{"id":116113,"date":"2026-02-19T21:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=116113"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:43:33","slug":"minority-rejects-security-and-intelligence-agencies-bill-cites-excessive-executive-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=116113","title":{"rendered":"Minority rejects Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, cites \u2018excessive executive powers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minority Caucus in Parliament has rejected the proposed Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025, describing it as deeply flawed and overly centralising power in the Presidency.<\/p>\n

In a statement dated February 18 and signed by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the caucus said while it supports reforms to modernise Ghana\u2019s national security architecture, it cannot support the bill in its current form.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear. The Minority Caucus supports the need to reform Ghana\u2019s national security architecture,\u201d the statement said. \u201cHowever, in its current form, this Bill is deeply flawed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Minority argued that the legislation concentrates excessive appointing powers in the President, weakens independent oversight, and expands intrusive surveillance authority without adequate human rights safeguards.<\/p>\n

On presidential powers, the caucus warned that the bill allows key security appointments without parliamentary vetting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unacceptable that they operate without legislative scrutiny,\u201d the statement noted, adding that the offices involved control agencies with coercive powers and access to sensitive national data.<\/p>\n

The Minority also criticised the proposed oversight structure, arguing that placing the National Security Council, chaired by the President, as the governing body of intelligence agencies amounts to self-regulation.<\/p>\n