It also involves inactions which, here, mean government choosing not to do anything. ... Therefore in summary, public policy is a set of decisions taken by government. ... Therefore, for example, people use terms like, "Kuffour" administration", "Mahama" government" to refer to the government. ... This serves as a check on the powers of the President and ensures that good appointments are made for the running of the affairs of state. ... Moreover, the president can be taken out of office if he goes beyond the boundaries set for him by the constitution. ...

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(2) Defining Constitutionalism We will employ Fred Ridley's (1988: p. 317) broad definition of a constitution as: ...the whole system of government of a country, the collection of rules, written and unwritten, which regulate the government'. ... In theory the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) now plays that role but to what extent it will serve as an effective check and balance remains to be seen. ... It has four key features: (1) It establishes, or constitutes, the system of government, hence it is prior to the system of government, rules...

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Representations of the governments of the Member States are required to agree unanimously before any new addition to the existing Treaties can be concluded. ... Therefore, I believe that the European Union must set in motion a process whereby a Constitution is drafted by democratic means. ...

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