BRING THE RERUN! Nyindam Dares NDC After Court Orders Fresh Polls!
According to Mathew Nyindam, the Member of Parliament for Kpandai, he is not concerned about the possibility that the parliamentary election for the seat may be held again if the legal procedure finally necessitates it. The Electoral Commission was ordered by the Tamale High Court on Monday to organize a new election within thirty days. This decision was issued in response to a petition that was filed in order to contest the results of the election that was held on December 7, 2024. His remarks were made in the wake of this judgment. Since that time, Nyindam has filed notices of appeal and a stay of execution in an attempt to prevent the High Court’s ruling from being implemented. In an interview with Citi News, the Kpandai Member of Parliament (MP) maintained that the certified results unequivocally confirm his win and that he remains in possession of the mandate granted to him by his voters. “Based on the information included in the pink sheets, they have acknowledged that each and every pink sheet was sent to every one of the political parties. They own their own, and I possess mine. We have emerged victorious in the elections, provided that you combine all of the outcomes. “I would like to make it clear that I am still their Member of Parliament,” Nyindam said. He went on to say that while he is confident in the validity of his legal challenge, he would cooperate with any and all requests to participate in a rerun should the courts finally decide that one is necessary. Nyindam went on to assert that he was not scared by the efforts of the ruling New Democratic Congress (NDC) to use state institutions in order to remove him from his position. I am not frightened of the same thing happening again. We will not encounter any difficulties in the event that we truly have to flee. However, he said, “there is a problem if you make the decision to pave your way through because you believe that you are in government and you are able to utilize state powers to force people to vote for you.” Following the filing of a challenge by Daniel Nsala Wakpal, a former member of parliament and a parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress, the High Court reached its decision. Wakpal’s petition included allegations that there were anomalies and discrepancies in FORM 8A, which is the Statement of Polls and Declaration of Results for MPs, at 41 out of 152 polling stations in the Kpandai area. According to Wakpal, the integrity of the election, which had pronounced Nyindam the victor, had been damaged by these flaws.
