Ghana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the parliamentary speaker's declaration of four seats as vacant was unconstitutional, effectively restoring the ruling party’s majority in the legislature ahead of the Dec.

Ghana’s Supreme Court reinstated the governing party’s majority in parliament, overruling a decision by the house’s speaker to declare four seats vacant.

Ghana's Supreme Court ruled that the Speaker's declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant was unconstitutional, restoring the New Patriotic Party's majority ahead of the December 7 election. The decision shifts the parliamentary majority back,