Entire Minority Will Accompany Quayson To Court Always; Minority Informs Speaker
The Minority in Parliament has communicated their intention to solidarize with their colleague, James Gyakye Quayson, whenever he has to appear before the Accra High Court for his ongoing trial.
The information was relayed to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon Alban Sumana Bagbin by the Minority leader Cassiel Ato Forson on July 4, 2023.
It was communicated during a brief statement during the swearing-in ceremony of Quayson as the Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constitution.
“Mr Speaker, I wish to serve notice that the entire Minority group in Parliament will accompany our colleague to court today and any other day that he is to appear in court.”
Their decision means the businesses of the house will be hampered by inadequate attendance whenever Hon Quayson need to make an appearance in court.
Hon Quayson is standing trial for five counts of forgery of a passport, knowingly making a false statutory declaration, perjury and false declaration to contest in the 2020 Parliamentary election.
He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
It is the case of the prosecution that Mr Quayson allegedly made a false statement to the Passport Office that he did not hold a passport to another country when he applied for a Ghanaian Passport.
In addition, the prosecution has accused Mr Quayson of making a false declaration to the Electoral Commission (EC) to the effect that he (Quayson) did not owe any allegiance to a foreign country when he filed to contest as a candidate for the Assin North seat.
