Accra, Ghana, July 23, 2018//-Ghana’s largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vehemently opposed the nomination of the Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Jean Mensa as the new the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC).
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed its dissatisfaction with the nomination of IEA Executive Director, Jean Adukwei Mensa as the new Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC).
This follows the nomination of Jean Mensa and Samuel Tettey and Dr Eric Asare Bossman as Deputy Chairpersons by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Reacting to the nomination in a statement, the NDC said it is shocked by the nomination, given that President Nana Akufo-Addo until his nomination, had assured that persons to be nominated as EC officials will be persons “whose integrity and political neutrality would be above board.”
The statement signed by the General Secretary of the NDC, John Asiedu Nketia added: “For President Akufo –Addo to proceed contrary to his earlier assurance to appoint a known pro-NPP and on-avowed anti NDC person like Mrs. Jean Mensa to chair a commission which would organize elections invoking the NPP and NDC as the main contenders defies all series of decency, fairness and justice, and amounts to a gross abuse of the discretionary powers of appointment vested in him by the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana”.
The party in the statement assured the public that it would in due course provide details of what it calls “open and covert activities of Jean Mensa which makes her unfit to occupy the high position of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Ghana.”
The EC Chairperson post became vacant following the sacking of the former EC Chairperson Charlotte Osei by the President on the recommendation of the Chief Justice for misbehavour, among others.
African Eye Report
