The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has indicated that the 1992 constitution has many defects. Mr Bagbin says the time to fix those defects has been long overdue. He was speaking at the University of Ghana (UG) Alumni Lecture on the theme: “30 Years of Parliamentary Democracy: The Journey Thus Far,” in Accra on Thursday.
The focus of the first brains behind drafting this constitution was to achieve political stability. If my guess is right, I must admit we have succeeded in doing just that at the expense of development. We now have to move on to focus on development. I don’t need to call on, but we must take up a constitutional transformation.”
“I agree with Ghanaians who say that there is nothing to reform. We have to transform everything. This constitution has many defects and the time to fix those defects has been long overdue. While there are too many defects, I will just highlight three of them that have impacted the work of parliament. One is the excessive executive power,” he stated.
By: Laud Nartey
