Constitution review commission proposes limiting size of Ghana's parliament

The Constitutional Review Consultative Committee established by the government has proposed that the size of Parliament be capped. The Committee argues that there must be consequential amendments to Article 93 to ensure that Parliament consists of not more than 277 elected Members. The Committee believes that such a move would see consequential amendments to Article 47 to ensure that Ghana is divided into as many constituencies for the purpose of election of MPs as the Electoral Commission (EC) may prescribe how so but the number of constituencies shall not exceed 277. This was disclosed during a stakeholders’ consultation for possible review of the 1992 Constitution in Parliament in Accra. The Committee also recommended that the size of government be capped and the privilege to appoint Deputy Ministers be expunged.
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