'Akufo-Addo’s govt openly raped the constitution without your protest' – Amidu drags Prof H Prempeh

A erstwhile Attorney General and Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has accused Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), of hypocrisy and selective disapproval regarding the Council of State’s relation successful Ghana’s governance.

In an sentiment portion dated May 5, 2025, Amidu, a founding subordinate of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), alleged that Prof Prempeh remained soundless during law violations nether the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration, but is present advocating reforms to the Council of State nether the NDC government.

Referencing the CRC chairman’s caller nationalist statements, wherever Prof Prempeh suggested restructuring the Council of State to code its “structural flaws” and “excessive statesmanlike influence,” Martin Amidu described these suggestions arsenic a “covert effort to hole the minds of citizens” for law amendments that could change the unentrenched provisions of Chapter 9 and perchance impact entrenched provisions successful Chapter 8 of the 1992 Constitution.

In his sentiment piece, Martin Amidu accused Prempeh of treble standards, noting his soundlessness during the Akufo-Addo era.

“John Dramani Mahama’s NDC assumed powerfulness connected 7 January 2025 from Akufo-Addo’s NPP which openly and knowingly raped the constitution without protest, [yet] Kwasi Prempeh present sees his suggestions arsenic endemic sins of the Council of State. This is what is called treble speak!” the erstwhile Attorney General stated.

Amidu further highlighted Prof Prempeh’s acceptance of a “handpicked” assignment to the Law Reform Commission nether Akufo-Addo, contempt his existent disapproval of the council’s assignment processes.

He besides questioned the timing of Prof Prempeh’s advocacy, linking it to caller partisan criticisms of the Council of State’s relation successful the removal of the Chief Justice nether Article 146(6) of the Constitution.

He accused the IEA and Prof Prempeh’s Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana) of pursuing a “geopolitical agenda” nether the guise of neutral Civil Society Organisations, suggesting their actions are strategically aimed astatine undermining the NDC up of the 2028 Election.

“The NDC has chosen to utilise the four-year word of President John Dramani Mahama to sup with the devil by appointing Henry Kwasi Prempeh of the CDD-Ghana to seat its CRC. I lone commune that the NDC has a agelong spoon,” helium warned the NDC against aligning with Prempeh.

Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, a ineligible student and Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), was appointed by President John Dramani Mahama connected January 19, 2025, to seat the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC).

The eight-member committee, inaugurated connected January 30, 2025, was tasked with reviewing Ghana’s 1992 Constitution, identifying gaps from erstwhile reviews (2010 and 2023), engaging stakeholders, and recommending amendments to heighten antiauthoritarian governance wrong 5 months.

Professor Kwasi Prempeh, pursuing his appointment, lauded President Mahama's determination arsenic a awesome of a committedness to impartial reforms and described arsenic statesmanlike connected the portion of the president to name him, a non-NDC subordinate and vocal professional of the president's anterior administration.

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