The Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has stated that the disqualification of Joana Gyan Cudjoe, the party’s parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central in the Western Region, was not surprising to the party.

The Electoral Commission (EC) officially disqualified Joana Gyan Cudjoe from contesting in the 2024 parliamentary elections due to a petition that cited a pending court order for an interlocutory injunction.

The injunction prevented the Commission from recognising her as the NDC’s candidate for the Amenfi Central constituency.

According to a letter signed by Samuel Tettey, the EC’s Deputy Chairman of Operations, the Commission had been made aware of the court order issued on May 31, 2024, which served as the basis for the disqualification.

In an interview with Starr FM, Edudzi revealed that the party had anticipated the disqualification due to earlier rumours and his personal engagement with key Electoral Commission officials.

He further accused the EC of being in an "indecent race" to disqualify the NDC candidate.

“The Electoral Commission is based its decision on a purported court. The first injunction did not disqualify the candidate. Disqualification is a serious matter.

"The court even in Sekondi gave an interim order, an interlocutory order is not a perpetual injunction and everybody in the appreciation of the law knows what it means to be perpetually injuncted by having an interlocutory order so clearly."

“Madam Joana Cudjoe is going to win the election and be the next MP for Amenfi Central," he stated.