The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would resist any attempt by the Akufo-Addo led government to remove the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei from office.
He said the party would use all means possible to resist what he described as a ploy by the NPP to get rid of the EC boss.
According to him, the NDC would not sit unconcerned for President Akufo-Addo to carry out his purported strategy to oust the EC boss from office just as he had used similar strategy to sack some heads of public institutions since he assumed office.
Addressing a press conference at the NDC headquarters in Accra on Thursday, Mr Iddrisu alleged that since Akufo-Addo took over power from NDC in January this year, he has sacked many heads of public institutions and replaced them with NPP loyalists, thus attempting to apply similar strategy to get rid of Mrs Charlotte Osei.
He said the country had never witnessed such wanton sacking from office of persons suspected to be loyalists of an opposing party than what President Akufo-Addo had done within the first six months being in government.
Mr Iddrissu said if President Akufo-Addo would use tricks to instigate a section of the EC staff in order to use it as an excuse to sack the EC boss, he should abort such plans.
He has, therefore, cautioned the NPP government not to extend their ‘sacking spree’ of public servants to the chairperson of the EC.
“Nana Akufo-Addo should not extend his encroachment and political polarization to EC", he stated.
He, however, called on Ghana’s development partners and donors to call President Akufo-Addo and his government to order.
According to Mr Iddrisu, the manner in which the Akufo-Addo led government was sacking persons suspected to be NDC sympathizers from public offices is a cause for concern.
He added that the political polarization of the public service did not auger well for the country’s democratic credence.
Speaking on the same subject, the Director of Elections of the party, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo said the NDC was aware of all the strategies the NPP government was using to get rid of public servants believed to be members of NDC.
According to him, such a practice was dangerous to the country’s development and should not be allowed to continue.
He said the NPP government had failed to create employment in order to fulfil its promise of creating employment but was using such plans to get rid of people in order to replace them with NPP loyalists.
Mr Ampofo said since NPP took over power, it had sacked and transferred many persons believed to be NDC supporters from their place of work.
According to him, the public service should not be used for political purposes, saying that the NDC would not allow such things to continue in the country.
Source: Daily Graphic
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ARE THESE THE PEOPLE LEADING NDC? NO COMMENTS.
For the first time in his political career of which some of us respect him a lot, he had behaved not only like a foot soldier but a f00l1sh one as such. Haruna paaaaa. You wrote all these words and accusation without even making reference to any public officer sacked in the line of party politics if that person is not a politician himself. Let me make proper reference next time you write emulate me. Take the BOST/TOR previous head. He stood as parliamentarian competing with Agyarko in East Wuogon Constituency. He is a hard core NDC politician and not even a technocratic at where he was heading. I agree with one of the contributors that Nana RATHER HAD BEEN LENIENT, that is why Haruna is talking like a ***barred word***. I am not saying he is a ***barred word***.
If the President changes the EC boss from office, what will Haruna Iddirisu and the NDC will do to him? Nana Addo must do some action to some of this NDC people who has taken state monies.
i blame nana addo for not having prosecuted corrupt members of the NDC long ago. This has emboldened many of those fuuulllls such as this watchman-caricature called Iddrisu to talk this way. Nana Addo, we voted for change and you seem to be sitting there with the old mess you inherited from the incompetent John Mahama. Ghanaians are tired of NDC, but Nana Addo seems to be tolerating these modda fockers. You have 3½ years. Continue fuuuuuling around with NDC.
I think Haruna is a lawyer. Are lawyers expected to talk like hungry foot soldiers in this country? Or Haruna and his party people do not know the processes related to such petitions? It is a pity it is taking the NDC such along time to wake up from their slumber after their shameful defeat in 2016.
that charlotte osei woman will certainly face the law and will be forced to resign. and ndc can do nothing but just stand by and see events unfolding
What a HELL is NDC and do you guys think anyone is afraid of your s'enseless speech(HARUNA IDDRISU).Even in power you guys planned evil but was crushed down by our expects. Never try anything because we will teach you Ghana is own by the ordinary people and the LAWS of the state and not you CORRUP'T NDC guys. Is that woman above the LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY?LONG LIVE GHANA AND LONG LIVE NPP