The Member of Parliament-elect for the Assin North Constituency, Mr. James Gyakye Quayson, has described his success in Tuesday’s by-election as a victory for justice.
The victory, he said, was the clearest message delivered by the good people of Assin North about the direction that they wanted Assin North and the country to take.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Tuesday, retained the Assin North parliamentary seat after James Gyakye Quayson emerged victorious in the fiercely contested by-election.
He polled a total of 17,245 votes representing 57.56% of total valid votes cast while his main contender on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) garnered 12,630 votes representing 42.15%.
A third force, Sefenu Bernice Enyonam, who represented the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) as a candidate, recorded an insignificant 87 votes, which stood at 0.29 percent.
Quayson’s message of appreciation
The Member of Parliament-elect, Mr. James Gyakye Quayson, in an emotional message of appreciation, said: “This is a victory, not just for me and the NDC but also for justice.”
He especially thanked the flag-bearer of the NDC, the former President John Dramani Mahama, for his encouragement and invaluable support.
“The people of Assin North have spoken. They have said without equivocation that they want me to represent them in the 8th Parliament… I am deeply humbled by the confidence the people have expressed in what I stand for and what I have done,” he said.
He explained that he sought the position following his deep commitment to the Assin North development agenda, and remained determined to mobilising resource to prosecute the agenda.
Expressing his gratitude to the voters, he said: “I am also fully aware of the reciprocal responsibilities that this massive show of confidence imposes on me.”
“I thank the good people of Assin North for coming out to deliver the clearest message about the direction that they want Assin North and the country to take,” he said.
He expressed his profound gratitude to his family, which had stood by him in both best and the worst times when his legal tussle began, right from 2017, when he was to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament.
He again thanked the voters who turned out in their numbers and voted massively for the resounding victory the party chalked saying, “I am grateful to all others who have reached out to me to express support, empathy, encouragement.”
“My solemn pledge is to work as hard as I can for the people who have made tonight possible…Let us come together to build a better Ghana for our posterity,” he stated.
He also thanked the NDC hierarchy, the Parliamentary Caucus, Central Regional executives and Assin North Constituency executives, as well as the polling agents, and all other members and officers of the party who stood with him through thick and thin.
