The Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Science (SMHS) of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Dr Edward Gyader, has called for an amendment of the constitution to make room for the formation of what he termed a "National Government". Such a government, he explained, should be formed each time a general election failed to produce an outright winner for the presidency. According to Dr Gyader such an amendment would save the country the huge sums of money spent on presidential round offs. Dr Gyader who is a leading member of the People's National Convention (PNC), stated this in a telephone interview with the Times on Wednesday after the Electoral Commission had released the presidential results and announced December 28 for a run-off. He explained that such a national government would inject a sense of belonging and the spirit of nationalism in the people and policies and programmes initiated by such a government would be viewed as belonging to the people, and not for a particular political party. Besides, such a system, he said, would help smaller parties to grow and become viable alternatives. "It is only through such a government that the country's dream of becoming a middle income status by 2015 can be attained," he said, adding “It is only through such a government that Vision 2015 or 2020 can become a reality," Dr Gyader stated. Dr Gyader said in a country where poverty is endemic and illiteracy and disease are major challenges, it did not make sense to spend huge sums of money on run-offs to the detriment of the people. He said it was about time Ghana looked for alternative ways of ensuring judicious spending and in the best interest of the people. The Dean of the SMHS, said under the current political dispensation which he termed "the winner takes all" political leaders after assuming office, turn to pay more attention to serving the best interest of people belonging to their party and not the generality of the society. Dr Gyader said "we have operated the constitution for close to 16 years now and there is the need for changes to make it more functional and acceptable to the ordinary people". Source: The Ghanaian Times