Parliamentary impasse: Ghana’s constitution needs a review – John Mahama

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has described the recent expulsion of four Members of Parliament by Speaker Alban Bagbin as symptomatic of a deepening crisis within Ghana’s political landscape.

Mahama expressed concern over the state of Ghana’s democracy, highlighting the Supreme Court’s recent stay of Speaker Bagbin’s ruling, which led to the indefinite adjournment of Parliament on Tuesday, October 22.

Addressing the 80th anniversary celebration of the St. Joseph the Worker Anglican Church in Accra on Sunday, October 27, Mahama praised Bagbin for his handling of the tense situation in Parliament.

He emphasized the urgency of revisiting Ghana’s constitution to prevent such conflicts in the future, advocating for a more robust governance structure capable of addressing the country’s evolving challenges.

“Recently, you saw what happened in parliament. We almost had a constitutional crisis. But for the mature handling of the Speaker in suspending the House, there could have been a clash between the judiciary and our Parliament. And so our government is in crisis.

“We need to reset, we need to restart, we need to look at our constitution again, we need to revise it and plug the loopholes and make it clearer so that in future we don’t have the kinds of issues that we have. Our attitudes are in crisis.”