KPANDAI SEAT CONTROVERSY: NOTICE TO EC A RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR JUDICIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY

The Minority in Parliament has insisted that Parliament’s letter to the Electoral Commission (EC) declaring the Kpandai seat vacant is a dangerous breach of the separation of powers, and a reckless disregard for both our judicial process and our own parliamentary history. 

At a press conference with the media in Parliament on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, Deputy Minority Leader, Hon.  Patricia Appiagyei fired  the notification to EC is premature must be immediately withdrawn. 
The minority deputy leader further fired she fears parliament is on the verge of committing a constitutional travesty and a historical self-betrayal. 

Speaking on behalf of the minority in the House, she again added the Honorable member for Kpandai Hon. Matthew Nyindam has duly exercised his constitutional rights and has filed a stay of execution, halting by operation of the law, the effect of the judgement of the Tamale High Court ordering a re-run in the Kpandai constituency. Also he has lodged a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal and initiated an application for certiorari at the Supreme Court. 
Therefore it comes at a surprise that parliament of Ghana would rush to enforce a judgement that is legally suspended, ignore appeals that actively proceeding, and arrogantly presume to pre-empt superior courts before they have uttered a single word. 

The minority is therefore calling on parliament to the stay of execution and defer any action until the appellate process is conclusively complete, respecting the precedent set across decades and also withdraw the notice to the Electoral Commission immediately. 
They concluded that this is not a partisan please but a call for basic constitutional fidelity and historical consistency.