Former Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has voiced his surprise that the Supreme Court had to intervene to halt preparations for the Kpandai parliamentary rerun, despite ongoing legal challenges to the High Court’s decision to annul the 2024 election.

Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile programme on Saturday, December 20, Mr. Tuah-Yeboah stated that proceeding with plans for the rerun while appeals were still pending raised significant constitutional and procedural concerns.

He argued that common sense and respect for due process should have prompted a suspension of all processes long before the Supreme Court’s involvement. “I’m honestly surprised that it took the Supreme Court to halt all the other processes,” he said. “Once the matter had moved beyond the High Court and was clearly headed to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, common sense and respect for due process should have dictated that everything else be suspended.”

His comments came after the Supreme Court unanimously directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to freeze all activities related to the Kpandai rerun, initially scheduled for December 30, 2025. The order remains in effect pending the determination of an application to overturn the High Court’s judgment.

Mr. Tuah-Yeboah emphasized that continuing with the rerun amidst unresolved appeals risked creating unnecessary legal and administrative complications. “If the Supreme Court eventually overturns the High Court decision, then all the steps taken towards a rerun would have been in vain, and that is not how electoral justice should be managed,” he cautioned.

He further noted that the Supreme Court’s intervention, while necessary, highlights fundamental constitutional questions regarding jurisdiction, timing, and the protection of electoral rights. The EC, he stressed, is rightly restrained from further action until the matter is revisited on January 13, 2026, adding that institutions must demonstrate restraint when election disputes are before the courts.

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