On the other, President Julius Maada Bio reminds us that “the Constitution is not the property of one government, one institution, or one group.” His answer has stayed with me ever since: The real question is not whether a constitution can be amended. But citizens should judge constitutional reform not merely by the promises of those proposing it, but also by their record when the Constitution previously stood in their way. Because if constitutional principles suddenly become sacred when elections are approaching, then perhaps our problem was never simply the Constitution. Our problem has always been whether those entrusted with power believe the Constitution applies to them too.