{
  "id": 17648649,
  "title": "CRIC must ensure consensus is reached before amendment bills are drafted – Dr Asante",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/cric-must-ensure-consensus-is-reached-before-amendment-bills-are",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T17:50:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/cric-must-ensure-consensus-is-reached-before-amendment-bills-are-drafted-dr-asante/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante, Director of Policy Engagement and Partnerships at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has urged the Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC) to build consensus among stakeholders before drafting amendment bills for the country’s Constitution. According to Asante, the committee must establish a mechanism to resolve disagreements and consider counter-proposals to ensure that the constitutional reform process enjoys broad public legitimacy. The CRIC, established with a mandate to translate the government’s position paper into concrete constitutional reforms, is currently faced with a lack of clarity regarding its precise mandate, as suggested by a communication from the Attorney-General.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}