Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has renewed calls for an extension of the tenure of presidents, saying the framers of the 1992 constitution may have overlooked the fact that a four year presidency is not enough for effective development.<\/p>\n
According to him, the constraints of leading a developing nation like Ghana require more than four years to make any meaningful impact in terms of development.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”L2hE5Jhemnn1jjR27NJAtyCxRKFHaHrs”]Former President Kufuor reiterated the comment at the International Conference of African Philosophy and studies at the University of Ghana on the theme “Democracy; Justice and Development In Africa: 50 Years after Independence”.<\/p>\n
Just before he ended his tenure in 2008, Mr. Kufuor\u00a0suggested that the\u00a0presidential term should be increased to five years. But speaking at the ceremony, he indicated that a six-year term would even be preferable.<\/p>\n
In his last address to Parliament after two four-year terms, he\u00a0opened a debate about the\u00a0presidential tenure when he suggested that a five-year tenure would be more suitable for\u00a0the African situation than the four-year system which he says we simply copied\u00a0from the American democracy.<\/p>\n
According to the former President, \u201cIf the framers of the constitution had really addressed the issue of development for our young struggling communities, I am sure copying the American four years wouldn\u2019t have been part of the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we just went in there, talked about multi-party democracy, set four-year terms and said if people chose and proposed a government and other things, that would be the end of it making it seem like we expect much development, much transformation within four years of governance.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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