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.Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin made the declaration last month after two New Patriotic Party members filed with the elections agency to alter their party status before the Dec.

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.