Mr. Kofi Bentil, a private legal practitioner, believes the 1992 constitution should be modified to eliminate the necessity for by-elections.
He believes the adjustment should be made so that if a Member of Parliament is ousted, the party in power picks a replacement.
By-elections, he believes, are a waste of time and resources.
“Bye elections are pointless, harmful, and have a poor total worth.” I’ve said before, and I still believe, that we need to change our constitution so that the party in power picks a substitute for an MP.
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“Till then, the parties can agree not to contest so we can save the money and stress. Of course those people won’t agree so we will go through the pointless pain each time,” Mr Bentil who is also Vice President of Imani Africa said in a Facebook post.
His comments come after a Court of Appeal in Cape Coast on Tuesdasy March 22 struck out the appeal by Assin North lawmaker James Gyekye Quayson for non-compliance with court procedures.
Mr. Quayson had filed an appeal that was challenging a High court ruling that declared new parliamentray elections should be organised in the constituency.
The presiding judge, Irene Charity Larbi, ruled that the Mr Quayson failed to comply with the court’s directives to submit his written submission within a stipulated time.
