{"id":739432,"date":"2022-01-07T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/ghanas-constitution-not-worth-celebrating\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:37:43","slug":"ghanas-constitution-not-worth-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/ghanas-constitution-not-worth-celebrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s constitution not worth celebrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  7 January 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2022-01-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/54414785.295.jpg\" alt=\"Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni\" title=\"Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni\" width=\"295\" height=\"246\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"><b>EC exempts people of SALL from participating in 2020 parliamentary elections<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SALL without parliamentary representation in Ghana\u2019s Eight Parliament <\/p>\n<p>Manasseh laments lack of legal consequences for SALL\u2019s representational absence in parliament<\/p>\n<p>Today is January 7, 2022, and in fulfilment with Ghana\u2019s constitutional statutes, a public holiday is being observed to commemorate the coming into effect of Ghana\u2019s current constitution \u2013 the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, the Ghanaian constitution is not worth celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>His assertion, according to a post he has made on his Facebook page, is rooted in the lack of parliamentary representation for the people of Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL), and the lack of legal consequences thereof.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA constitution that allows us to deny a people representation in parliament without consequences is not worth celebrating,\u201d Manasseh wrote.<\/p>\n<p><b>The case of SALL<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission of Ghana on the eve of the 2020 general election issued a release announcing the exclusion of the people of SALL from voting in the parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<p>The people however allowed to participate in the presidential election, since the inception of Ghana\u2019s Eight Parliament has been without representation in the legislative house.<\/p>\n<p>The situation of SALL has led to multiple advocacy efforts from citizens and groups impressing on the electoral commission to do the needful to give the people of SALL parliamentary representation.<\/p>\n<p>According to some critics, the current situation is a worrying breach of the constitution and more troubling is the lack of legal consequence coming to bare.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmawuni%2Fposts%2F10219463931260076&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"474\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; 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