{"id":1254989,"date":"2022-11-21T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/joromo-mp-case-court-throws-out-petitioners-dorcas-affo-toffey-remains-mp\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:47:26","slug":"joromo-mp-case-court-throws-out-petitioners-dorcas-affo-toffey-remains-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/joromo-mp-case-court-throws-out-petitioners-dorcas-affo-toffey-remains-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Joromo MP case: Court throws out petitioners, Dorcas Affo-Toffey remains MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jomoro.jpg\" alt=\"Joromo MP case: Court throws out petitioners\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nJoromo MP case: Court throws out petitioners, Dorcas Affo-Toffey remains MP <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>The Sekondi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the eligibility of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey.<\/h2>\n<p>This means\u00a0Dorcas Affo-Toffey can continue to be an MP and continue to represent the people of Jomoro in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jomoro2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"958\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The court said per her application and subsequent issuance of a Ghanaian passport, she automatically lost the Ivorian nationality.<\/p>\n<p>In a judgment today, the court held that per Ivorian laws, immediately the MP acquired a Ghanaian passport, she automatically ceased to be an Ivorian and therefore there was no need for her to have formally renounced her Ivorian citizenship as argued by the petitioners.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jomoro5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"958\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jomoro4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"958\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jomoro3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"958\"\/><\/p>\n<p>more to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"e7c1928da24d39f7f96b9d8c-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"e7c1928da24d39f7f96b9d8c-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joromo MP case: Court throws out petitioners, Dorcas Affo-Toffey remains MP The Sekondi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the eligibility of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey. 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