The fundamental change we need to realize our potential

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• Egya 10 years ago

  We must all get involved to make this change started - non partisan with only Ghana's interest in mind

  We must all get involved to make this change started - non partisan with only Ghana's interest in mind

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• Reshuffle The Deck 10 years ago

  Separation of powers and checks and balances:
  
  We are agreed on the need to strengthen Parliament by removing members of the Executive from the Legislature and giving them the right to introduce bills without any encumbranc ...
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  Separation of powers and checks and balances:
  
  We are agreed on the need to strengthen Parliament by removing members of the Executive from the Legislature and giving them the right to introduce bills without any encumbrance.
  
  Professor Adei shares the belief of many Ghanaians that it is necessary to decouple the Executive and the Legislative arms of government as a means to strengthening governance.
  
  
  Indeed the Manifesto the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) took to the 2012 elections, stated,
  “Strengthen Parliament to perform its legislative duties effectively.
  
  
  Sponsor changing the Constitution to abolish the provision that allows Ministers of State to also serve as Members of Parliament. We believe that this move will make available for governance a large pool of qualified, experienced Ghanaian talent whose expertise is currently unused and therefore lost to Ghana. This we will aim to complete in one term of office.
  
  
  Concurrent with this objective will be a solid determination to give Parliament the facilities and resources needed to pass good laws and scrutinize the proposals submitted by the Executive effectively.”
  Many agreed with Professor Adei when he said, “We must work to promote the strengthening of governance institutions especially the judiciary.
  
  
  We have to deal with anti-corruption institutions and the separation of powers between the executive and the legislature,”
  
  
  
  he said. “The legislature is subservient to the executive because the majority leader has always made a part of the executive so how can he lead his section to scrutinize policies and laws he has been part of in bringing…
  
  
  
  We need a constitutional amendment to make sure that no one in parliament sits in the cabinet. The worst part is that the General Secretaries and Chairmen also sit in cabinet.”
  
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  Things we need to amend in the constitution:
  
  1. Electoral disputes must be resolved before inauguration, i.e. days or week by the supreme court, finished.
  
  2. President must pay tax to set a good example for the citizenry.
  
  3. Right To Information Act is a must.
  
  4. Decouple Ministry of Justice from Attorney General's office.
  
  5. Transparency and assets declaration enforcement in the digital age is a must.
  
  6. Electoral campaign finance Act; tired of best elections money can buy or election for sale. That's the genesis of all corruption.
  
  7. Election across the board of all local governance representatives, i.e. district assembly members, MMDCEs etc, is a must instead of appointing.
  
  8. Abolish appointing 50% of cabinet from parliament and let's have the person contesting for the highest office in the land declare his/her health status before filing to contest or during the filing, and annually or bi-annually if elected to the citizenry.
  
  9. Comprehensive address system is a must as a fulcrum for dev't, period.
  
  10. National permanent records keeping database system is over due!
  
  Anaa?
  
  Tweaaaaa, na give-up!

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• True leadership 10 years ago

  I think we have to have a referendum for Ghanaians to decide the way forward. Asantes never accept the legitimacy of any election unless it leads to the victory of their tribesmen. All they do best is obstruct when they are i ...
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  I think we have to have a referendum for Ghanaians to decide the way forward. Asantes never accept the legitimacy of any election unless it leads to the victory of their tribesmen. All they do best is obstruct when they are in opposition. They can form a state,like Swaziland, and then the Asantehene can ask the prime minister(nana Addo) to form his gov. That's if the Asantes are able to persuade the Akyems and (my misguided) kwahus to join their state.

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