The Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has expressed optimism about the prospects of achieving comprehensive constitutional reforms, citing increased public engagement and political will as key drivers of the process.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, March 10, 2025, Professor Prempeh highlighted the significant changes in Ghana’s political and social landscape since the last major constitutional review effort in 2010 under the late President John Atta Mills.
Professor Prempeh pointed to increased citizen engagement, the rise of social media, and evolving governance dynamics as factors creating a conducive environment for constitutional reforms.
He noted that Ghanaians are now more vocal and assertive about their views on governance, with a new generation demanding changes to reflect contemporary realities.
“You have a lot of Ghanaians being more engaged, and expressing their views very strongly about the constitution. The nature of the governance of the country has gone through some changes throughout this period. By 2011, the first election petition had not even happened. We have had two since then, we have had a hung parliament, we have had a one-term president, we have had power changes from one party to the other, among others.
“So, I think all of these experiences have created a ground anticipation, demand, and opinion. A new generation has also come of age and they have their own view of how a country is governed. People are much louder because of the access to social media.
“So, all of these put a political pressure on the government. Also, the government made constitutional review part of its campaign agenda. So, the election was fought over resetting and the reset agenda that revealed included resetting the governance of the country. So, there is an expectation and an obligation on the government, having secured this wide mandate, to deliver on the mandate. It appears it has some numbers in parliament with which it could make a move, unlike in the past. But I think there is a unique opportunity that was not there before,” he stated.
