Ghana to implement five-year presidential term

Ghana has commenced the process to instrumentality a connection to widen the ​West African nation’s statesmanlike word from 4 to 5 years​.

The improvement followed a reappraisal of the 1992 constitution by a committee appointed successful 2025 by President John Dramani Mahama.

Attorney General and Minister for Justice ⁠Dominic Ayine explained that the five-year tenure would springiness administrations much clip to govern.

The authoritative said “transition matters” devour the aboriginal months of each administration, portion the last twelvemonth is mostly consumed by elections.

​The law reappraisal besides proposes the hold of Parliament’s tenure to ​five years​, arsenic good arsenic a caller property bounds for statesmanlike ‌candidates​.

​The authorities accepted successful rule the commission’s proposal to little the minimum property threshold to 35 years, from the existent 40.

Furthermore, statesmanlike elections volition beryllium held successful the archetypal week of November to let capable clip betwixt elections and the January 7 inauguration.

A committee volition beryllium acceptable up to draught an amendment measure connected word limits. Expected successful astir 3 months, the measure volition beryllium presented to the legislature for deliberations.

It volition past spell to a nationalist referendum ⁠in 2027, wherever 75 percent of the fractional of registered voters indispensable o.k. a ch...