President John Mahama will chair a particular cupboard assembly on Thursday to resolve the federal government’s place on the proposals captured within the constitutional evaluate course of, authorities spokesperson Felix Kweiki Ofosu revealed.
MP Abla Aseb Kwamankesu mentioned in PM Specific, which has but to be aired, {that a} draft opinion has already been ready after in depth consultations by the Lawyer Normal and the President’s authorized workforce.
“On the day this report was submitted, I imagine someday final yr, the President mentioned he had handed it over to the Lawyer Normal and his authorized advisers to contemplate and advise the federal government on what place to tackle the suggestions that had been submitted.
“In order that train has concluded and the draft report has been submitted. Meaning the draft opinion has been submitted to the federal government,” he mentioned.
“Due to this fact, tomorrow, Thursday, Might 14th, a particular cupboard assembly shall be held, chaired by the President himself, to contemplate the draft place paper.”
He mentioned the end result of the convention would decide the federal government’s official place on the suggestions proposed below the constitutional evaluate train.
“We’ll then resolve what actual place we are going to tackle the assorted suggestions,” he mentioned.
Mr. Felix Kweiki Ofosu mentioned the accepted place paper would later be made public in order that Ghanaians might perceive the federal government’s place on the evaluate course of.
“I imagine that shortly thereafter, the cabinet-approved place paper shall be made public in order that Ghanaians will know what the federal government thinks about your complete constitutional evaluate course of,” he added.
He clarified that not like the Fee of Inquiry, the Constitutional Evaluate Fee doesn’t require the publication of a white paper.
“Please observe that this isn’t a committee, so the federal government doesn’t should difficulty a white paper. Usually any committee doing this work would difficulty a white paper, however as a result of this can be a committee, all the federal government can do is difficulty an opinion,” he defined.
Requested by moderator Evans Mensah why the cupboard assembly was being given particular therapy, a authorities spokesperson mentioned the constitutional evaluate course of was the primary purpose for the assembly.
“It is a one-item assembly… There could also be one or two gadgets. However the primary purpose this assembly was known as is that this constitutional evaluate course of,” he mentioned.
He revealed that the federal government is already getting ready to maneuver into the implementation section as soon as the doc is accepted by the Cupboard.
“As soon as the opinion is adopted and accepted, we are going to transfer on to establishing an government committee,” he mentioned.
Felix Kweiki Ofosu additionally mentioned that the federal government would resolve which proposals to undertake, amend or reject.
“So there are some issues that they may advise us to just accept, some issues that they may advise us to vary, and a few issues that we can’t work with due to sure constraints and obstacles, however as soon as the Cupboard seems to be at it and we have interaction Ghanaians on it, every thing will change into clearer,” he mentioned.
