NDC parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has been given the green light to participate in the upcoming December elections.
This decision follows a ruling by the Sekondi High Court on November 11, 2024, which lifted a prior injunction that had barred her from running as the chosen candidate.
The court had previously postponed the case after the National Democratic Congress requested that the injunction be lifted and the disqualification dismissed.
After the ruling, Joana Gyan and her supporters celebrated the decision. Addressing the jubilant crowd, she expressed gratitude, saying, “We thank God for everything that has happened today, especially my new lawyers who came in to rescue me.. I thank God and all the NDC members, executives, and all the Western Region NDC. I must say I am very happy.”
The legal dispute began when dissatisfied parties filed a lawsuit, obtaining an interlocutory injunction that temporarily barred Joana Gyan from presenting herself as the NDC candidate, despite her decisive win in the parliamentary primaries on May 13, 2023.
In response, the NDC’s Functional Executive Committee annulled the May election and held new primaries on September 8, 2024, where Joana Gyan Cudjoe once again emerged victorious, with the Electoral Commission overseeing the process.
The NDC argued that the September election replaced the earlier one, thereby confirming Joana Gyan Cudjoe’s rightful candidacy.
Nevertheless, the EC disqualified her, citing the interlocutory injunction linked to the annulled May 2023 election.