Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has ruled that it is premature to stop Matthew Nyindam from participating in proceedings of Parliament as MP for Kpanda following the Tamale High Court’s order for a rerun of Kpandai Parliamentary elections.
In Parliament on Wednesday, November 26, the Majority side opposed Matthew Nyindam’s participation in debate of the House, citing the ruling by the High Court on Monday, November 24, 2025.
But Alban Bagbin on Thursday, November 27, 2025 before proceedings of the House could begin, ruled on the matter, insisting that Matthew Nyindam is right to have held himself as Kpandai MP and participated in proceedings of the House.
He explained that per the law, it is premature for Nyindam to be disqualified yet from participating in parliamentary proceedings as the seven-day mandatory stay of execution of the order of the High Court has not yet elapsed.
“Honourable members, it is therefore too premature to say that the honourable Matthew Nyindam is disqualified from entering and participating in the proceedings of the House because this period still falls within the seven days mandatory stay of execution of the order.
“Honourable members, this is not a declaratory order, it is an executive order that was delivered by the High Court. And so the Honourable Member is right to have been in the House yesterday and to have participated in the proceedings,” Bagbin said.
In giving his ruling, Alban Bagbin cited provisions of the Court of Appeal rules 1997 C.I 197 as amended in the Court of Appeal rules 2020 C.I 192 which allows for a stay of execution of the Judgement or decision of a High Court for a period of seven days immediately following the judgement for the losing party to appeal.
Bagbin also cited the Supreme Court ruling in Mensah vs. Ghana Commercial Bank 2025-2026 where the court held that any execution commenced before the expiry of this seven-day period of appeal is premature and void.
For these reasons, the Speaker declared that Matthew Nyindam has a statutory seven- day period of appeal following the High Court ruling which period expires on December 1, 2025.
“During this period, the High Court’s ruling cannot form the basis for the Speaker to instruct the Clerk to notify the Electoral Commission that the Kpandai seat is vacant,” Bagbin stressed.
Bagbin further explained that ” should Honourable Nyindam exercise his right of appeal such as an application on the rule 27(1) of C.I. 19, it may impose a further suspension on the enforcement of the judgement until the application is determined by the appropriate court.”
