{"id":230433,"date":"2024-10-11T19:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/11\/2024-election-court-injuncts-cynthia-morrison\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T19:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:49:21","slug":"2024-election-court-injuncts-cynthia-morrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/11\/2024-election-court-injuncts-cynthia-morrison\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 election: Court injuncts Cynthia Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Agona Swedru District Court has injuncted Agona West Member of Parliament, Cynthia Morrison from holding himself as an independent parliamentary candidate in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>The court has also restrained\u00a0the Electoral Commission(EC) from proceeding with the nomination of Madam Morrison as an independent Candidate until the matter is fully determined.<\/p>\n<p>This follows an application filed by Emmanuel Addison, Solomon Nyarko and Harrison A. Aglago who are all National Democratic Congress (NDC) Branch Executive in the Agona West Constituency.<\/p>\n<p><figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/9bfb695837632f5d020639cc7fe49cde\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"790\" data-image-height=\"1080\"\/><br \/>\n       <\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Madam Morrison has served for eight years on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after first being elected in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>However, the former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection on April 12, 2024, lost the NPP parliamentary primary and has since decided to contest as an independent candidate.<\/p>\n<p>She garnered 152 votes, while Christopher Arthur emerged victorious with 240 votes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e45fd53e99e9654a4e5fce8a111f4a41\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"974\" data-image-height=\"1080\"\/><br \/>\n       <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Agona Swedru District Court has injuncted Agona West Member of Parliament, Cynthia Morrison from holding himself as an independent parliamentary candidate in the 2024 election. 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