Former President has, for the first time, responded to the Supreme Court's ruling on an application by Speaker of , which challenged the court's order for him to stay his declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant.
Speaking at a campaign event in the Oti Region on November 7, 2024, Mahama, also the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate for the upcoming general election, criticized the Supreme Court for its reasoning behind dismissing the Speaker's application.
He expressed particular dismay over the court's justification that the Speaker's declaration cannot stand until a substantive case before it is resolved, as it would infringe on the rights of Ghanaians who would otherwise lack representation in .
Mahama highlighted what he sees as inconsistency in the judiciary, pointing to the unaddressed cases of the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lipke, and Lolobi (SALL), who have lacked parliamentary representation since the 8th began, and the people of Assin North, who were similarly without representation for about two years. "You see what goes around comes around.