Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II has expressed worry over the Supreme Court's ruling which resulted in James Gyakye Quayson being removed as a Member of Parliament.

The chief who doubles as President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs disagreed with the initial ruling made by the Supreme Court, which declared Gyakye Quayson's parliamentary position invalid due to his dual citizenship status.

"He [Gyakye Quayson] said he was not willing to stay in Canada, he dropped his citizenship and returned to Ghana to help. When he got here, he had a bit of a challenge and the Supreme Court ruled that his mandate as an MP should be nullified."

He made these comments during the Professor John Evans Atta Mills Commemorative Lecture in Sunyani on Saturday, July 1.

Addressing the gathering, the Dormaahene made it clear that he would have taken a divergent stance if he had been part of the panel deciding on the matter.

"Some of us were not happy with that. If I were on the Supreme Court, I would have gone left and not the right," he said.

His comment comes after James Gyakye Quayson won the Parliamentary polls despite being ousted from Parliament by the Court and his name expunged from the House's records.

Mr Quayson is facing charges of forgery and perjury in relation to certain alleged offences in the lead-up to the 2020 Assin North parliamentary election.

He pleaded not guilty to five counts of forgery of passport or travel certificate, knowingly making a false statutory declaration, perjury and false declaration for office.

But Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II is urging the Attorney-General to drop the criminal charges against James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North.

"When the man had his name expunged from Parliament, didn't they go to vote again? Was he voted for or not? Didn't he get an overwhelming majority, 57.56%, is that a mere victory?"

“As a matter of urgency, I [Dormaahene] am appealing to the President of the Republic [Akufo-Addo], if he has any role to play, that trial should be aborted, and the Attorney-General should as a matter of urgency file a nolle Prosequi to end that particular decision and abort the criminal case against Mr Quayson”, the Dormaahene added.