THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE(CRC)

Ghana is preparing to amend its 1992 constitution which had long been in the system for quite a long time.A national tripatite committe could be engaged but it would not be of the strongest standing.

With this it is my strongest urge to the CRC to temper justice with patience as the constitution is one of the most volatile instruments any nation could yearn for.

The CRC should really take their time in addressing the constitution review process.
They should not be in a rash to amend the constitution.
The constitution is many years old and we as people of the nation can not afford to use few months or years to change its face and provisions.

We should all relax very kindly in our approach to the review excercise lest lives could be jeopardized, not only the least crucial concern, but could put the live of the whole nation in chaos, or precisely infamy that will emanate from the aggressive people we govern.

The CRC should seek the concerns of all stakeholders down to the very extent of reaching the people in context.

In this respect a council could be set up to meet the concerns and opinions of the general people. Instead of the normal routine of using their representative to represent them in person.

The constitution being the most authoritative law of the land should rigourously be scrutinized, pick and drop, drop and pick provisions to ensure a fair and equally streamlined concerns from all angles.

We should have the major patience in waiting whilst we seek and address the opinions of both past governments and government officials as well.

The West could come in with their contribution as well but first of all we need to begin writing our own story in the history books the way it should go.

We as people of Ghana should be very careful in our approach to the review process.
We should be able ask at the end of the day whether the constitution we had changed had being of enough prudence to us or not.

And as to whether we did benefit from it newly adopted provision or not.

As thoughtful and pertinence as they may sound the basic questions we should all be asking each other and one another include:

*Why the review?
*What would be reviewed?
*How would the constitution be reviewed?
*Who makes the credible constribution and how to approch the target contributors.
*How will the the review change to better the lives of the average Ghanaian citizen.
All these channel to proper rule of law and good governance.