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The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the Convention People’s Party (CPP) have pulled out of the upcoming Abuakwa North constituency by-election.
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In a statement, the PPP also said, "The National Committee (NC) of the Progressive People’s Party on February 24, 2016 decided not to contest the by-election in Abuakwa North which is scheduled for March 29 this year."
The PPP, therefore, called upon the constituency executive to go ahead with their strategy of organising at the polling station level to ensure victory come November 7, 2016.
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The CPP said its "decision is strictly informed by our party's analysis of the situation".
However, it served notice that it would “contest the seat in the general election in November".
A statement signed by Kadiri Abdul Rauf Issifu, CPP Director of Communication, said, "We continue to mourn with the people of Abuakwa North and the NPP. It is our prayer that finality would be brought to the unfortunate murder of the late MP by ensuring justice is served."
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday, March 3, 2016, pulled out of the Abuakwa North constituency by-election.
According to the NDC the circumstances surrounding the MP’s "gruesome murder that brought the nation to a standstill" make it impossible for it to contest.
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General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia in a statement said "We were stunned by the death of the late Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu of the Abuakwa North Constituency, particularly circumstances surrounding his gruesome murder that brought the nation to a standstill."
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