A lawyer and former legislator, John Ndebugri, has described\u00a0as delusional and hypocritical former President John Rawlings\u2019 call for a review of the indemnity clauses under the transitional provisions of the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ndebugri, a former Regional Secretary under Rawlings\u2019 Provisional National Defence Council, said Mr. Rawlings\u2019 latest call was a marker of\u00a0\u201chypocrisy and the usual self-righteousness of this gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Rawlings surprised many when he called for the removal of indemnity and transitional clauses from the constitution during the commemoration of the June 4 uprising on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He said there were too many indemnity clauses that do not serve the national interest in the constitution.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOver the years the indemnity clauses have emboldened certain characters to abuse their offices and profit themselves. The constitution of the Fourth Republic was created by us, for us and to serve us, and in light of the 25 years, there is an unqualified need to reform or rewrite our current constitution. An urgent constituent assembly ought to be established with the necessary powers to rewrite the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Notably, most of the clauses in this regard pertain to the\u00a0Provisional National Defence Council, which came to power via a coup.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ndebugri suggested that Mr. Rawlings may be making such a call now because he\u00a0thinks \u201cthe time for accounting is over and I think that he is deluding himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
He even suggested that these clauses\u00a0were \u201csmuggled in\u201d by Mr. Rawlings at the time when the 1992 constitution was being drafted.<\/p>\n
But Mr. Ndebugri surmised that Mr. Rawlings\u2019 call was \u201cborne out of crass ignorance\u201d because there is no constituent assembly to take on his proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless he wants to mount another coup against president Akufo-Addo and then rule for a few days and then set up a constitution drafting commission again and then they will draw up a draft constitution and put if before a constituent assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawyer recalled that Mr. Rawlings could have made such proposals when the constitution was reviewed under President John Atta Mills in 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t he present a memorandum and say that the indemnity clauses should be removed?\u201d<\/p>\n
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