Parliament will formally launch the celebration of its 30th Anniversary of Parliamentary Democracy under the Fourth Republic on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at Parliament House in Accra.

The launch, which will herald a year-long celebration, marked with various activities, is under the theme “Thirty (30) Years of Parliamentary Democracy Under the Fourth Republic: The Journey This Far”.

Parliament in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Kate Addo, said, “Since the turn of the 4th Republic, Parliament has passed over 1000 Bills into law. These include the Right to Information Act, the National Identification Authority Act, the Interpretation Act, the Food and Drugs Act and the Domestic Violence Act, among many other significant Bills”.

Parliament in its statement said, there has been a marginal increase in the number of female MPs from 16 in 1993 to 40 in 2021.

“The number of female MPs has been relatively low over the past thirty years and have represented less than 20 percent of the membership of the House since 1993. This notwithstanding, there has been a marginal increase in the number of female MPs from 16 in 1993 to 40 in 2021,” Parliament indicated in its statement.