Ghana Politics News-President Akufo-Addo yesterday administered the oath office to the new chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Adukwei Mensa and her two deputies, Dr Eric Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey and Adwoa Asuama Abrefa, another member of the Commission.
An attempt by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its agents to stall the process was thwarted by a ruling of the Supreme Court following the dismissal of the former EC boss, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah on stated grounds of incompetence and misconduct.
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President Akufo-Addo declared that neither he nor his party wants to have a hand in the activities of the EC.
He noted that “our only interest is to have an Electoral Commission that organizes credible and transparent elections; we do not want electoral victories handed to us by officials of the Electoral Commission. We want electoral victories handed to us by the people of Ghana.”
The President admitted that he came to office at time of considerable anxiety in the country about the work of the Commission.
He said: “It’s the quality of your work that will reassure the Ghanaian people that the democratic system of government that they have chosen for their country will be properly nurtured by an electoral system that allows their voices to be plainly and loudly heard.”
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