President John Mahama has won the Constitutional Review Committee’s Report, which, amongst different suggestions, suggests extending Ghana’s four-year Presidential time period to 5 years. 

Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, offered the report back to the President on the Presidency in Accra. 

The Committee, which the President inaugurated on nineteenth January, took 11 months to finish its paintings. 

President Mahama, upon receiving the record, introduced that they might identify an Implementation Committee early subsequent yr. 

He famous that some Members of the Constitutional Review Committee can be invited to serve at the Implementation Committee to deliver institutional reminiscence. 

“Our 1992 constitution has served us very well. I mean, it’s been the most durable constitution, but a time comes when you need to look at it and make some adjustments so that it can serve us for an even longer period going into the future,” the President mentioned. 

The President, who thanked individuals of the Constitutional Review Committee for the just right task achieved, additionally suggested them to take a relaxation after operating so onerous for such a lot of months.  

“You can enjoy your Christmas, and as soon as we resume early next year, we’re moving from the constitutional review process into the implementation process,” he mentioned. 

“And so take a rest now, but next year, we might call some of you again to form the Constitutional Review Implementation Committee.” 

The President mentioned for now, the federal government would learn about the record, announcing “I’ve passed it over to the Legal Counsel and the Attorney-General to take a look at it, and we’ll see tips on how to synchronise our perspectives. 

The President mentioned lots of the Committee’s suggestions have been somewhat progressive, including that some have been radical, however he believed they have been within the passion of democracy.  

President Mahama mentioned that, recently, around the West African sub-region, many nations are backsliding on their democratic and constitutional governance, and so this couldn’t have come at a greater time.  

“We, all the Afrobarometer reports, and all the other reports have shown that a lot of our citizens were beginning to lose faith in our democracy, and that is why it is important for us to let them know that democratic governance is still better than any other form of governance,” he mentioned. 

“You may well be fascinated about the romanticism of army governments and all that, however finally, it’s democratic governments that unharness the ingenious doable of other people. 

“If you leave them free, able to express themselves and go about their businesses, it unleashes their creative potential, unlike where decisions have to be taken for everybody.” 

President Mahama mentioned the record had come on the proper time, announcing, “We will implement it in a bipartisan manner. All of us would come together and implement as many of the provisions as possible.” 

Touching at the factor of the Council of State and the giant powers of the President to make appointments, President Mahama mentioned he believed that the Council of State must be given a larger position in the ones appointments to support credibility within the other people appointed to these positions.  

He famous that, after all, the president would nonetheless signal the appointment letters, however the Council of State would continue to spot the individuals to be appointed.  

“On behalf of the people of Ghana, you have done a great service to our nation, and you can be proud of yourselves,” he mentioned. 

The President mentioned he didn’t wish to stay the record a nuclear secret and would have to come to a decision on a date to submit it so Ghanaians may just know its contents. 

Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, the Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, mentioned the record proposed extending Ghana’s four-year Presidential time period limits by way of three hundred and sixty five days to a five-year tenure. 

Other individuals of the Committee are Justice Sophia Adinyira, a former Supreme Court Judge; Professor Kwame Karikari; Mrs Charlotte Osei; Dr Godwin Djokoto; Ibrahim Tanko Amidu; Dr Esi Ansah; and Dr Rainer Akumperigeya. 

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