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Ghanaians will answer two questions during the upcoming referendum expected to be held later this year as part of the amendment processes of the existing Republican Constitution. The two questions to be posed are whether or not the Death Penalty in the Constitution should be abolished while the second question will be whether or not the citizens agree to the proposed amendment of some of the entrenched provisions in the supreme law of the land. Addressing a well attended forum in Kumasi, the Chairman of the Constitution Review Implementation Committee, Professor Emmanuel Victor Dankwah explained that the decision for the electorate to answer two questions during the referendum has been necessitated by the two strong views expressed by the people on the death penalty. Residents in the Ashanti region are upbeat about the proposed referendum later this year to amend portions of the existing Republican Constitution. All the people whose views were sampled by Radio Ghana after a forum in Kumasi on the proposed Constitutional amendment expressed satisfaction with the processes involved in the amendment so far. They were also happy about most of the issues raised in line with the scheduled referendum. Opinions were however sharply divided about whether or not the death penalty should be abolished. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, Listowel Yesu Bukarson was happy that eventually, the National Media Commission would have the capacity to instill decorum within the media landscape. According to Mr. Bukarson, media practitioners and their organizations have had too much room to infringe on the law. He maintained that if the amendment is implemented, the media industry would be revolutionized.