Member of Parliament and Independent Parliamentary candidate at Agona West Constituency, Cynthia Mamle Morrison has expressed her desire for the police to as early as today 28th October, 2024 finish their investigation into an alleged assassination attempt on her over the weekend.
“I want it as early as today if it is possible” she responded when the host of 3FM Sunrise Morning Show, Johnnie Hughes asked her how swiftly she wants the police to unravel the mystery behind an alleged assassination attempt on her.
According to the report by 3FM’s Central Region correspondent, Thomas Cann, some confusion ensued between the supporters of Cynthia Morrison and the New Patriotic Party’s candidate for the Agona West Constituency, Chris Arthur, on Sunday evening which led to one person sustaining a gunshot injury.
There has been growing tension between the two candidates and their supporters since the incumbent MP, Cynthia Morrison decided to go independent after losing the party’s primary. Not only has her decision created a situation at the Constituency but has also generated another controversy in Parliament.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on 17 October, 2024 declared four parliamentary seats vacant because the current occupants had defected from the political parties on whose ticket they entered the Parliament to contest on different tickets.
The affected MPs include; Agona West Member of Parliament (MP), Cynthia Morrison of the New Patriotic Party (NPP); Amenfi Central MP, Peter Yaw Kwakye-Ackah of the National Democratic Congress (NDC); Suhum MP, Kwadwo Asante of the NPP, and Fomena MP, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, an independent MP.
This ruling by the Speaker automatically transformed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from a Minority to Majority group because 2 of the said seats belonged to the NPP, 1 for NDC and 1 independent. Both NPP and NDC had 137 seats each out of the 275 seats, but NPP assumed the Majority group because the Independent MP decided to do business with them which gave the NPP a plus one over the NDC.
However, in less than 24 hours later, a Supreme Court ruling on the 18th October, 2024 overturned the Speaker’s decision, thereby heightening the tension amongst the two sides which eventually led to an indefinite adjournment of Parliament by the Speaker on Tuesday 22 October, 2024.
The NPP Constituency chairman at Agona West, Gibril Tanko has also accused the Cynthia Morrison camp of an alleged assassination attempt on Christ Arthur, the NPP Parliamentary candidate.
The police have assured the public that the matter is under investigation but have remained tight-lipped on any findings.
Source:3news.com