Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has clarified that parliamentary candidates whose results were nullified by the Supreme Court on December 27, 2024, will not be sworn in as Members of Parliament on January 6, 2025.
He stated that the Supreme Court’s decision rendered their declarations invalid and unlawful.
The court’s ruling affected the Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Techiman South constituencies, where the re-collated results were annulled due to irregularities in the Electoral Commission’s (EC) process. The apex court found the re-collation lacked the required standards of transparency and fairness.
This judgment followed a legal challenge by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against a High Court directive on December 20, which ordered the EC to re-collate results in nine disputed constituencies.
The NDC contended that the directive was procedurally flawed, lacked legal merit, and undermined the integrity of the electoral process. The Supreme Court upheld this argument, ruling the re-collation exercise improper and invalid.
Speaking in Parliament on Saturday, Mr. Bagbin said the court’s decision aligned with his earlier stance on the matter.
“The decision of the Supreme Court just followed the position I took before they even delivered their decision. To become a member of parliament, you have to be elected by the voter, and you have to be declared by the Electoral Commission,” Bagbin affirmed.
The Supreme Court’s ruling reinforces the importance of electoral accountability and procedural integrity as Ghana navigates its governance transition.
