Ghana's Parliament rejects report to annul CI 78

Parliament has rejected the Subsidiary Committee's recommendation that the CI 78 which would give legal backing for the creation of 45 new constituencies be annulled.

Members of Parliament on Monday engaged in a lengthy debate on the controversial CI 78 report which was laid before Parliament last Friday by the Subsidiary Legislative Committee.

The subsidiary legislative committee which worked on the CI 78 says the document should be annulled because some people will be disenfranchised if the CI 78 is allowed to mature.

According to the report, over 26 electoral areas were not captured in the CI 78 while some non-existent constituencies have been added to the document.

But after a debate in the law house 56 members notably from the minority side voted for the house to adhere to the recommendations of the report whiles 81 members notably from the majority side voted for the report to be rejected.

By implication, the CI 78 which was laid before Parliament some 20 days ago will fully mature tomorrow Tuesday October 2, giving way for the creation of the 45 new constituencies ahead of the 2012 elections.