A private legal practitioner and a one-time President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Sam Okudzeto, has highlighted the crucial role of the judiciary in interpreting the law.
According to him, "Parliament makes the law but Parliament doesn't interpret the law." His comments come in the wake of the confusion over the leadership composition of Parliament after Speaker Alban Bagbin declared four parliamentary seats vacant on Thursday, October 17.
Three of the affected seats belong to the NPP, with the fourth held by the NDC.
The decision therefore engendered a new leadership crisis in Parliament, with the NDC which has been the Minority now claiming to be in the Majority with 136 seats against the NPP's 135.