A senior research fellow of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr Michael Ofori-Mensah, has observed that the transition challenges encountered in 2017 are for the most part a manifestation of a breakdown of state institutions.
He has, therefore, stressed the need to urgently address those transitional challenges as effective management of political transitions remains integral part of good governance.
IEA proposal
According to Dr Ofori-Mensah, the IEA has proposed that the Administrator-General should submit periodic (narrative and financial) reports to Parliament to enhance the transition process in Ghana.
He also called for the introduction of subsidiary legislation that outlines the finer details relating to the Administrator-General’s role and the Presidential Estates Unit’s (PEU’s) mandate.
The proposed regulations, Dr Ofori-Mensah stated, should also empower the Administrator-General to surcharge public officials for damaged or missing state assets.
Accountability
He explained that that would help to ensure accountability in the use of state assets.
The IEA, Dr Ofori-Mensah said, also recommended that the government should block the sale of state assets to outgoing and retiring officials and introduce “midnight” law to address issues of last-minute appointments, contracts and policies.
Background
According to Dr Ofori-Mensah, the Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845) is an initiative of the IEA and the Ghana Political Parties Programme (GPPP).
He said the law emerged in response to the past transition challenges, which deepened political polarisation and led to tension in Ghana’s body politic. As a result, Dr Ofori-Mensah said the Presidential (Transition) Act provided a framework for the political transfer of power from one democratically elected President to another, with the aim of ensuring the transition challenges of 2001 and 2009 were not repeated.
Regime change
He observed that while the transition law attempted to address a range of issues identified in previous transitions, its benefits transcended regime change, since accountability remained the centrepiece of the law.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Till they disintegrate*****. Ameeeen.
Ndc is not a party to ever govern our country again. They break down every institution in Ghana so they can have their way. Anytime Ghana is fixed they come in mistaking to mismanage everything in the country, they h*te Ghana,anti Ghana and are lawless a bunch of people who do not respect the laws of our country. If they had giving the administrator- general the chance to work effectively these 271 cars belonging to the state that they've shared among themselves wouldn't have happened but they knew what they were doing yo the country so rendered him redundant. How can such a bunch of kriminals be called a political party for innocent and ign****barred word*** people to join? My Prayer is O Lord Please Do Not Give This satanic party Favour To Come Again To Power,;Let Them Stay In Opposition Till They Integrate.