Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has strongly objected to recent comments by Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Chair of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), accusing him of pushing a politically motivated agenda masked as reform.
In an open letter available to MyNewsGH, Amidu argued that the platform where Mr. Prempeh made his remarks — facilitated by organizations such as the IEA and CDD-Ghana — must not be viewed as politically neutral.
“These are comprador NGOs working with other comprador Ghanaian political elites for political power to serve the interest of their financiers – the neocolonial foreign masters within the international geopolitical struggle for territory and exploitative dominance in the developing and underdeveloped world,” Amidu wrote.
The controversy stems from Mr. Prempeh’s recent remarks during a public discourse reported by Joy FM on May 3, 2025. Speaking on the Council of State and calls for its abolition, he stated:
“The posture that I have taken is that it is not sufficient to call for the abolition of an existing structure in the Constitution if the call for abolition is predicated largely or solely on the fact that it is not working as structured.”
He further proposed a middle-ground approach: “Rather than taking a binary position of abolish or retain, I’m more interested in a middle ground: retain, but modify.”
Joy FM paraphrased Mr. Prempeh’s suggestions, noting that he attributed the Council’s limited impact to flaws such as “opaque operations, excessive presidential influence through appointments, and non-binding advisory powers.”
His proposed reforms reportedly include a more transparent structure, revised composition, and granting the Council binding advisory roles in certain areas.
But Martin Amidu sees this as part of a calculated effort to manipulate public sentiment and initiate constitutional amendments with long-term political consequences.
“Kwasi Prempeh either does not know or is playing games with the public mind when he creates the impression that it is possible to abolish the Council of State without further amendments to other entrenched provisions of the 1992 Constitution,” Amidu warned.
He cautioned that any attempt by the NDC to pursue such reforms through a referendum could be politically costly: “The NDC cannot win at any future referendum with grave consequences for their ambition for the 2028 elections.”
