{"id":105176,"date":"2025-12-03T04:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105176"},"modified":"2025-12-03T04:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:46:00","slug":"we-were-within-time-dafeamekpor-defends-ndcs-case-as-kpandai-battle-hits-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105176","title":{"rendered":"We were within time \u2013 Dafeamekpor defends NDC\u2019s case as Kpandai battle hits Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Etse Dafeamekpor, has defended the timing of the NDC\u2019s election petition in the Kpandai parliamentary dispute.<\/p>\n

The South Dayi MP insists that the case was filed within the legally required period. <\/p>\n

Speaking on Joy News\u2019 PM Express on Tuesday, he challenged the core argument behind NPP MP Mathew Nyindam\u2019s application before the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n

Mr Nyindam claims the High Court lacked jurisdiction because the petition was filed outside the statutory window.<\/p>\n

But Dafeamekpor rejected that claim. <\/p>\n

The private legal practitioner said the petitioners acted within the correct timeline and relied on the Electoral Commission\u2019s final Gazette, not earlier publications. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were within time,\u201d he stressed. \u201cWe know our calculation, our maths is not that bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that by January 24, the Electoral Commission had not completed work on all the constituencies that were still being contested. <\/p>\n

For that reason, a full Gazette covering all 276 seats had not yet been issued. He said that only the final Gazette can be used in law. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey brought the 24th December one. The court rejected it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He stated that the court dismissed the earlier Gazette because it was not the EC\u2019s last official publication. <\/p>\n

The South Dayi said the EC made this clear when it appeared before the court. \u201cThe EC testified that this is their final Gazette notification,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

When asked how many Gazettes the EC released before the final one, he said he could not tell the exact number. But he insisted that the principle remains the same. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven if the EC releases several Gazette notifications, the last in time will take precedence over all the previous. That is the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kpandai seat case has reached the Supreme Court after the High Court in Tamale annulled Nyindam\u2019s 2024 parliamentary victory and ordered a rerun. <\/p>\n

Mr Nyindam is seeking to overturn that ruling, arguing that the court acted outside its jurisdiction because the petition was supposedly filed late. <\/p>\n

Mr Dafeamekpor disagrees and says the High Court acted correctly because the petition relied on the only Gazette that holds legal weight.<\/p>\n

He maintained that the NDC\u2019s position is grounded in clear constitutional procedure and that the facts show the petition was properly lodged. <\/p>\n

For him, the Supreme Court challenge does not change the essential point. \u201cWe were within time,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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