The Vice President and NPP Flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reminded the opposition NDC that parliamentary majorities are secured through victories at the polling stations within constituencies, not fabricated in Parliament.
Parliament witnessed drama on Thursday, October 17, 2024, when the Speaker declared vacant four seats held by MPs contesting the 2024 election on different party tickets. This move reduced the NPP’s seat count, granting the NDC a majority.
However, within 24 hours, the Supreme Court granted the NPP’s application for a stay of execution, pending a ruling on the interpretation of the article the Speaker had sought to enforce.
In response to the development that nullified the Speaker’s ruling, Dr. Bawumia mocked the NDC Caucus for holding the majority status for “only 24 hours,” emphasizing that a parliamentary majority “cannot be fabricated” within Parliament.
A few days ago, they took action in Parliament and declared themselves the majority side
Regardless, they only held the majority for 24 hours. It was a 24-hour majority—brief and fleeting. The shortest-lived majority I’ve ever known in history
The NPP Flagbearer went on to remind the NDC that parliamentary majorities are won at the polling stations. He emphasized that the NPP is determined to secure a “decisive parliamentary majority” in December through victories at the polling stations.
They need to understand that if they want a majority, they must head to the polling stations. Go to the constituencies, win the election, and then claim it in Parliament. You can’t sit in Parliament and fabricate a majority for yourself
We will face them in the constituencies and at the polling stations. What I can assure you is this—having visited over 200 constituencies, campaigned on the ground, and reviewed the data—I can confidently say that if elections were held today, the NPP would secure a decisive majority in Parliament. There’s no question about it. If the elections were today, the NPP wouldn’t just win a majority, but a decisive majority in Parliament
Dr. Bawumia called on the members and supporters of the New Patriotic Party to remain united and continue working diligently to secure victory in December.
The election is not today. It is on December 7, and if it continues like this and we all come together, by midnight on December 7, all of you will hear that the NPP has a decisive majority in Parliament. We will win at the polling stations
