Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has declared that parliamentary candidates whose results were annulled by the Supreme Court on Friday, 27 December 2024, are not eligible to be sworn in as Members of Parliament on 6 January 2025.

He emphasised that the Supreme Court’s decision rendered their declarations invalid and unlawful.

The Supreme Court nullified the re-collated results for the Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Techiman South constituencies, citing irregularities in the Electoral Commission’s re-collation process.

The apex court ruled that the procedure did not meet the required standards of transparency and fairness.

This ruling followed a legal challenge by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against a directive issued by the High Court on 20 December, which instructed the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-collate results in nine disputed constituencies.

The NDC argued that the directive was procedurally flawed and lacked a sound legal basis.

The party maintained that the re-collation exercise undermined the integrity of the electoral process and exceeded the High Court’s jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court’s ruling vindicated the NDC’s stance, asserting that the re-collation and subsequent declarations were improper and invalid.

Speaking in Parliament on Saturday in Accra, Mr Bagbin noted that the Supreme Court’s decision reinforced his position 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.”