Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye a former Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo has said his last term in Parliament was the worst and most disappointing.
According to the former lawmaker, he was so eager for the term of office to end so that I could walk out.
He asserted that he does not miss Parliament and has no desire to return.
Speaking on GHONE TV, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye stated, “I don’t miss Parliament. Let me be frank with you, my last term in Parliament was the worst and most disappointing time of all the twelve years. I was so eager for the term of office to end so that I could walk out. I’m being honest with you.
This is something I didn’t want to say, but let me say it here. I am one of the few people who have become disillusioned with Parliament because my political aspirations and the principles I have always adhered to were never fulfilled during my time there”.
Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is now the National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) further revealed, “There were so many things I saw in Parliament that were nervy and went against my principles, but I had to be involved, I had to do them because that’s what the structure and the institution demanded.
That internal conflict was sometimes too difficult to suppress. Sometimes I would leave Parliament asking myself so many questions. In the mornings, when dressing up for Parliament, there was always a battle between the spiritual Nii Lante Vanderpuye and the physical Nii Lante Vanderpuye. Should I be going? Is this where I belong? Sitting in the chamber, going through all that, I’d constantly question if I was in the right place. I thought I was prepared for it”.
“My aspirations were not fully met. My interest in becoming a Member of Parliament, and the ideals I had from what I had read about the responsibilities of MPs, was shattered, especially during the eight-year period from 2017 to 2024”, Nii Lante Vanderpuye added.
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My last term in Parliament was disappointing… – Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye (National Coordinator, DRIP)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork#GHOneTV #NewsAlert #StateOfAffairs @_KodjoMensah pic.twitter.com/56XlIjxqOU
— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) May 20, 2025
