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Enhance powers of Council of State - CLGA urges
It follows concerns that the advisory body has outlived its usefulness after it granted a request by ex-president John Mahama to release the Montie three who had threatened to rape the Chief Justice.
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It follows concerns that the advisory body has outlived its usefulness after it granted a request by ex-president John Mahama to release the Montie three who had threatened to rape the Chief Justice.
President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described the Council of State "needless," and many Ghanaians hold the view that they pounder to whims and caprice of the president.
“We all know currently what is happening with respect to the council of state. It lacks credibility because a lot of Ghanaians believe that it does not influence the central government in its operations," Deputy Executive Director of the advocacy group, Gladys Gillan Tetteh, told Citi FM.
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She added: "People think that they have outlived their usefulness but we have a different opinion. They are still relevant. We only need to come up with certain laws to ensure that their operations are relevant to the current state. Parliament can come up with laws to allow them to have more powers in terms of their decision being binding on the president.”
Ms Tetteh also called for the expansion of the electoral college in the election of the council of state members.
“I also believe that we need to expand the electoral college to allow all assembly members to vote. Currently, there is this impression that people are paying money for people to vote for them. For us, this is not good enough so we expand the electoral college, and the vote buying issues will be addressed," she said.
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