The contention that a President is limited by a consecutive tenure of two terms secures a third term for Mahama

” The plaintiff, however, distorts the plain words of Article 66 (2) of the Constitution dealing with the term of office of an elected president by contrasting it with the Terms of District Assembly under Article 246, particularly clause 3 thereof where it is provided that a District Chief Executive (DCE) whose tenure has not been vacated as a result of a vote of no confidence by the Assembly, removal from office by the President or resignation or died, shall be four years; and “shall not hold office as a District Chief Executive for more than two consecutive terms.” The meaning of the whole of Article 66 as quoted in full above, read within the context of the entrenched Chapter Eight (8) of the Constitution, is clear and unambiguous: clause 2 on which the plaintiff depends contains no contending meaning when it mandates that: “A President shall not be elected to hold office as President of Ghana for more than two terms.

J1/20/2021, on 30 June 2026 at 1:30 in the afternoon, allegedly for the interpretation of Article 66 (2) of the 1992 Constitution on whether a person who has been elected to the Office of President of Ghana, has served one term in office and is defeated at the next election is entitled upon his subsequent election to the Office of the President to serve two consecutive terms, is to seek a third term in Office for President Mahama, who was sworn in again as President on 7 January 2025.