The Constitutional Review Consultative Committee has recommended restricting the number of members of Parliament elected to the House.
The committee believes that Article 93 requires consequential adjustments to guarantee that Parliament has no more than 277 elected members.
It argued that the move would see consequential amendments to Article 47 to ensure that Ghana is divided into as many constituencies for the purpose of election of MPs as the Electoral Commission (EC) may prescribe how so but the number of constituencies shall not exceed 277.
The proposal was disclosed during a stakeholders’ consultation for possible review of the 1992 constitution in Parliament in Accra on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the committee has proposed that the size of government be limited and the power to select Deputy Ministers be abolished.
According to the committee, Regional Ministers should be abolished in the same way that Deputy Ministers are.
The committee stated that the President shall appoint as many Ministers of State as may be required for the efficient operation of the state. However, the number of Ministers cannot exceed 25.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana