By Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei
Legal practitioner Charles Bawa-Dua has said the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the Kpandai parliamentary rerun ordered by the Tamale High Court was based on legal procedure, not allegations of campaigning.
Speaking on GTV’s Current Agenda on December 20, 2025, Mr Bawa-Dua explained that the Supreme Court made no pronouncement suggesting that campaigning had taken place. Instead, the court directed that the rerun election be suspended pending further consideration of the matter.
He said the Supreme Court has scheduled January 13 to sit and review all the processes before it. According to him, the court may on that date hear the applications before it and possibly take a final decision, depending on the outcome of the proceedings.
Mr Bawa-Dua stressed that the central issue before the court is to ensure that the people of the constituency are properly represented in Parliament, strictly within the framework of the law governing elections. He noted that elections must meet the required legal thresholds and that any decision to order a rerun from specific registration centres must be legally justified.
He added that if the legal grounds for the rerun fail to meet the required standards, the suspension of the election will remain in force. He said the Supreme Court’s ruling will ultimately clarify the legality of the Tamale High Court’s decision.
Mr Bawa-Dua concluded that all parties are now awaiting the Supreme Court’s determination, as well as the outcome of the processes initiated at the Tamale High Court.
