The Majority has requested that the Speaker of Parliament reconvene the House before the end of November.
In a memo to the Speaker, Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated that this would enable the House to consider some critical matters essential to the government's operations. "I must emphasise, respectfully, that these are high-priority businesses for Government," the legislator added.
He told the Speaker that "the Sixth Meeting of the Fourth Session of Parliament which was scheduled to take place on 7th November, 2024 adjourned without any consideration of Government Business." Read also: Supreme Court rules: Speaker's declaration of four seats vacant is unconstitutional "Mr Speaker may recall that there were a number of urgent Government Business that had been advertised and scheduled to be carried out prior to the adjournment of the House." The Majority Leader stressed that a reconvening will "demonstrate that, even as we approach the peak of the electoral season, Parliament remains steadfast in its constitutional duties and committed to advancing the national interest through bipartisan cooperation." This comes a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the Speaker's declaration of four seats as vacant is unconstitutional.
At a brief sitting on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo said the Speaker's declaration cannot hold Background On 17 October 2024, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, declared four parliamentary seats vacant with just two months remaining until the election in December.