President-elect John Dramani Mahama says he intends to as part of his first actions hold a National Validation Conference on constitutional review to relook at the work of the defunct Constitutional Review Commission.
The essence, according to Mahama, is to offer an opportunity for amendments that will seek a clear-cut mandate of the various arms of government and equally give dignity and power to Ghanaians.
The Constitution Review Commission, a presidential Commission of Inquiry, was set up in January 2010 and commissioned in 2012 to consult with the people of Ghana on the operation of the 1992 Constitution and on any changes that need to be made to the Constitution.
The Commission was also tasked to present a draft bill for the amendment of the Constitution in the event that any changes are warranted.
This followed concerns over the constitution which many spoke about, saying several of the provisions, according to governance experts and general pubic alike, have outlived their usefulness.
As a growing democracy, many believe the PNDC Law 1992 does not serve its intended purpose and needs an overhaul, the reason the late President, John Evans Atta Mills, constituted a Commission to review the document.
However, the report of the Commission since it’s completion, has been abandoned by various governments.
But speaking at a courtesy call by the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Church Monday, December 16, 2024, to congratulate him on his election victory, John Mahama said revisiting the report of the Constitutional Review Commission will be one of the first things he would do after he’s sworn in.
“One of the first things I want do is to relook at the work of the constitutional review committee. We will hold a national validation conference and relook at things we flagged and if it’s still needs change. For example the role of the speaker so the impasse between the speaker and the SC, then we know really what the mandate of the speaker is,” he stated.
