Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has defended the Clerk to Parliament over the debatable letter mentioning the Kpandai seat vacant, insisting the Clerk acted strictly inside the legislation.

Speaking at the Joy Super Morning Show on Tuesday, Mahama Ayariga stated the Minority’s try to block debate within the chamber in the long run labored in opposition to their very own pursuits.

According to him, the legislation is apparent that after a courtroom orders a rerun of an election, the Clerk is remitted to inform the Electoral Commission (EC), except a courtroom order is in position to stick the judgment.

“What I know is that as the law is, the Clerk acted properly within the law. He cannot be faulted,” he stated. “Once you don’t have an order of the court saying that its judgment should be stayed, the time keeps running. And as we speak, the Clerk, having communicated to the Electoral Commission, the 30 days have started running.”

He argued that the chaos that erupted in Parliament on Tuesday will have been have shyed away from if MPs had allowed a right kind dialogue at the ground to allow the Speaker to provide a ruling.

Instead, he stated, the Minority disrupted court cases and blocked him from explaining the prison place.

“What the Speaker actually meant was that we should have allowed a discussion in the chamber in an atmosphere that would enable him to give a ruling. They prevented that from happening,” he stated, including that “they are the ones who have suffered the legal consequences.”

Parliament descended into confusion on Tuesday night time after Minority MPs demanded an adjournment following Speaker Alban Bagbin’s resolution to defer his ruling at the Kpandai seat topic.

Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh insisted no govt trade must proceed till the problem was once resolved.

But Speaker Bagbin dominated after a voice vote that court cases would proceed, prompting Minority MPs to chant and try to disrupt the sitting.

The pressure follows a letter dated December 4, 2025, by which the Clerk to Parliament officially notified EC Chairperson Jean Mensa of a emptiness within the Kpandai Constituency.

The notification was once issued after a High Court ordered a rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election within the house.

Mahama Ayariga, who represents Bawku Central at the NDC price tag, stated the Majority had each proper to shield their candidate, simply because the Minority had in the past accomplished in an identical cases.

“They must be seen fighting for their own. They have forgotten that the person Nyindam defeated is also an NDC person, so we also have a stake in fighting for our own,” he stated.

“If you feel you should fight for your own, you think we shouldn’t be fighting for ours? How unreasonable could you be—especially when the law is on our side?”

He warned that combating open debate on prison issues in Parliament would undermine the rustic’s democratic foundations.

“If we start allowing that, then we’ll be destroying the democracy,” he stated.

The EC is anticipated to factor additional directives as arrangements start for the ordered rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election.

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