Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, is urging a full constitutional review to resolve the persistent controversies surrounding the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), warning that incremental fixes will not save the institution.

Speaking on Monday, December 8, Prof Prempeh stressed that the impasse facing the OSP goes beyond administrative shortcomings and requires a deeper structural intervention.

According to him, attempts to patch the system through minor reforms or extended court battles will only delay an inevitable collapse.

“The problem we’re facing now calls for a constitutional solution. Basically, that is how we can resolve this impasse,” he said, cautioning that the OSP could eventually fade into irrelevance if fundamental issues are not addressed.

He added that renewing the institution’s legal foundation would offer a more permanent fix than trying to “renovate around the problem,” noting that other countries have successfully redesigned their anti-corruption architecture and Ghana can do the same.

“If we’re serious about solving the problem, there’s no shortage of innovative ideas to deal with it. There are comparative models around; we can innovate our own,” he remarked in an interview on Channel One TV, urging policymakers to consider bold and transformative reforms.