A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications team, Fad Osman, has claimed that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) government is determined to remove the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa.
According to him, “Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the NDC, early this year made the claim on one of the TV stations in Accra that they will do everything to ensure that she leaves office, so this is a determination being made by the government.”
“From where I sit, I don’t see the current EC chair surviving this; she will go,” he added.
Mr Osman, who was speaking on JoyPrime’s Prime Morning Show on Tuesday, November 25, referred to a recent petition from an Electoral Commission staff member urging President John Mahama to dismiss the Chairperson.
Joseph Blankson Adumadzie, the Electoral Commission staff member, petitioned President John Mahama to remove Chairperson Jean Mensa and her two deputies. He filed the petition under Article 146 of the Constitution, accusing the EC leadership of misconduct.
However, Mr Osman argued that this mirrored the process previously used by the NDC government to remove the former Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, warning that such procedures should not be misused.
“Eleven months in office, we have seen them going through all means to remove our Chief Justice; they are now planning to remove the EC. I am not surprised that going forward, there will be other institutions that they will be looking into removing.”
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