The Minority Caucus stated that it will explore all available options to defend their colleague, James Gyakye Quayson as well as protect his interests.
Quayson’s legal team had appealed the High Court’s decision for a daily trial.
However, the Court of Appeal dismissed the application on July 19, allowing the daily trial of the embattled MP to proceed.
The Minority Chief Whip, Kwame Governs Agbodza, expressed concerns about the consequences and implications of this decision on the MP’s ability to serve his constituents.
Below is the full statement from the Minority
The Minority in Parliament has decided to reciprocate its response to the government’s escalation of the ongoing persecution of the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, Hon. James Gyakye Quayson.
Following a request by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame, that Hon. James Gyakye Quayson be tried on a daily basis, despite an application for stay of proceedings and a pending application before the Court of Appeal against the daily trial, the High Court has ruled that it will continue to hear the case daily.
In essence, the rulings by the High Court put Hon. James Gyakye Quayson in the same position that he was placed in by the Supreme Court before the Assin North Constituency by-election.
If the Member of Parliament must appear in court every week day for trial, what time will he have to attend to Parliamentary business to represent the people of Assin North? We are therefore, at this point, including all options available to us to defend and protect our colleague.
Hon. James Gyakye Quayson is the only person to have been elected twice within a Parliamentary term.
He first won the 2020 Parliamentary election in Assin North Constituency, which was declared null and void by the Supreme Court after two and a half years. This triggered a by-election which he won again by an overwhelming 57.56% on 27th June, 2023.