{"id":113019,"date":"2026-01-28T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113019"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:47:40","slug":"just-admit-youve-lost-kpandai-john-darko-tells-ndc-over-review-hints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113019","title":{"rendered":"Just admit you\u2019ve lost Kpandai \u2013 John Darko tells NDC over review hints"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Darko, legal counsel for Matthew Nyindam, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to accept the Supreme Court\u2019s verdict on the Kpandai parliamentary election instead of pursuing a review, saying the party is unlikely to succeed.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews\u2019 The Pulse<\/strong> on Wednesday, Mr Darko expressed surprise at comments by NDC Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Deafeamekpor indicating the party may seek a review of the apex court ruling.<\/p>\n

He added that the threshold to have a Supreme Court review admitted is very high and, in his view, the NDC would not meet it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should just admit that they lost this one, and let\u2019s all work together to build our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His comments come after the NDC insisted that the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to reinstate Matthew Nyindam as Member of Parliament for Kpandai does not close the legal chapter on the constituency\u2019s 2024 parliamentary election and suggested that constitutional and legal avenues remain open.<\/p>\n

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Asked whether the potential review posed any threat to Mr Nyindam\u2019s victory, Mr Darko said: \u201cAbsolutely not at all, we are not threatened. In fact, I know that they won\u2019t file it\u2026 They know that it is just going against time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that a review is not automatic and must demonstrate a significant error in the Supreme Court\u2019s judgment:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, a review is to tell the court that some miscarriage will happen if the judgment is allowed to stand. A review is to say that the judges should have taken into consideration some important statutory provisions and they did not. You are telling the court that if they don\u2019t review the decision, some major problem will happen in terms of legal precedent or jurisdictional error. Unless you can prove any of these, there\u2019s no way the court will even give you the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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