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Amending the Constitution of Ghana: Is the Imperial President Trespassing? – A Rejoinder

Amending the Constitution of Ghana: Is the Imperial President Trespassing? – A Rejoinder ERNEST KOFI ABOTSI ∗ Ghana’s 1992 Constitution is up for review following the establishment of a Constitution Review Commission.1 The commission’s work and mandate are spelt out in a Constitutional Instrument which inter alia charges it to submit proposals for the intended review of the constitution.2 While some have doubted the need for a review of the constitution generally, others have criticised the propriety of the process adopted for the review exercise.3 Needless to say, these differences ∗ LLB, BL (Ghana), LLM (Harvard). Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and lead counsel to the Constitution Review Commission. 1 See EI 61(2010). Since the commencement of the current constitutional regime, numerous calls have been made by various persons and institutions for the review of aspects of the constitution that may not be working. It is significant then that in the run up to the 2008 general elections in Ghana, nearly all the major political parties made it a part of their campaign promises to initiate processes for a possible review of the constitution once elected. See also Walter Bledge, ‘Amend the Constitution to Enable Government Intervene Swiftly in Chieftaincy Matters’, available at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of International and Comparative Law Edinburgh University Press

Amending the Constitution of Ghana: Is the Imperial President Trespassing? – A Rejoinder

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Edinburgh University Press
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© Edinburgh University Press 2012
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Recent developments - Actualités; African Studies
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0954-8890
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1755-1609
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10.3366/ajicl.2012.0026
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ERNEST KOFI ABOTSI ∗ Ghana’s 1992 Constitution is up for review following the establishment of a Constitution Review Commission.1 The commission’s work and mandate are spelt out in a Constitutional Instrument which inter alia charges it to submit proposals for the intended review of the constitution.2 While some have doubted the need for a review of the constitution generally, others have criticised the propriety of the process adopted for the review exercise.3 Needless to say, these differences ∗ LLB, BL (Ghana), LLM (Harvard). Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and lead counsel to the Constitution Review Commission. 1 See EI 61(2010). Since the commencement of the current constitutional regime, numerous calls have been made by various persons and institutions for the review of aspects of the constitution that may not be working. It is significant then that in the run up to the 2008 general elections in Ghana, nearly all the major political parties made it a part of their campaign promises to initiate processes for a possible review of the constitution once elected. See also Walter Bledge, ‘Amend the Constitution to Enable Government Intervene Swiftly in Chieftaincy Matters’, available at

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African Journal of International and Comparative Law – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Feb 1, 2012

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