The Minority in Parliament has accused the Tamale High Court of obstructing the appeal process in the Kpandai election dispute after the presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Bart Plange Brew, failed to release the written judgment that nullified the constituency’s 2024 parliamentary results.
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin said the judge had assured parties in open court that the full, reasoned judgment would be made available on Friday, November 28, 2025, but the deadline passed without explanation.
The concerns were outlined in a statement the Minority issued on Facebook on Monday, December 1, 2025.
According to the Minority, the written judgment is crucial for Mathew Nyindam, the declared winner of the 2024 Kpandai parliamentary election, to properly challenge the High Court’s ruling at the Court of Appeal.
Justice Plange Brew last week annulled the entire Kpandai parliamentary results and ordered fresh elections within 30 days—a decision that immediately raised questions from the Minority. They argued that cancelling results from all 152 polling stations was unprecedented, especially since the original petition contested outcomes from only 41 stations.
The Minority says the situation has become even more troubling because the judge has neither released the written reasons for his ruling nor responded to two formal requests from Nyindam’s legal team, filed on November 24 and 28, seeking a certified copy of the judgment.
“This is no longer a mere delay. It is paralysis of the appellate process by the very court whose order is under challenge,” Afenyo-Markin stated.
He noted that without the written ruling, Nyindam cannot proceed with his appeal, the Electoral Commission cannot fully comply with the 30-day directive, and the public remains uninformed about the constitutional basis for voiding an entire parliamentary election.
Afenyo-Markin warned that the delay undermines transparency, due process and judicial integrity, particularly because the ruling affects parliamentary composition and removes a sitting MP from office without providing the legal justification.
He urged Justice Plange Brew to immediately release the judgment and address the outstanding applications, stressing that “our constitutional democracy cannot function on unexplained directives.”
Nyindam has filed a notice of appeal and applied for a stay of execution of the High Court’s order, but both processes remain stalled until the written judgment is made available.
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