The Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has announced that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) minority caucus will not return to Parliament until after the upcoming elections.

This comes after the majority caucus requested a recall of Parliament, following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four seats as vacant.

On November 12, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s challenge, striking down Bagbin’s ruling.

The core issue was Bagbin’s interpretation of Article 97(1)(g) of the Constitution, which he cited to justify the vacant seat declaration.

Afenyo-Markin argued that the Speaker had overstepped by preventing judicial review and halting by-elections in the affected constituencies.

While the Speaker contended that legislative matters should not fall under judicial review, the court rejected his stance.

In a Channel One TV interview, Vanderpuye criticized what he called the "unnecessary spending" by the Majority, stating that the NDC MPs would prioritize election preparations and only return to Parliament after the December elections.

"They should not waste the taxpayers' money by asking us to come to Parliament in the next three weeks. We are not coming. We are concerned about elections, and we shall only come to Parliament after the elections. That should be at the back of their minds," he said in a report by citinewsroom.com.

He emphasised, "We want them to understand one fact that as far as we are concerned, issues about minority or majority are determined by the numbers in the house, so when we resume, the numbers will tell whether we are the majority, or they are the majority. This is not about the Supreme Court.

"…It is not for the NPP or the Supreme Court to define for us who are majority or minority in Ghana's Parliament. We have our own procedures for determining who is a majority or who is a minority. When they were declared majority by Speaker Bagbin, did they go to the Supreme Court to seek that declaration?"