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Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, has explained that the review of the 1992 Constitution evolved into an extensive national exercise after initial timelines proved unrealistic.
Speaking on JoyNews monitored by MyNewsGh, Prof Prempeh said the committee was inaugurated on January 29 with an expectation of completing its work within months.
“The first time I heard the timeline, it was about three months, and we said no, that’s not possible,” he said. Even an extended seven-month window later turned out to be overly optimistic.
He explained that the committee was required to build on earlier constitutional review efforts rather than start afresh.
“We were essentially the last lap of a relay,” he said, noting that the work examined previous reports, including those by Prof Albert Fiadjoe and Justice Clara Kasser-Tee, alongside Ghana’s constitutional history.
However, Prof Prempeh stressed that the mandate went beyond desk research.
“They also asked us to go back to Ghanaians and see whether the views expressed in 2011 still reflected how people think today,” he said.
According to him, demographic changes, the rise of social media, and new civic experiences made fresh engagement unavoidable.
“A lot has changed. We’ve moved from millennials to Gen Z, and citizens now engage very differently,” he explained.
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