NPP loses one Parliamentarian as court dismisses appeal 

Cape Coast (Central Region) 15 Dec. '99

An appeal filed by Mr Isaac Edumadze, Member of Parliament for Adjumako-Anyan-Essiam, to prevent the Electoral Commission (EC) from carrying out a court order to unseat him was on Monday dismissed by a Cape Coast High Court. The court presided over by Mrs J. Heward-Mills also awarded 200,000 cedis costs against Mr Edumadze.

A Cape Coast High Court on 5 December ordered the EC to unseat Mr Edumadze of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and replace him with Dr Joseph Kweku Enos of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The court order was a result of a 19 November, 1999 judgement in favour of Dr Enos, after a three-year investigation which proved that Mr Edumadze was wrongfully declared winner of the 1996 parliamentary election.

Following the order to unseat him, Mr Edumadze filed an appeal to prevent the EC from executing the court order, which stated that the EC should effect his removal within 21 days from the day it received the order.

In a counter application for stay of execution, pending appeal, Mrs Heward-Mills ruled that Mr Edumadze's appeal was without merit.

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