The Member of Parliament for Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region, Hon. Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has hailed the Supreme Court for giving all political parties a one-year ultimatum to prepare for the implementation of a voter system in both presidential and parliamentary elections.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, by a 5–2 majority decision, declared the delegate system used by political parties to elect their presidential and parliamentary candidates unconstitutional and ordered all political parties to replace it with a system that allows all members in good standing to vote in their internal primaries.
The Court further directed political parties to put in place the necessary measures within one year of the judgment to ensure that all eligible members can participate directly in the selection of presidential and parliamentary candidates.
The decision arose from a suit filed by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe and Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah, who challenged the constitutionality of delegate-based primaries, arguing that they disenfranchise ordinary party members and offend the democratic principles enshrined in the 1992 Constitution.
In its judgment, the Court held that the delegate system creates a limited electoral market that is vulnerable to money politics and that opening party primaries to all members in good standing would better promote constitutional democracy, political participation and accountability.
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s judgement in an interview with the media in Parliament, Hon. Adjei-Mensah Korsah, a former Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, stressed that even though the NPP has already elected its Presidential Candidate in the person of Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the party will go by the dictates of the Supreme Court in electing their Parliamentary Candidates if it is unable to hold Parliamentary Primaries before the grace period.
He said the ruling will help all political parties to tidy up their rules of party engagement and ensure they synchronise with the directive from the apex Court.
On whether the judgement will help eliminate the monetisation of politics, Hon. Adjei-Mensah Korsah indicated that it will be difficult to eradicate issues of money in politics but was quick to add that its excessive usage is the problem.
