Government's response to Constitutional Review report is not a white paper - Ayine
Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, clarified on Thursday, July 30, at the Government Accountability Series in Accra, that the government's position on the Constitutional Review Committee's final report does not amount to a white paper. He stated, "This is not a government white paper," explaining that the committee was not a commission of inquiry established under Chapter 23 of the 1992 Constitution.
Dr Ayine explained that a white paper would only have been necessary if the committee had been constituted as a commission of inquiry under Chapter 23 of the 1992 Constitution. He said the government examined each of the committee's 206 proposed constitutional amendments. The government's position on the recommendations falls into three categories: acceptance, acceptance in principle subject to modification, or outright rejection. Where government accepts a recommendation in principle but proposes changes, reasons have been provided for the modifications.
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Dr. Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General, has clarified the government's stance on the Constitutional Review Committee's report, stating it is not a
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