Chaos Erupts in Parliament Over Vacant Kpandai Seat

Minority Members of Parliament clad in black on Tuesday Dec 9 2025. Photo credit GBC

Accra, Ghana- It was a chaotic scene in Parliament on Tuesday, as Minority Members of Parliament staged a protest over a decision declaring the Kpandai parliamentary seat vacant. The MPs, dressed in black attire and holding placards accompanied with loud chants, brought proceedings to a standstill. They demanded that the Clerk of Parliament withdraw a letter sent to the Electoral Commission (EC) announcing the vacancy.

The protest erupted after news that the Clerk had written to the EC, even though the case over the Kpandai seat is still pending before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

Speaker Alban Bagbin was forced to suspend sitting twice as the chanting MPs refused to allow the House to continue with official business.

The Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, warned that the opposition side would not cooperate with the Majority until the issue was resolved. “Until Kpandai is resolved, we will never cooperate with the Majority,” he said. “Government business will suffer if this constitutional error is not corrected.” The Minority maintains that declaring the seat vacant before the court’s final ruling violates due process.

While the chaos unfolded in Parliament, leaders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held a press conference in Accra to back the Minority’s position. The NPP’s National Organizer, Henry Nana Boakye, sharply criticized the High Court ruling that ordered a rerun of the Kpandai election, describing it as a “constitutional abomination” and “catastrophically dangerous.” “The NPP respects our judges,” he said, “but we cannot accept a verdict that suffocates the law.”

Boakye argued that the court’s decision defied simple logic. He said the NPP candidate had won the Kpandai seat by 3,734 votes, while the petitioner’s complaint involved only 500 disputed ballots. “Five hundred votes cannot conceivably overturn a margin of 3,734,” he said. “This is primary school arithmetic.”

He accused the court of cancelling an election whose result could not have changed, calling it “a dangerous precedent that rewards disorder.”

Nana Boakye alleged that supporters of the opposing side caused violence during vote counting and were now benefitting from their own actions. “The court has taught people that if you are losing an election, create chaos and destroy materials, then run to court to claim your rights,” he said. “An evildoer must never benefit from his evil.”

Nana Boakye said the party has appealed the ruling and vowed to fight it “through every lawful means.” “We will protect the Constitution and the will of the Kpandai people,” he concluded.

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