Determined to retain his seat at Adra Electoral are, this 75yr old aspirant was disqualified according to Constitutional Instrument (CI 89), which regulates the conduct of the election.
The CI 89, which was introduced recently, stipulates that candidate(s) who had attained the age of 70 and above cannot contest the assembly election.
The late assembly man who was determined to retain his seat invested his ex-gratia of GHC2,500 which he received at the end of the last Assembly session.
He used this money to print posters,t shirts and others only to be disqualified at the last minute by officials.
Some candidates of the Assembly elections who spoke with The Chronicle in an interview have described the sudden departure of their 75 years old colleague, who is the immediate past Assemblyman for the Adra Electoral area as "out of shock".
One Assembly member told this reporter "anytime he meets me, he complains that he had used his ex-gratia to campaign only for the EC to disqualify him from the race".
The late Mr. Yorke, who expressed worry over the development, before his demise, told this reporter in a telephone interview that he was considering dragging the EC to court over his disqualification.
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