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Co-founder of Afrobarometer, a non-partisan, pan-African research institution that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy and society in Africa, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi says the treatment meted out to Ghana s immediate past Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo is just shameful.
Making reference to what others have described as a forced retirement for Mr Domelevo, Prof Gyimah-Boadi said it symbolizes a situation where it was increasingly becoming clear that the presidency was not ready to work with institutions or leadership it has not appointed. I think the worse of it is that, we have a presidency that is increasingly looking like it has difficulty working with institutions and leadership that it has not appointed. Then, the Domelevo incident, or debacle is for me a clear example of that, Prof Gyimah-Boadi said in a television interview which aired on
Prof. Gyimah-Boadi: Amend 1992 Constitution to curb president’s powers
March 5, 2021
Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, Executive Director of Afrobarometre, a non-profit organisation, has advocated the amendment of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution to reduce the executive powers of the president, as part of efforts to address the “Winner Takes All” syndrome.
He said this at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development’s (CDD-Ghana) in Accra recently, during a roundtable discussion on former President Jerry John Rawlings and Democratic Development in the Fourth Republic.
He said the constitutional review was essential and necessary for the existence and continuous progress of the nation.
“Secondly, we have got to also change the culture of Ghana; we have to significantly mend our ways, and one of the ways to do that as history has shown over and over again is to have citizens who have a real sense of duty,” he said.
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The Executive Director of Afrobarometer, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, has advocated the amendment of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution to reduce the executive powers of the President, as part of efforts to address the “Winner-takes- all” syndrome.
“And we are not going to get rid of crazy partisanship and winner-takes-all, unless we do a fundamental restructuring of our politics and particularly the constitution; so that it does not concentrate power in the hands of the President and the executive branch and, therefore, the governing party”.
Prof. Gyimah-Boadi stated this at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development’s (CDD-Ghana) Round-table on Rawlings and Democratic Development in the Fourth Republic.