Constitution Review: Committee won’t rubber-stamp govt’s proposals, says Barker-Vormawor
Secretary to the Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC), Oliver Barker-Vormawor, says the committee will not simply rubber-stamp government’s position on proposed constitutional reforms.
The Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC) has clarified that it will not simply endorse the government's proposals for constitutional reforms. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the secretary to the CRIC, stated that the 11-member committee has a technical mandate and its role is to facilitate the political process and translate decisions reached through consensus.
According to Barker-Vormawor, the committee is not a policy body, but a technical body that is supposed to move along what the political process settles. The committee will have to consider various position papers and stakeholders' views, and communicate those positions to the government. It can also convene discussions among stakeholders to help build consensus around the reform agenda.
Various stakeholders must be involved in the constitutional review process since constitutional reform cannot be a project of a single political party. The committee's key decision-making on which proposals go into the constitutional amendment bills is beyond its pay grade and will be determined by Parliament and political parties.
Barker-Vormawor likened the committee's role to that of a midwife, emphasizing its responsibility is to deliver the process rather than determine its outcome.
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