The Northern Regional Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected a High Court ruling ordering a full rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election, describing the decision as a “miscarriage of electoral justice” with serious implications for Ghana’s democracy.
Addressing a press conference in Tamale on Friday, November 28, the regional executives said the ruling delivered on November 24 by His Lordship Justice Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew was flawed because the petition before the court challenged only 41 out of 152 polling stations, yet the judgment annulled the entire constituency’s results.
Delivering the statement at the Regal hotel in Tamale, Yussif Danjumah, N/R NPP communications Director, described the ruling as a complete miscarriage of justice.
“Those who violently disrupted the collation process and destroyed public electoral property have not been prosecuted. Instead, their actions have now been rewarded with a judicial reset of the election.
This sends a catastrophic message: That violence can overturn lawful elections.
“If this precedent is allowed to stand, future electoral contests in Ghana will be endangered. There shall be no lawful rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election under this defective order.
“All appellate legal avenues have already been activated. The mandate of the people of Kpandai shall be defended by every lawful means.”
