A Group calling itself Ghanaians for Progress (GHAPRO) has argued that the 1992 constitution limiting a president to two terms is old and unhelpful to Ghana’s current progress.
GHAPRO called for that portion of the 1992 Constitution to be challenged in court.
Speaking during a press conference, the spokesperson for Ghanaians for progress(GHAPRO) stated, “The 1992 Constitution has a rule limiting a president to two terms; this law stops a good leader from finishing the good agenda started. This rule is old and unhelpful to our current progress and must be challenged in court to be changed”.
GHAPRO, in the same press conference, urged President John Dramani Mahama to reconsider his decision not to contest again and to make himself available to seek a fresh mandate in 2028.
According to GHAPRO, under Mahama’s leadership in the last one year and eight months, Ghana has witnessed a deliberate and determined effort to reset our economy and stabilise it towards investor confidence.
The group argued that President Mahama has demonstrated exceptional capacity, adding that a nation in the middle of vital economic progress and Institutional reforms cannot afford an abrupt disruption in leadership momentum.
The spokesperson for Ghanaians for progress(GHAPRO) stated, “We stand here today to talk about the future of our great nation. Ghana needs strong and steady leadership to grow. We are here to address a matter of critical national importance concerning the future and stability, economic recovery, and developmental trajectory of our great nation.
We stand at a crucial crossroads where the choice we make today will shape our path for decades to come. Under the visionary leadership of President Mahama for the past one year and eight months, we have witnessed a deliberate and determined effort to reset our economy and stabilise it towards investor confidence”.
They further added, “We know the immense public discourse, the legal and constitutional debate currently active across the country regarding the presidential term limit. We deeply respect the foundational laws of our republic; we believe that the Supreme Law exists to serve the welfare and survival of the people.
When a leader demonstrates exceptional capacity, as John Mahama has done, the citizenry holds a moral duty to reevaluate. A nation in the middle of vital economic progress and Institutional reforms cannot afford an abrupt disruption in leadership momentum.
This is our direct appeal to the President and the citizens of Ghana and, by extension, Asanteman. We are using this platform to officially and passionately call on His Excellency the President to reconsider his prior thought of stepping down to make himself available to seek a fresh mandate from the people in 2028”.
They further urged citizens, youths, traditional leaders, and Civil Society Organisations to rise above partisan divide and rally behind their patriotic call for Mahama’s continuity and stability to finish the work he has begun.
Meanwhile, Ken Kuranchie, a Ghanaian news editor and lawyer, filed a writ at the Supreme Court seeking interpretation of Ghana’s presidential term-limit.
Reports suggest the suit was filed on June 30, 2026, and was brought by Ken Kuranchie and Bridget Brita Buabeng of Besamho Legal Consult, Kasoa, representing him, with the Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine, named as the sole defendant.
The case refers to Article 66(2) of the 1992 Constitution, which limits a person to two terms as President of Ghana.
The suit is seeking an interpretation of Article 66(2) of the Constitution, arguing that the two-term presidential limit applies only after two consecutive elected four-year terms and that a break resets the eligibility count.
Ken Kuranchie is seeking three declarations from the court.
The first being that the two-term presidential limit in Article 66(2) only takes effect upon the completion of two consecutive terms of four years each.
“A declaration that, on a true and proper interpretation of Articles 66(2), 246(2), 1(1), 35(1), and 42 of the 1992 Constitution, the two-term presidential limit in Article 66(2) is properly construed as imposing a prohibition on election to the office of President of Ghana only upon the completion of two consecutive terms of four years each,” the writ stated.
The second a substantial break of one four-year electoral cycle resets the eligibility count.
“A declaration that, on a true and proper interpretation of Articles 66(2), 246(2), 1(1), 35(1), and 42 of the 1992 Constitution, a substantial break of one four-year electoral cycle of elected presidential service resets the eligibility count,” the writ added.
The third, that the prohibition in Article 66(2) is not engaged until a person has been elected to and has served two consecutive elected terms of four years each.
The writ added, “A declaration that, on a true and proper interpretation of Articles 66(2), 246(2), 1(1), 35(1), and 42 of the 1992 Constitution, the prohibition in Article 66(2) is not engaged until a person has been elected to and has served two consecutive elected terms of four years each”.
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