Corruption Will Never End in Ghana Until I'm President – Odike

General News on Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-05-29

The founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike, has launched a pbadionate appeal to voters to be elected to the highest office of the country, so that corruption within the government does not end quickly.

"Our Constitution is not cast in the concrete and I advocate a constitutional amendment to put an end to corrupt activities under my presidency," he told Nhyira FM-based morning show Kumasi, followed by MyNewsGh.com.

According to the flag bearer of UPP 2016, the architectural design of the 1992 Constitution is the epitome of corruption that any executive president can commit easily.

"It bothers the executive president so that all power can choose to do what he wants," Odike told the political talk show host of "Kroyi Mu Nsem ", Aduanaba Kofi Asante Enning.

The UPP presidential candidate in 2016 therefore suggested: "We should deprive ourselves of certain powers of the President to put an end to the current impunity in the country".

"The Constitution should not be such that some people are 100% protected. The compensation clause must be removed so that we are all equal before the law, "said Kwasi Addai Odike.

It would be remembered that the second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, had also raised similar concerns in the past by asking that the powers of the executive be reduced if the country were really determined to make democracy its integrity.

Even though Ghana has been touted as one of the pioneers of true democratic practices on the African continent, some authorities believe that loopholes in the country's constitution leave much to be desired.

According to the Vice-President of Parliament, too much power has been conferred on the President, who has executive powers to make decisions and to ensure that their positions since the beginning of the Fourth Republic look like "elected dictators" .

He proposes that it is urgent to proceed with constitutional reforms to remove some of the powers of the president if the country is really determined to practice true democracy.

"The natural practice, we elected dictators. That's what we put in place in the constitution. There is no difference between them and the military leaders, "he said in a speech delivered in front of the Parliament of Students of the University of Education, on the campus of Winneba-Kumasi, on the theme" The parliamentary democracy in Ghana- a practitioner »