The Minority in Parliament has expressed serious concerns over what it describes as an obstruction of justice in the Kpandai election dispute, following the Tamale High Court’s failure to release the written judgment that annulled the constituency’s 2024 parliamentary results.
According to Suame MP and legal counsel to the Minority, John Darko, the presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Bart Plange Brew, has yet to provide the certified written ruling despite repeated requests.
“We haven’t received any written judgment from the High Court in Tamale even though we have consistently been asking the court. It’s a troubling situation. It’s been four days past the judge’s own deadline and we’ve still not received it,” he said on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show.
Mr. Darko added that the delay is severely affecting the legal rights of the sitting MP, who intends to file an appeal and has applied for a stay of execution of the High Court’s directive ordering a fresh election.
“It’s completely unacceptable. We haven’t been given time by the court for the application on stay of execution. This is a constitutional matter, and the people of Kpandai are being denied their representation,” he stated.
The dispute follows Justice Plange Brew’s ruling that annulled the results from all 152 polling stations in Kpandai and ordered a rerun within 30 days—a decision the Minority insists is questionable.
Meanwhile, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has clarified that the Kpandai seat cannot be declared vacant immediately, noting that the statutory stay of execution remains in force until December 1, 2025.
Source: adomonline.com
