Mahama receives Constitution Review Committee’s final report

The Constitution Review Committee has presented its final report to President John Dramani Mahama.

The committee, chaired by Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), was mandated to review the 1992 Constitution and propose reforms to strengthen Ghana’s democratic governance framework.

The presentation of the report brings to a close several months of nationwide consultations and technical analysis conducted by the eight-member committee.

Among other things, the committee has proposed that the legislature be separated from the executive. The committee also noted that there’s no constitutional provision for a third term for a President.

It also proposed the extension of the four-year term in office of the President to five years.

Other members of the committee include Justice Sophia Adinyira, a retired Supreme Court Justice; Professor Kwame Karikari; former Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei; Dr Godwin Djokoto; Ibrahim Tanko Amidu; Dr Esi Ansah; and Dr Rainer Akumperigeya.

By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH