"Will Ghany repeat insult of Ryan/LaGuerre public consultations? One question repeatedly asked at the launch was why the report of the public consultations, chaired by Professors Selwyn Ryan and John La Guerre, on the Clarke and POFG constitutions has not been publicised? Participants in this earlier consultations are legitimately incensed and insulted by its non-publication, since this would confirm the extent to which their views were taken into account.
This outrage is deepened by the fact that the latest Manning draft ignores major proposals made in these earlier public consultations, including on the right to referendum and recall and direct election of chief national executive, whether president or prime minister. Ghany expressed innocence as to whether there was such a report, and therefore on why it had not been made public. The larger question begged is whether Ghany also does not intend to publicly report on the public consultations which he is chairing? I
n his response, Ghany seemed to signal that he was doing a report for “the Government,” and that was it."
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