Ghana's constitutional review committee meets with minority caucus

The Minority Caucus has pledged to submit a written memorandum to the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) to outline its proposals and positions on issues of constitutional reforms. The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, called on civil society to play its critical watchdog role in national affairs without fear, favour or bias. He was speaking during an engagement with members of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) last Tuesday in Parliament. [ . . . ] The discussions centred on possible areas of constitutional reform, including the partial fusion of membership between Parliament and the Executive, the proposed election of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), political party participation in local government elections, Article 71, the jurisdictions of the Supreme Court and the accountability of security services for human rights violations.
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