Alan announces plan to scrap Council of State if elected president

The founder and leader of the Movement for Change (M4C), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has declared his intention to abolish the Council of State if elected president. The announcement was made during the launch of the party’s manifesto, titled “The Great Transformational Plan” (GTP), which emphasizes economic and governance reforms.

Speaking during the launch, Alan Kyerematen stated that the Council of State will be replaced with a new Second Chamber of Parliament with representation from key stakeholder groups like the labour unions

“Abolish the Council of State and establish a new Second Chamber of Parliament with a representation from key stakeholders including faith-based organisations, traditional authorities, professional bodies, gender-based organisations, the private sector, labour unions, and people with disabilities.

“That is the truly representative government. That is what we call an all-inclusive government and national unity, and that is going to happen.”

Kyerematen also criticized the two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), arguing that they have exhausted their competencies and capabilities. He asserted that both parties, which have alternated in governing Ghana for the past 32 years, have failed to present viable plans for the country’s future.

“The culture of unrestrained borrowing is what has landed us into the ditch in which we find ourselves,” he remarked.

The GTP, according to Alan Kyerematen “is a blueprint to Ghana’s economic transformation and outlines robust policy prescriptions and practical steps towards building an enterprise economy in the country.”

Among other things, the plan is to build a prosperous, united and peaceful Ghana that provides equal opportunities for all, particularly young people, women and other vulnerable group to realise their full potential and improve their livelihoods and general well-being.