Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has expressed his concern that Ghana is not practicing true democracy because of the defects in the 1992 constitution.

He made this remark when he visited the office of Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) in Accra yesterday to interact with management and the editorial team. The visit was part of his efforts to strengthen Parliament-Media relations.

The Speaker explained that the current constitution allowed many people to operate above the law, leading to lawlessness and injustice. He said democracy required that the law should be supreme and not respect any person.

“The law is no respecter of any person; that is one of the errors in our constitution. Read through our constitution and you’ll see the law is a respecter of so many people. So many people in Ghana are above the law. You can’t have democracy [with that], and so we need to work at it seriously,” he said.

He therefore reiterated his calls for support for review of the 1992 constitution.

“It is something we must take up,” he said.

Both sides of Parliament have also rallied support for the review of the constitution, as well as some Civil Society Organisations. President Akufo-Addo on the other hand, has urged the relevant stakeholders to exercise caution in their quest for a review.