Story: Franklin Asare-Donkoh
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that his government is in the process of re-introducing a Constitutional Amendment to repeal Article 55 of the 1992 Republican Constitution.
According to him, his office is in consultation with other stakeholders on the Constitutional Amendment.
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President Akufo-Addo gave the hint during an Address to the Nation on the 30th Anniversary of the 1992 Constitution, on Thursday, 28 April. 2022.
He said if required, the 1992 Constitution should be amended to meet the needs of contemporary and future times.
“The Constitution is a living document and so whenever circumstances require, we should be prepared to make the necessary amendments to affect the needs of contemporary future times,” President Akufo-Addo reiterated.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his February 8, 2018 Message on the State of the Nation to Parliament announced that Article 55 – an entrenched provision of the 1992 Constitution should be amended in order to allow for Political Parties to participate in decentralized local governance.
This will enable the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and membership of MMDAs, as well as sub-district structures, to be elected on a Multiparty basis.
Currently, Political Parties are constitutionally debarred from participating in district-level elections (DLEs).
The amendment of Article 55 has been limited to the election of MMDCEs, membership of MMDAs, and sub-district structures such as Unit Committees which is only covered in Clause 3 of Article 55.
However, Article 55 has 17 clauses and covers Political Parties in Ghana.
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