Lawyer, activist and academic Oliver Barker-Vormawor says his appointment to the Constitution Review Implementation Committee will not diminish his commitment to securing a new constitutional framework for Ghana.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, August 28, Mr Barker-Vormawor disclosed that the Attorney-General had invited him to serve as Secretary and a member of the committee, which is tasked with providing technical support for implementing proposed amendments to the 1992 Constitution.
He said his interest in constitutional reform spans 17 years, dating back to his involvement with the Constitution Review Commission at the age of 22.
Mr Barker-Vormawor said the experience strengthened his belief that constitutional reform is essential to Ghana’s development and has since remained central to his advocacy.
He noted that his work with Democracy Hub has also been guided by the goal of achieving a “New Constitution for a New Generation”.
Although he acknowledged that achieving comprehensive constitutional reform remains difficult without broad political agreement, he insisted that the long-term objective remains unchanged.
“That dream remains deferred as the political consensus necessary to achieve it remains absent. But that still remains my lifelong mission,” he said.
Mr Barker-Vormawor described his new role as part of a broader process rather than a conclusion to the reform campaign.
“This process is only half the journey,” he said, adding that incremental reforms would not replace his commitment to more fundamental constitutional change.
He said Democracy Hub would continue its advocacy while participating in the implementation process.
Mr Barker-Vormawor also commended the government for involving experienced technocrats in the constitutional review process, citing committees previously led by Professor Fiadjoe and Raymond Atuguba, Professor H. Kwesi Prempeh and Dr Rainer Akumperigya, as well as the current committee chaired by former Attorney-General Marietta Agyeiwaa Brew.
