The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 disrupted proceedings in the House and vowed not to allow proceedings continue until a letter from the Clerk to the Electoral Commission (EC), declaring the Kpandai seat vacant is withdrawn.
The Minority MPs held cards with inscriptions such as “Where is the National Peace Council”, “Are Journalists on JDM’s Payroll?” as they heckled the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Djietror for submitting such a letter to the EC when there is a pending application for appeal at the Court of Appeal and a judicial review application at the Supreme Court.
The House which commenced sitting since 12pm has not been able to proceed with the Business for Tuesday due to the Minority’s disruption and strong reservation against the declaration of the Kpandai seat vacant.
The House was temporarily suspended with Speaker Bagbin leaving his chair, after the Minority defied his order for decorum in the House.
Upon resumption of sitting, the Minority continued with their protest, chanting patriotic song and asking for the resignation of the Clerk to Parliament.
At this time, Speaker Bagbin had resumed his seat and presiding over sitting. He appealed with the Minority caucus to allow Business to continue.
“Business must go on today in the interest of the public and in your own interest. Let peace prevail,” Speaker Bagbin appealed.
Despite his appeal, the Minority did not relent on their protest, still disrupting sittings and chanting songs, calling for the immediate withdrawal of Kpandai letter to the EC.
Albeit the Speaker prompting the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga to address the House, the Minority resisted any attempt by the Majority Leader to speak, still protesting and continuance of proceedings without the recall of the letter to the EC.
Tensions flare in the Chamber with the Speaker calling for a second recess for five minutes.
This disruption by the Minority compelled Speaker Bagbin to suspend sitting for five minutes for both leadership to enter conclave.
It is expected that the conclave with both leadership of the House will resolve the issue for business to go ahead.
The Kpandai parliamentary seat has been declared vacant by the Speaker of Parliament. This follows the court ruling that the Kpandai parliamentary elections should be rerun.
A letter that the Clark to Parliament wrote to the Electoral Commission said that “In exercise of the power conferred and the duty imposed on the Clerk to Parliament by Article 112(5), as amended, of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, as amended, 1, EBENEZER AHIMAH DJIETROR, the Clerk to Parliament, DO HEREBY FORMALLY NOTIFY you of the occurrence of a vacancy in the membership of Parliament, occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a rerun of the Kpandai Parliamentary Elections, given on the 24th day of November, 2025.
“This notification is pursuant to the service of a court Order on the Clerk to Parliament as the 4th Respondent in the Suit Numbered: NR/TL/HC/E13/22/25. Accordingly, notice is hereby given.”
The Tamale High Court has ordered a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election within 30 days from Monday, November 24.
The decision of the High Court judge, His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange, was due to irregularities in the voting and collation processes that undermined the credibility of the outcome.
The petition alleged irregularities in the voting and collation processes that undermined the credibility of the outcome.
The legal team of Matthew Nyindam have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal as well as a judicial review of the High Court’s decision at the Supreme Court.
