New Member of Parliament-Elect for the Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson has dedicated his emphatic victory in the just-ended by-election to his constituents, the people of Ghana, and to justice.
The embattled former MP at the end of polls on Tuesday, polled 17,245 votes representing 57.56 percent of the total valid votes cast to beat Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG). Charles Opoku polled 12,630 votes representing 42.15 percent of the total votes cast while the LPG’s Bernice Enyonam Sefenu polled 87 votes representing 0.29%.
Mr. Quayson was officially declared the winner of the elections by the Electoral Commission on Tuesday evening after a fierce and tense contest.
Delivering his victory speech, James Gyakye Quayson reiterated his commitment to serve the people of Assin North adding that his landslide victory comes as a defeat to the injustice he is currently facing.
He further assured the people that he will pursue a good direction of justice in the future.
“I stood for justice and development and I still haven’t swayed, and I will continue to pursue the same agenda because that is the mandate Assin North has given me and this is a victory not just for me but for the people of Ghana and hopefully one day, we will pursue a good direction of justice and also to realize that politics is not about sharing money to people to get a vote,” he said.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate also chastised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the alleged sharing of money in exchange for votes which he indicated denies marginalized communities of the needed development and defeats the purpose of democracy.
“Democracy is about development, and we are going to set this trend along to make sure that people who are represented get a first share of the national cake and how to develop their communities.”
