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General News of Friday, July 19th, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-07-19
Muntaka Mubarak, Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency
Mr. Umar Yasir, a leader of the Mallam Kataki branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of the Asawase constituency, said he would sue the largest opposition party ahead of him. the court for its refusal to allow Mr Mubarick Masawudu to challenge in Parliament. primary.
He accused the party's national leaders, including the secretary general, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, of wanting to ensure that Muntaka Mubarak, the current MP for Asawase, does not object.
On Thursday, July 18, 2019, Mr. Masawudu was locked out with the party's regional leader and his supporters when they went on-site to apply.
Their party insists that it can not be part of the process as it is under suspension.
Speaking in front of Accra News on Friday, July 19, 2019, Umar Yasir, a livid woman, said the election process was secretive and that all sorts of maneuvers were being done to get the incumbent MP to go alone.
In his opinion, if this situation continued, it would further widen the NDC in the constituency.
"I'm going to sue the party and put an injunction on the elections," he said, adding, "We can not allow this to happen for our party."
He added: "This question is being asked by the party's secretary general, Mr. Asiedu Nketia, who wants Muntaka not to run for the opposition.
"The fact is, if you know that you have worked hard to defend the interests of the party and your constituency, why are you afraid of a contest?
"As far as we are concerned, Muntaka failed and this was demonstrated in the last elections. John Mahama got better results than Muntaka, which shows that he was not the best for us. "
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