10 key accusations Martin Amidu levels against Ghana’s constitutional review process

Former Special Prosecutor and respected ineligible fig Martin Amidu has expressed superior concerns regarding Ghana’s ongoing law reappraisal process.

In a scathing critique, helium accuses Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, of pushing a covert docket to change entrenched provisions successful the Constitution, peculiarly those related to the Council of State.

Amidu argues that the reappraisal is not a genuine effort astatine betterment but a partisan maneuver, allegedly supported by ideologically driven deliberation tanks.

Here are 10 cardinal accusations from Amidu's explosive write-up:

Hidden Agenda Behind the Review

Amidu claims Henry Kwasi Prempeh is utilizing the law reappraisal arsenic a smokescreen to beforehand idiosyncratic reforms targeting the Council of State, nether the guise of nationalist interest.

Advocacy for Restructuring, Not Abolition

He alleges that Prempeh promotes a “middle ground” attack that preserves the Council of State but restructures it, what Amidu sees arsenic intelligence groundwork to warrant law amendments.

Preparation for a Referendum?

Amidu warns that the eventual extremity whitethorn beryllium to amend entrenched clauses, a determination that would necessitate a nationalist referendum, a governmental gamble helium argues the absorption National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot spend to lose.

Questioning the Neutrality of IEA and CDD-Ghana

He casts uncertainty connected the impartiality of deliberation tanks similar the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), describing them arsenic foreign-aligned and historically captious of the NDC.

Prempeh’s Inconsistent Stance

Amidu accuses Prempeh of hypocrisy, noting that portion helium erstwhile served nether the Council of State during the Kufuor administration, helium present leads efforts to restructure oregon diminish that aforesaid body.

Double Standards connected Partisanship

He alleges that Prempeh and his civilian nine allies often knock NDC-linked appointees for partisanship portion overlooking akin affiliations wrong their ain circles.

Foreign Influence Alleged

Amidu contends that overseas interests whitethorn beryllium swaying the law reappraisal done backing and ideological power connected institutions similar CDD-Ghana, perchance steering Ghana’s antiauthoritarian evolution.

Timing and Motivation Under Scrutiny

He questions the abrupt urgency of the review, suggesting it is strategically timed to payment the existent authorities oregon its allies up of the 2024 wide elections.

Undermining Constitutional Safeguards

Amidu argues that blurring the enactment betwixt entrenched and unentrenched clauses dilutes the Constitution’s integrity and weakens its strategy of checks and balances.

Call for National Vigilance

He concludes with a beardown entreaty to Ghanaians peculiarly the absorption and civilian nine groups to stay vigilant and guarantee that the law reappraisal does not go a backdoor for governmental manipulation.