Africa-Press – Ghana. The New Patriotic Party Minority Caucus in Parliament on Tuesday called for the withdrawal of the letter officially declaring the Kpandai parliamentary seat vacant.
A High Court ruling had on Monday, November 24, ordered a rerun of the constituency election, and reacting on the Floor of Parliament, Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Minority Chief Whip, described the letter as “out of place and unfortunate,” arguing that it violated the rule of law.
“We strongly submit that the letter must be withdrawn by Parliament. We in the minority will not agree to the writing of this letter,” Mr Annoh-Dompreh said.
On Monday, December 8, 2025, the letter, dated December 4, 2025, was sent by Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the Clerk to Parliament, to Madam Jean Mensah, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), informing her of the vacancy pursuant to a Tamale High Court ruling.
The ruling, delivered on Monday, 24 November 2025, was part of a case in which the Clerk to Parliament was named the 4th respondent, referenced as Suit Number NR/TL/HC/E13/22/25.
Acting under Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution, the Clerk noted that the correspondence served as the official notification required to trigger the processes for conducting a new election in the Kpandai constituency.
The letter concluded with confirmation that the EC had been duly notified as mandated by law.
The High Court ruling, delivered on Monday, November 24, 2025, had annulled the entire Kpandai election and ordered a rerun within 30 days.
Mr Mathew Nyindam, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpandai, is now seeking a judicial review in a certiorari to quash the judgment and all other processes and proceedings emanating from the allegedly invalid petition.
The MP has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to quash the judgment of the High Court, Commercial Division, in Tamale, which annulled his parliamentary election victory.
Mr Nyindam, through his legal counsel, Mr Gary Nimako Marfo, argued that the High Court erred in assuming jurisdiction over the petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who challenged the December 7, 2024, Parliamentary election results in Kpandai.
The petition, filed on Saturday, January 25, 2025, was submitted 32 days after the results were published in the Government Gazette on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, exceeding the 21-day statutory period prescribed under Section 18 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 284).
Mr Nyindam contends that the delay rendered Mr Wakpal’s petition invalid and that the High Court had no legal authority to entertain it.
“The Parliamentary Election Petition filed by the 1st Interested Party on Saturday, January 25, 2025, in respect of the Parliamentary Election held at the Kpandai Constituency on Saturday, December 7, 2024, was invalid and could not have properly invoked the jurisdiction of the High Court, Commercial Division, Tamale,” Nyindam’s affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court stated.
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