An aide to Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Nii Armah Ashitey has debunked rumours making rounds that the MP would be contesting as an independent candidate in the November 7, polls.

Nii Armah Ashitey lost the chance to seek re-election to the legislature after he was beaten in the November 2015 primaries by the daughter of the founder of the party Dr Zenator Rawlings.

Ashitey challenged the eligibility of Dr Agyeman-Rawlings in court, arguing that she was not a registered voter at the time of the primaries. She subsequently registered as a voter during the Electoral Commission’s limited voter registration exercise in April 2015.

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However the Supreme Court ruled in favour Dr Agyeman-Rawlings on Monday, July 18, 2016, paving a way for her to contest the Korle Klottey seat on the ticket of the NDC in the forthcoming polls.

The Supreme Court also directed the High Court to deliver a ruling in that regard since an individual can only be a candidate after the Electoral Commission (EC) has opened the opportunity for filing. The apex court, therefore, said since the EC was yet to take that action, the argument of Dr Rawlings not being eligible did not hold water.

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Speaking on an Accra-based Accra FM, Nana Kwasi Abram Korankye dared individuals spreading such rumours to show up and reveal the source of their rumours.

“If Nii Armah Ashitey intended to contest as an independent candidate, he would not take this matter to court for resolution. All he would have done would be to print posters and go independent. But that is not the issue; he is an NDC man. He is one of the founders of this party. He has sacrificed so much for this party that he won’t do anything to tarnish the image of the party and he won’t stand aloof when the laws of the party are being swept under the carpet, hence his decision to take this action. It is not because he is bent on remaining in parliament,” he said.