The Member of Parliament, MP, for Sunyani East, Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh has added his voice to calls for the review of the 1992 constitution.
He said the country needs a constitution that discourages the winner takes all system and encourages collaboration, cooperation, collectiveness and the building of consensus during decision making at all levels.
He made the call during a mock parliament held at the auditorium of the Sunyani Technical University.
The Parliamentary Service organized the session as part of activities to commemorate 30 years of uninterrupted parliamentary democracy in the country on the theme: “Thirty years of Parliamentary Democracy, Under the Fourth Republic: The Journey So Far.” Mr. Ameyaw-Cheremeh, who is also the Board Chairman of the Bui Power Authority, indicated that some of the provisions, assumptions and views in the constitution are not supported by the current socio-political and economic realities.
According to him, the country is still grappling with issues of poverty, corruption and unemployment in the 30 years of the nation’s democracy.
He stressed the need for collective engagements to review the Constitution for it to stand the test of time.
SOURCE: GNA
