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Don’t draft laws for today’s winners, they could be tomorrow’s losers – Prof Kwasi Prempeh

Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, has cautioned Ghana's political leaders against designing constitutional and governance reforms based on their current political fortunes, arguing that today's governing party could easily become tomorrow's opposition.

Don’t draft laws for today’s winners, they could be tomorrow’s losers – Prof Kwasi Prempeh

Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, has cautioned Ghana's political leaders against drafting constitutional and governance reforms based on their current political fortunes. He argues that today's governing party could easily become tomorrow's opposition, and thus, reforms should be framed with future generations in mind rather than the immediate interests of governments or opposition parties.

Professor Prempeh emphasized that political power is never guaranteed and that governments and opposition parties regularly exchange roles through democratic elections.

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