Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has argued that Ghana’s persistent constitutional challenges cannot be resolved solely through amendments to the 1992 Constitution, stressing that the real problem lies in the conduct of political leaders and state institutions.
Delivering the first lecture in the 15th Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Mr Pratt said that although certain flaws in the Constitution require correction, no constitutional document can, by itself, protect ordinary citizens from exploitation by powerful interests.
Speaking on the theme, “Kwame Nkrumah, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Development and Pan-Africanism,” he noted that a constant tension exists between Ghana’s economic realities and the ideals enshrined in the Constitution.
