge it faced. \n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Ghanaian people have, again, demonstrated to the world their deep
\nattachment to the principles of democratic accountability and the rule of law.
\nGhana\u2019s democracy is robust, and will only grow from strength to strength.<\/p>\n
\nrelated development, Thomas Fosu Jnr; reports from Parliament
\nHouse in Accra that <\/em><\/strong>Lydia Seyram Alhassan will be sworn into office on Tuesday,
\nFebruary 5, 2019, in Parliament by the Speaker of Parliament amidst concerns by
\nthe Minority that her election was characterised by violence.<\/p>\n
\nled by its leader Haruna Iddrisu, clashed with the Speaker over the matter of
\nviolence associated with the just-ended by-election, which the Minority has
\nblamed it on the police administration and the NPP government.<\/p>\n
\nleader had wanted to raise the issue on the floor yesterday on the back of
\nStanding Order 72 which states that \u201cby the indulgence of the House and leave
\nof Mr Speaker a member may at the time appointed for statements under Order 53
\nexplain a matter of urgent public importance. Any statement other than a
\npersonal statement may be commended upon by other members for a limited
\nduration of time not exceeding one hour. <\/p>\n
\nterms of any such proposed statement shall first be submitted to Mr Speaker. <\/p>\n
\nthe Speaker said the Minority leader should have first prompted him about such an
\nissue before it could have been raised.<\/p>\n
\ntherefore, said raising the issue without letting him know before hand is
\ntantamount to \u2018ambushing\u2019 Parliament and therefore did not permit the Minority
\nleader.<\/p>\n