
Audio By Carbonatix
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended its Constituency Executive Committee elections in the Afigya Sekyere East and Asante Akyem Central constituencies in the Ashanti Region following court orders restraining the party from proceeding with the electoral process.
The directive was contained in a memorandum dated July 6, 2026 and signed by the Acting National Chairman, Danquah Buttey Smith, after a meeting of the party's National Steering Committee.
According to the memorandum, the National Steering Committee was informed that courts of competent jurisdiction had issued interim injunctions, along with subsequent motions on notice, preventing the party from conducting and supervising the Constituency Executive Committee elections in the two constituencies.
The injunctions are to remain in force pending the determination of the respective applications before the courts or until otherwise directed by the courts.
The party stated that, as a law-abiding political organisation that upholds the rule of law, it is obliged to comply fully with the court orders while pursuing legal processes to challenge the injunctions and seek to have them set aside.
"Accordingly, the National Steering Committee hereby directs that, with immediate effect, all activities relating to the conduct of the Constituency Executive Committee Elections in the Afigya Sekyere East and Asante Akyem Central Constituencies be suspended until further notice, in compliance with the orders of the respective courts," the memorandum stated.
The directive was addressed to the Ashanti Regional Steering Committee, the Constituency Elections Committee for Afigya Sekyere East and Asante Akyem Central and the Constituency Executive Committees of the affected constituencies.
Latest Stories
-
Five arrested over alleged unlawful detention and extortion in Tamale
5 minutes -
Kachiau’s abandoned CHPS compound gets lifeline after years of self-medication by residents
7 minutes -
US launches strikes on Iran after tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
20 minutes -
Zoomlion deploys personnel, equipment to support Mahama’s national clean-up exercise
36 minutes -
North Dayi residents condemn authorities over abandoned road projects
48 minutes -
NAPRM Governing Council seeks stronger partnership with NDPC on governance, development agenda
1 hour -
Police post torched after fatal Sayerano shooting as tensions escalate
1 hour -
Hanan granted bail as AG moves to block UK medical trip over frozen funds
1 hour -
NPP suspends constituency executive elections in two constituencies
2 hours -
Old Tafo MP: Let our World Cup exit mark the beginning of football reform
2 hours -
BR Institute partners UPSA to expand entrepreneurship training for the youth
2 hours -
Flood death toll rises to 35; six still missing, 58,000 displaced in Accra — Interior Minister
2 hours -
Argentina complete extraordinary comeback to beat Egypt
2 hours -
Every cedi from the World Cup must develop Ghana football – Ekow Assafuah demands
2 hours -
Virtual Security Africa expands CCTV surveillance at Mamprobi Hospital
2 hours