Ghana’s Supreme Court restores NPP’s Parliamentary majority ahead of December election

Ghana’s Supreme Court delivered a pivotal ruling on Tuesday, declaring that the Speaker of Parliament’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant was unconstitutional. This ruling restores the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) majority in the legislature just weeks before the December 7 elections.

The case was brought to the apex court by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the NPP caucus in Parliament, who sought to overturn…