Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is calling for the review of the 1992 Constitution.

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu believes it is about time the nation’s fundamental laws are amended in order to accurately reflect the constantly evolving demands of the modern world.

Giving a keynote address at a ceremony to mark 30 years of Parliamentary Democracy in Ghana, the Majority Leader emphasized the need for the amendment of the 1992 Constitution.

He suggested that Ghana needs a new constitution that caps the number of ministers, caps the number of seats in Parliament, and also makes the Speaker of Parliament a Member of Parliament.

“The 1992 constitution has no doubt served some good in the last three decades, I must, however, admit that some assumptions underpinning some reformations no longer hold or are not supported by current social-political realities.

“This underlines the calls by various stakeholders for the review of the 1992 Constitution. It is time to re-engineer our constitutional architecture to conform to today’s realities.

“We need a constitutional order that frowns on a winner-takes-all syndrome and promotes collaboration, collectiveness, and consensus building,” he said on Wednesday.

“We need a constitutional order that would mitigate the winner takes all attitude and prevent the do-or-die combat associated with our elections. We need a new constitutional order that would prevent the constant increase in the number of seats in Parliament.”

“We need a new constitutional order that would put a cap in the number of ministers of state. We need a new constitutional order that would ensure that the Speaker of Parliament is a serving member of Parliament.”

Meanwhile, the Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, asked both sides of the House to collaborate and work in unison for the benefit of all Ghanaians.