The Kpandai parliamentary election will be held again within 30 days from today, Monday, November 24, according to an order from the Tamale High Court.
His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange, a High Court judge, made his conclusion because of anomalies in the voting and collation procedures that compromised the validity of the result.
The petition claimed that anomalies in the voting and collation procedures compromised the validity of the result.
Daniel Nsala Wakpal, a former MP and National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Kpandai, filed the lawsuit contesting Matthew Nyindam’s election.
Wakpal claims that the December 7 parliamentary election in the Kpandai constituency was void.
He said that 41 of the 152 polling places in the constituency had errors and inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32(7) and 39(2) Statement of Polls for the Office of Member of Parliament – Pink Sheet).
“The parliamentary election held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 was not conducted in compliance with Regulations 39 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (CI 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 39, and that the said non-compliance affected the results of the elections.” he said.
“The declaration and publication of the parliamentary election results held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 were not made in compliance with Regulations 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 43, and that the said non-compliance affected the entire results of the parliamentary elections in the Kpandai constituency.”
Source: newsthemegh.com