General News of Saturday, 24 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comProf. Ernest Kofi Abotsi, the Dean of the School of Law at the University for Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has provided clarity on the constitutional requirement for presidents to exhibit regional balance in their appointments. He explained that while the constitution has a provision like that, it is not cast in stone that of a necessity, there should be representation from across all regions of the country. “I think the president has done a good job nominating people who reflect the demographics of our country and so that is important and worthy of note. And I think there is also an attempt to reflect the regional balance even though I have to say that presidents often face this difficulty and my interpretation of the constitutional requirement of regional balance is one that charges presidents to as much as possible reflect that. “Therefore, presidents and our leaders, trying to meet that requirement – anyway, it’s a … dynamic of things rather than the legal because the legal requirement is not hard and fast.
