The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has launched a scathing critique of the recently released Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) report, accusing the body of "hesitating" on the single most important reform needed to save Ghana’s democracy: Proportional Representation (PR).

In a public statement issued on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, the Fighters argued that while the CRC correctly identified Ghana’s democratic crisis, its recommendations amount to "symbolic gestures" that fail to dismantle the "winner-takes-all" architecture that systematically excludes the youth, women, and Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs).

The EFL contends that Ghana’s current First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system is a "structural injustice" that rewards entrenched party machines and patronage networks while punishing minority voices and new entrants.

“Ghana’s democratic crisis is not merely about overconcentration of presidential power... At its core, it is a crisis of representation. Millions of Ghanaians vote, yet remain unrepresented,” the statement noted.

The group argued that the CRC’s warning against a ‘choiceless democracy’—where citizens change leaders but see no change in material outcomes—will come to pass if the electoral architecture remains unchanged.

The EFL broke down how the rejection of Proportional Representation specifically harms the majority of Ghana's population:

• For the Youth: The EFL dismissed the lowering of the presidential age limit as a "token gesture". Without PR, they argue, young people remain trapped behind high nomination fees and party hierarchies dominated by money.
• For Women: Despite the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill, the EFL asserts that women’s political futures remain at the mercy of "goodwill rather than justice." Globally, PR systems have a higher success rate for female representation than majoritarian systems.
• For Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs): The group highlighted a structural barrier: the current system demands "territorial dominance", which is inaccessible to PWDs whose constituencies are geographically dispersed.

Most concerning to the Fighters is the CRC’s recommendation to defer the question of Proportional Representation to a future "independent study."

The EFL characterized this move as an intentional act of exclusion.

“A constitutional review exists precisely to resolve foundational democratic questions - not to outsource and defer them... To defer Proportional Representation to further study is postponement. And postponement... is itself a decision. A denial of representation,” the statement declared unequivocally.

The Economic Fighters League is calling on Organized Labour, Civil Society, and Parliament to reject the "pilot programs" and "experiments" and instead demand the immediate constitutional entrenchment of Proportional Representation.

They argue that inclusion is not a "social favor" but a constitutional obligation. Without it, they warn that the ongoing constitutional amendments will merely "rearrange the elites" while failing to redistribute power to the people.

“The question before Ghana is no longer whether Proportional Representation is desirable, but whether our Constitution will continue to tolerate structural exclusion,” the statement concluded.

Comparative Representation Statistics (2025 Data Estimates)