President John Mahama has dismissed suggestions that he intends to use his current tenure to push constitutional amendments that would allow him to run for a third term as president.
Speaking at the Presidential Media Encounter at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, Mr Mahama laughed off the speculation, joking: “Look in my face, do I look like a supreme leader?”
His response came after questions were raised about whether his so-called “legacy term” would embolden him to seek an extension of Ghana’s presidential term limits.
“That is, to paraphrase Prof Atta Mills, do I look like a cat Hunter? Do I look like a supreme leader? I’m a Democrat, through and through. And even when we attained two-thirds of Parliament, I said that we are not going to use it to ride roughshod over the minority, and that we are going to give opportunity for democracy to flourish. And so we know we intend to use that two-thirds majority to steamroll our democracy.”
The 1992 Constitution restricts presidents to a maximum of two four-year terms.
He reiterated his commitment to constitutional democracy, adding that attempts to weaken institutions for political gain undermine Ghana’s democratic progress.
