The founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr Charles Mensa, has rejected accusations that his wife, Jean Mensa, who is the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), is biased.
According to Dr Mensa, the political preference of his wife is unimportant so far as she is fair in the discharge of her duties.
Some critics and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have said that Mrs Mensa is a notable supporter of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and, thus, rejected her candidature.
But Dr Mensa insists that his wife is competent to execute her role without partiality.
“I ask people when I hear that. When they tell me she is NPP, I say, so what? If she is NDC, so what? Because the question is not whether one is NDC or NPP [but] can one be independent and be fair to all the political parties? I think that is the issue…and that is Jean’s trademark. That is what she has been doing here to a point where the NDC hierarchy felt very comfortable with her,” he told Joy FM on Thursday, 4 October 2018.
He said Mrs Mensa sometimes “upset them (NDC) but same thing with the NPP, sometimes they love her and sometimes they don’t”.
The main opposition NDC has accused the president of nominating pro-NPP and anti-NDC people to do a hatchet job for the NPP in the 2020 polls.
Former President John Dramani Mahama himself, on Tuesday, 24 July, described as regrettable, the removal of Mrs Osei and the subsequent nomination of Mrs Mensa as a replacement.
However, Dr Mensa maintains that the allegations have no basis.
Source: classfmonline.com
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I think there are so much thoughts in what you are saying. And you are right because NDC seems to be very nervous about anything which stands in her way which makes it impossible to rig elections. The NDC rather prefers to put her own in such a sensitive position, let alone a position like Electoral Commission.
If you look at the documentary about the abduction of the three judges, you will clearly agree with me that JJ Rawlings the former President of Ghana and Founder of the political party NDC was one of the cohorts who instigated and planned the execution of the murderous and the cruel act. How can such a person turn around to be a Democrat? The Rawlings who goes around criticizing his fellow former Presidents, calling them all the worst names of corruption, is himself corrupt, a murder, and a big liar. His ostensible overnight purpose was a good Democrat with integrity, but his real motive was to create dishonestly, corrupt kleptocrats to rig the system and maintain political power to protect him. On the face of it, he seems to have achieved that, but I adopt if he is happy with a clean conscience and if he does then he is not a human but a habitual murderer. Hence, NDC as a Party because of her cruel history needs sanity and a complete overhaul to become a true Democrat.
And so what? Everyone will surely die one day and leave this world. so where are we taking big big post to? After your death, the new generations that are yet to be born will develop their own plan how to live. Whenever someone is praising about his or her competence, such a person is completely failure. they should be proud of being confident not competent. ok
Oh so Charlotte Osei too was an NDC member and if NPP had not been vigilant, she would also be biased. I think NDC party need a professional psychologist. They've still not recovered from their defeat.
Drooche, don't mind them. Ndc has no message so all they know is to attack anything that seem to block their rigging, they are not politicians but bunch of kriminal organization behaving like cartels who operate Ghana as a casino to enrich themselves. Why are they talking against the forensic auditing which has exposed them?why are they advising their people indicted not to cooperate? Whether they cooperate with the investigation or not that doesn't make them innocent, they will still be prosecuted and if you fail to defend yourself you go to jail that's all ! the evidence is clear ,it's up to you to defend so if you allow something like Asiedu Nketiah a Somalian hungry looking man to dictate to you that's your own cup of tea. Akufo Addo will never rescind his decision of bringing people who did evil to this nation to book. Asiedu Nketiah has questions to answer why he shouldn't be prosecuted for awarding contracts to himself, why he inflated the blocks he sold to Bui dam and a lot if issues around his neck, and if this is the General secretary ndc is going to choose then that's their own problem. A general secretary who will be going to court when needed to serve the party to organize for your so called 2020 victory, hahahahahaha! something is pinching him within so talking trash ! he knows his ambition is at stake! Reject him like the Volta rejected Dzifa Ativor!How can the ndc choose somebody John mahama has confessed they misused funds for the grassroots? Uncle Allotey said Asiedu Nketiah never brought anything in the Central region, so even in power he couldn't effect distribution of logistics how much more in opposition that you have scanty? hahahahaha! ndc coming back will be like a camel trying to go through the eye of a needle with the hunch back hanging around the little hole! hahahaha!
Mrs. Jean Mensa is an NPP sympathizer so what? What was Charlotte Osei? wasn't she an NDC card holder?