{"id":113031,"date":"2026-01-28T20:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113031"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:34:29","slug":"kpandai-parliament-must-not-outrun-law-or-create-manufactured-vacancies-minority-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113031","title":{"rendered":"Kpandai: Parliament must not outrun law or create \u2018manufactured vacancies\u2019 \u2013 Minority warns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minority in Parliament has cautioned that Parliament must never act ahead of the law, insisting that administrative decisions should not pre-empt ongoing judicial processes or create what it describes as \u201cmanufactured vacancies\u201d in the House.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Wednesday, January 28, following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn the annulment of the 2024 parliamentary election in Kpandai, the Minority said the ruling offers a sobering lesson to all constitutional actors on the need for restraint and respect for due process.<\/p>\n

\u201cParliament must not move faster than the law; administrative letters must not outrun judicial processes; and no arm of government should lend itself to the creation of manufactured vacancies in the House,\u201d the Minority stressed.<\/p>\n

The comments come after the Supreme Court, by a 4\u20131 majority, quashed the judgment of the Tamale High Court which had purported to annul the election of Matthew Nyindam and ordered a rerun in the Kpandai constituency. <\/p>\n

The apex court held that the election petition was filed outside the strict statutory timelines prescribed by law, thereby stripping the High Court of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

According to the Minority, the ruling not only restores the lawful mandate freely conferred by the people of Kpandai on their Member of Parliament but also reaffirms the primacy of the Constitution, due process and electoral finality in Ghana\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

While welcoming the decision, the Minority criticised what it described as the \u201creckless and constitutionally unsafe\u201d haste with which Parliament, acting through the Clerk, moved to declare the Kpandai seat vacant and notify the Electoral Commission (EC) while live court processes, including applications for stay, were still pending.<\/p>\n

They noted that the letter to the Electoral Commission, issued on the back of a single first-instance High Court judgment, triggered preparations for a December 30, 2025 rerun, plans that were later halted by the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n