Reduce Parliamentary Seats From 275 To 200 - Hon Afenyo Markin

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has proposed that the number of seats in Parliament is reduced from 275 to 200.

“I must say that one critical thing to look at is to put an upper limit on the number of MPs that we must elect each year.

It is unpalatable that a small country like Ghana with its many financial problems has 275 MPs.

He added that Ghana needs an Upper chamber which will be known as the House of Elders

To this end, he has proposed that the Council of State be converted to serve this purpose.

“I hold the view that Ghana needs an upper chamber, it should be known as the House of Elders whose election shall remain non-partisan and whose primary role shall be to moderate the current parliamentary excesses and extreme partisanship.

“Thus the Council of State should be converted into the Upper Chamber of Parliament…I am not suggesting that the current Council of State is not helpful.”