Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has labelled Ghana’s judiciary a kangaroo judicial system following the Tamale High Court’s ordering a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election.
The minority leader launched a scathing attack on a Tamale High Court Judge, Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange, over his decision for a rerun in the Kpandai.
The minority leader has alleged that Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange concluded with the NDC candidate and his supporters, as they were aware of the judgment before the day.
Afenyo-Markin quizzed the kind of kangaroo judicial system Ghana now has as the judge walked out, claiming that his judgment would be ready on Friday; however, in less than 24 hours, a court order was being sent to Parliament and Honourable Nyindam.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the minority is not will not mince words as they are not afraid and are ready to be in Nsawam over contempt of court accusations.
Speaking to journalists in Parliament on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Afenyo-Markin cried out, “He’s fixed a date for judgment, no matter what; he’s supposed to deliver a judgment, yet he decided to stay away from determining the matter because a party decided belatedly to file a notice of withdrawal of the case”.
“The NDC candidate and his supporters were aware of the judgment before the day, to the extent that on the day of the set judgment, the regional minister led a team of NDC party faithfuls into the courtroom, anticipating the expected results, the result that they were going to have judgment in their favour. The judge, who spent minutes, walked out of the courtroom claiming that his judgment would be ready on Friday. Meanwhile, in less than 24 hours, a court order was being sent to Parliament and Honorable Nyindam,” Afenyo-Markin claimed.
He further quizzed,“What kind of kangaroo judicial system do we have now in Ghana?”
“The judiciary must know that their actions and inactions to serve the interests of whoever their paymaster is have the tendency of destroying our peaceful republic,” he said.
“We will not mince words. They can conspire to call us one by one for a so-called contempt of court. We are criticising their shameful conduct. We are not afraid. We are ready to be in Nsawam for their so-called contempt. The world will see their disgraceful conduct. We will not sit aloof and allow them to undermine the very rule of law that they are supposed to protect. How can a judge who calls himself a judge sit in court and misconduct himself in such a manner?” he added.
The minority leader also alleged that Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange handling of the Kpandai election petition amounted to judicial irresponsibility.
He added, “The judgment can only be described as breathtaking in its reach and alarming in its implications. His Lordship Justice Emmanuel Bart Plange Brew has ordered nothing less than a wholesale rerun of the entire Kpandai parliamentary election. This is not routine judicial intervention. This is something far more troubling.
“For a judge to casually void an entire constituency’s election without first ensuring that a complete, reasoned judgment was prepared and published is not merely irregular. It is judicial irresponsibility of the highest order,” he said.
His remarks follow the Tamale High Court’s, on November 24, 2025, ordering the rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election within 30 days.
According to the High Court, the Electoral Commission has within 30 days from today to conduct the rerun.