Ghana risks turmoil if Supreme Court reinterprets presidential term limits — Nana B

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has cautioned that Ghana could face constitutional uncertainty and political instability if the Supreme Court adopts what he described as a "strange" interpretation of Article 66 of the 1992 Constitution on presidential term limits.

Mr Boakye cited Article 66(1), which provides that a person elected as President shall hold office for a term of four years beginning from the date they are sworn into office, and Article 66(2), which states that "a person shall not be elected to hold office as President of Ghana for more than two times.

This he explained is because the constitutional provision governing presidential tenure is clear and leaves no room for an interpretation that would allow a president to seek office beyond two elected terms, whether consecutive or otherwise.