The Constitution Review Commission (CRC) says it plans a National Constitution Conference from March 1 to March 5, 2011 under the theme; “The Constitution: Our Identity” to round off its activities. Inaugurated on January 11, this year, the CRC has been meeting with all shades of the Ghanaian populace collating their views on the operations of the country’s constitution with the mandate to recommend to the proposals for constitutional reforms to the government. The Commission on Wednesday issued a statement on its work so far, announcing it received no less that 60,000 submissions and expects the figure to grow bigger than 100,000 by when it finally ends its consultations on the constitution. According to the statement, the commission after completing community, district, regional and national mini consultations, expects to solicit the views of Diaspora Ghana, whose population it puts at over seven million people. “The Diaspora consultations were originally not part of the project design that preceded the inauguration of the Commission. Research by the Commission has, however, revealed that there are about 7.5 million Ghanaians in the Diaspora, including some 1 million in La Cote D’Ivoire, 1 million in Burkina Faso, 1.5 million in the United States and Canada and about 2 million in the United Kingdom and a few other European countries. This compares favourably with the 12.5 million voters in Ghana, according to the data from the Electoral Commission for the 2008 elections. A consultations strategy which does not include the Ghanaian Diaspora will be grossly inadequate. This is more so when the intellectual, economic and social support roles that Ghanaians in the Diaspora play in local politics and society in Ghana are taken into account.” The CRC will also hold special consultations with a number of key personalities such as the sitting and former Presidents, Vice Presidents, Speakers of Parliament and Chief Justices of Ghana, who have had an intimate experience in operating the 1992 Constitution. The Special Consultations will take place in closed-door sessions from mid-December, 2010.