CHAPTER 2 that Parliament is overwhelmingly made up of the Executive. Moreover, Parliamentary Committees are too weak to provide the much needed oversight and power to countervail Executive power. iii. Recommendations 64. The Panel recommends that the Government of Ghana: ? Revise the power of the President to establish ministries as and when the President so wishes, by subjecting this law to Parliamentary approval. ? Provide appropriate capacity to Parliamentary Committees enabling them to perform their functions efficiently in overseeing and providing effective checks and balances against the Executive, as stipulated in the Constitution. ? Review the desirability of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, as it tends to blur the lines between the legislature and the Executive arms of government. ? Adopt a self-binding plan to implement the constitutional requirement for measures to achieve reasonable regional and gender balance in Parliament and Cabinet as part of the broader requirement. ? Adopt a self-regulating cycle designed to review and improve remuneration and conditions of service for MPs. ? Provide for additional Courts of Appeal in Kumasi and Tamale, to ease the pressure on the only Court of Appeal in the country. ? Continue with efforts to clear the backlog of cases, especially in the High Court and regional tribunals. ? Adopt a self-regulating mechanism to reduce by half the backlog each year for the next three years. Objective 5: Ensure accountable, efficient and effective public office holders and civil servants i. Self-assessment 65. Accountability is the obligation to account for a responsibility that has been conferred. Those individuals and organisations charged with particular functions or the delivery of services or activities are therefore held responsible for them, and this responsibility is judged or measured in terms of clearly stipulated codes of conduct. Society is an intricate network of reciprocal and accountable relationships between people at various levels and for a variety of purposes. It is the cluster of these 32