Ghana Does Not Need A Fifth Republican Constitution | Politics

The Progressive Peoples Party(PPP) has watched, listened and analyzed the current occasions within the Country because it pertains to the current deadlock in Government and have the next to contribute.

The Progressive Peoples Party have argued that Members of Parliament shouldn't develop into appointees of the Executive as Ministers of State, Members of Government Boards or holders of every other public workplace. We ought to amend article 78 and forestall Ministers from turning into MPs and vice versa. Strict separation of the Executive from the Legislature will enhance our Governance system. We are of the view that this may strengthen Parliament's potential to verify the extreme powers of the Executive as exist within the present Constitution. People contest to develop into Members of Parliament solely to catch the attention of the Executive to realize an appointment to carry workplaces. The actual work of Parliament then turns into a secondary matter.

This view has been shared by many together with the Present Speaker of Parliament Rt. Honorable Albin Bagbin, Immediate previous Speaker, Honorable Professor Mike Ocquaye, current Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah and Minority Leader, Honorable Haruna Iddrisu, Honorable Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom.

There is a basic acceptance that the system in its current kind doesn't work. It can be routine for the Executive to respect the Legislature in determination making and guarantee good governance for the individuals when article 78 is amended. This has not been the case because the Executive continues to have its method with none significant opposition from Parliament as an entire with specific reference to the Majority. The Majority leader is appointed by the President as a Minister for Parliamentary affairs. How can he pose as an actual impartial leader in opposition to Government affairs for which he is part of and sits in cupboard. This is an anomaly.

It takes extraordinary moments in time for Parliamentarians (as a collective) to develop into awaken to their obligations of checking the excesses of the Executive.

Case in level is a current pronouncement by “80 majority members” giving ultimatum to President Nana Akuffo Addo to sack the Finance Minister and Minister of State on the Ministry of Finance. They state that the President should sack his cousin the Finance Minister for mismanaging the financial system of Ghana amongst different fees. Failure to take action, the group declare they won't approve issues referring to Government enterprise and subsequently the funds. Is it as a result of the manager has not listened nor accepted an earlier name from similar majority facet of Parliament for the President to reshuffle his Ministerial crew together with the Finance Minister?

The PPP want to remind Ghanaians that such a scenario occurred in the course of the Third Republican Parliament of Ghana in 1980. The then Parliament refused to go a funds introduced by Professor George Benneh, the then Minister for Finance beneath Hilla Limann's PNP Administration. Parliament was made up of 140 members. The PNP had 71 seats, PFP 42 seats, UNC 13 seats, ACP 10 seats, SDF 3 seats and 1 Independent candidate. (Notice how Ghanaians had been extra tolerated of different political events. To be revisited at one other time). The whole seats in opposition had been 69 seats. Clearly, the bulk had the numbers to go the funds. However, the funds introduced was rejected by Parliament.

The rejection of that funds set sail a sequence of unfavourable actions which introduced additional hardship on Ghanaians till we entered into the 4th Republican Constitution.

The PPP want to remind Ghanaians that the Constitution must be reviewed to restrict the unbridled energy of the Executive. It may also permit Leaders to take choices early sufficient as to not put us at harmful crossroads.

Failure to take care of the current deadlock in a well timed method can take Ghana down a really darkish and harmful street. Ghana doesn't want a fifth Republican Constitution.