On Friday 4th April 2025, the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) presented its Memorandum on proposals for constitutional amendments and Institutional reforms to the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) at its sitting in Accra.
IDEG’s memorandum focuses on reforms in the areas of Local Governance, Political Parties, Public Service and Public Enterprise.
The memorandum was received by Prof. Kwesi Prempeh, Chairman of the CRC.
The CRC is currently engaging with citizens, institutions and organizations on their views and recommendations for amendments of Ghana’s 1992 constitution.
Receiving the proposals, Prof. Kwesi Prempeh acknowledged IDEG’s untiring work in the areas of research, advocacy, policy development, good governance and healthy democratic practices over the years. He expressed gratitude to IDEG for its participation and contributions to the work of the CRC and the process for constitutional amendments.
In fulfillment of his campaign promise to see through the implementation of the constitutional review process, President John Dramani Mahama established in January, a Constitution Review Committee to undertake the exercise with a six month timeline to submit recommendations to government.
The committee is expected to identify and address the gaps in, and the challenges with the implementation of previous constitutional review works done by the 2010 Constitution Review Commission and the 2023 Constitution Review Consultative Committee.
