In a move that may improve the chances for passage of a right to information bill in Ghana, Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has introduced a bill that includes all the proposed amendments.
The large number of pending amendments had been cited as one reason for Parliament’s slow progress on the bill. along with doubts about the president’s commitment to the legislation.
George Loh, the Vice Chairperson on Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, was quoted in Pulse as saying he is hopeful that the new bill will get parliament’s attention.
As soon as the bill was introduced, it was referred by the Speaker to the committee that had proposed the amendments, a procedural move to save time. Amendments approved earlier this year during the few days parliament worked on the bill have been incorporated.
The Committee presented its report to the House in December 2014 recommending 157 clauses of amendments to the Bill. In March 2016, Parliament began consideration of the bill, 29 amendments before debate was suspended. Parliament’s term lapses in January 2017.
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