The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday criticised a High Court decision annulling the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai constituency, describing the ruling as “judicial irresponsibility.”
Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange of the Tamale High Court on Monday ordered a fresh election within 30 days, citing what he called “extensive irregularities” in the conduct of the original poll.
Minority Leader Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin told reporters the caucus would challenge any attempt to remove sitting MP Matthew Nyindam before the full legal process has been completed.
“The judgment can only be described as breathtaking in its reach and alarming in its implications,” Afenyo-Markin said.
“His Lordship Justice Emmanuel Bart Plange Brew has ordered nothing less than a wholesale rerun of the entire Kpandai parliamentary election. This is not routine judicial intervention. This is something far more troubling.”
He accused the judge of failing to provide a complete, published ruling before voiding the results.
“For a judge to casually void an entire constituency’s election without first ensuring that a complete, reasoned judgment was prepared and published is not merely irregular. It is judicial irresponsibility of the highest order,” he said.
Source: metrotvonline.com
