The Minority in Parliament is urging the House to immediately retract the letter sent to the Electoral Commission announcing that the Kpandai parliamentary seat has become vacant.
According to the caucus, the notice was issued at a time when crucial legal processes challenging the High Court ruling are still ongoing.
Deputy Minority Leader Patricia Appiagyei told journalists in Parliament on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, that the decision to notify the Electoral Commission was premature because both a stay of execution and a judicial review are before the courts.
She argued that Parliament must not rush ahead of the judicial process in a way that sidelines long-standing parliamentary practice.
She explained that taking such action could distort the balance between Parliament and the Judiciary and could undermine fairness for the people of Kpandai, who are already grappling with uncertainty about their representation.
“If we proceed, we do not wrong Kpandai today, we create a dangerous new rule that could allow any majority to use a first instance ruling to take out an opponent while the appeal process is still active,” she said.
The Minority wants Parliament to hold off on any steps regarding the seat until the appellate processes are fully exhausted.
They believe that a judgment under review cannot be treated as final and that Parliament must protect constitutional order by allowing the courts to conclude their work.
Their concerns follow the Speaker’s declaration of the Kpandai seat as vacant after the Tamale High Court ordered a rerun of the parliamentary election within thirty days.
The legal team of the affected MP, Matthew Nyindam, has already filed an appeal and a judicial review, insisting that the court’s findings should not take effect until the processes are resolved.
