The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is calling on President John Mahama to appoint a new chairman for the Electoral Commission ahead of the 2016 elections.
According to the umbrella body of lawyers, appointing a new head of the election regulatory body will �boost the image and credibility of the Commission before the 2016 elections.�
The GBA said at a press conference in Accra, Tuesday, that it believes �What all Ghanaians will be looking for from the new Electoral Commissioner is one who is perceived as capable and just; a person of integrity and one who will not pander to political pressures from any quarters whatsoever.�
The incumbent chairman of the EC, Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, has been in office since 1992 and has presided over five national elections.
Ghana�s last presidential and parliamentary elections ended at the highest court of the land � the Supreme Court � after the New Patriotic Party challenged the presidential results.
A nine-member panel in August 2013, validated the EC�s declaration of President Mahama as the legitimate winner of the 2012 election.
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