The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has criticised the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) for failing to recommend the adoption of proportional representation, arguing that the omission weakens efforts to address exclusion in Ghana’s democratic system.
In a statement issued on December 23, 2025, the group acknowledged that while the CRC identified key weaknesses in the political system and proposed some useful reforms, it stopped short of endorsing what it described as the most effective structural solution to underrepresentation, particularly for youth, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs).
According to the EFL, Ghana’s democratic challenge is fundamentally a crisis of representation. It noted that under the current first-past-the-post electoral system, millions of voters remain unrepresented despite participating in elections.
The group argued that the existing system favours money, entrenched party structures and patronage, while systematically excluding minority voices and non-elite candidates.
The League also expressed concern over the CRC’s decision to defer the issue of proportional representation to a future independent study, describing the move as an unnecessary delay that entrenches structural exclusion.
It maintained that proportional representation has been proven globally to improve women’s participation in governance and would also enable political support for persons with disabilities to translate into actual representation.
The EFL therefore called on Parliament, civil society organisations, organised labour and the general public—especially youth, women and PWDs—to demand the constitutional entrenchment of proportional representation as part of the ongoing constitutional amendment process.
The group stressed that inclusion is a constitutional obligation, not a favour, warning that without proportional representation, other proposed reforms risk reinforcing existing inequalities within Ghana’s democratic system.
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