The Minority in Parliament has demanded that the Clerk to Parliament recall its notice to the Electoral Commission (EC), declaring Kpandai seat vacant.
The MPs in Parliament on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 were dressed in Black attire and held placards to register their displeasure.
The Caucus had earlier opposed the ruling by the High Court which ordered a rerun for the Kpandai parliamentary election.
The MPs held cards with writings such as “Where is the National Peace Council”, “Are Journalists on JDM’s Payroll?”
Speaking on the floor of the House, Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annor-Dompreh said Parliament must withdraw its letter to the EC which declared the Kpandai seat vacant, arguing that it “flies in the face of law.”
“We strongly submit to this House that the letter that was sent to the Electoral Commission was out of place, was unfortunate and flies in the face of law and procedural justice.
“We submit strongly that that letter must be withdrawn by Parliament forthwith and we must act and stay consistent with the pronouncement of the Speaker on this same matter,” he stated.
He added: “We are totally against it.”
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, the MP who has been ordered not to hold himself as a lawmaker 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.
