The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has reaffirmed the celebration’s unwavering dedication to contest the impending re-run of the Kpandai Parliamentary seat, without reference to the result of the present prison complaints.

This comes amid controversy surrounding a letter issued by way of the Parliamentary Service to the Electoral Commission (EC), which showed a emptiness within the Kpandai seat.

The letter, signed by way of the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, adopted a High Court ruling that ordered a re-run of the 2024 Parliamentary Election within the constituency.

The notification induced the executive steps against a by-election.

However, the motion has sparked backlash from the Minority Caucus, which has referred to as for the instant withdrawal of the letter, describing it as illegal and procedurally mistaken.

They argue that Parliament does now not have the authority to claim the seat vacant, in particular when the court docket’s ruling best referred to as for a re-run and didn’t nullify the sitting MP’s mandate.

Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen programme on Thursday, December 11, Mr. Kodua Frimpong famous that the NPP would contest the by-election in Kpandai, regardless of the overall ruling within the court docket case.

He drew at the celebration’s historical past of resilience, pointing out that the NPP had by no means faltered, even in difficult occasions.

“Even in 1992, we didn’t have a unmarried seat in Parliament, however the NPP by no means collapsed,” Frimpong mentioned.

“We shall cross to court docket, however in case the court docket laws out our petition, we will be able to contest the Kpandai parliamentary re-run.”

He emphasized that the NPP’s choice to contest the election would now not be influenced by way of any exterior elements and that they’d now not engaged with the Electoral Commission in any method that may undermine the equity of the method.

“There hasn’t been any engagement with the Electoral Commission to ‘cheat,'” he mentioned. “We will nonetheless contest so far as the court docket laws that there must be a re-run. It is an election, and we will do all we want to do as a celebration to contest it.”

The General Secretary emphasized the celebration’s dedication to the democratic procedure and to accepting the result of the election, without reference to the result.

“Whatever the result could also be, we’d settle for it,” he mentioned. “That might not be the tip of the celebration.”

Meanwhile, The Electoral Commission (EC) has introduced a rerun of the Kpandai Constituency Parliamentary Election, scheduled for Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

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