Bawumia says opposition to Tribunals Bill Transcends politics, cites TUC and Constitution Review Committee

Former Vice President and the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) 2028 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has insisted that his call for President John Dramani Mahama to withhold assent to the Tribunals Bill, 2026, should not be viewed as a political challenge to the government but as a national appeal rooted in concerns raised by organised labour and the government's own constitutional review process.

The former Vice President urged President Mahama to publish the Constitution Review Committee's report before taking any decision on the Tribunals Bill.

The former Vice President suggested that the government's response to the Bill should therefore be informed by the concerns of independent national stakeholders rather than by parliamentary numbers or political considerations.