Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will fight and ensure that the chair of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, is not removed from office, Bolgatanga Central MP Isaac Adongo has said.
According to him, the office of the Chair of the EC is a constitutional office that must be protected from the influence of anybody or entity, hence the decision to resist the removal of Mrs Osei from office.
His comments follows the filing of a petition by unnamed EC staff with President Nana Akufo-Addo requesting the removal of Mrs Osei for allegedly terminating a contract with STL and unilaterally renegotiating a contract with a vendor of the EC for $21,999,592 without the knowledge of her deputies or other commissioners.
The petition, signed by the lawyer for the staff, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, said Mrs Osei’s cancellation of a contract between the EC and Superlock Technologies Limited (STL) – a company contracted to supply and manage Biometric Voter Registration machines (BVRs) and the Biometric Voter Devices (BVDs) – coupled with her ordering of the payment of $76,000 to IT firm Dream Oval, were fraudulent.
Mrs Osei has since reacted to the allegations, describing them as “frivolous”, “bogus” and as “lies”.
Contributing to a discussion on TV3’s New Day on Saturday July 22, Mr Adongo said: “We have to make sure that [heads of] constitutional bodies are able to run their offices and have their tenure protected by everybody.
“We have to be able to investigate whether this is just a continuation of a process that was begun even when she was appointed. In our view, if you start a process to remove the EC chair we [the NDC] have a major stake in that process. We are watching keenly, we are very determined to resist any attempt whatsoever to want to remove that woman from her office because we saw Afari Gyan come under several such attacks.
“This is an office that we have to protect, we have to ensure that office is given the serenity and the kind of stability that it desires in order to transcend different political parties and governments.
“We in the NDC are very mindful of the fact that we have to ensure that we don’t politicise constitutional offices. If we are able to cross that bridge Ghana will be better for all of us.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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we all know Charlotte was planted at the EC to rig the elections for the incompetent John Mahama but failed to do so.... NDC cr!m!nal gang always condone wrongdoing.... We will also legally and forcefully remove the EC boss if she found to go against the law. NDC can take Ghana govt to Hague ....
Is Osei untouchable simply because the NDC Mps (from the north) want her there? Does it mean she is above the law and anything she does is OK even if it is an impeachable offense? Fooooooooolish NDC MPs. We shall see.
all of you p3p3nin can go to helll. Ghana is not for pepenin political parasites to decide on who can be impeached and who cannot! If Bottoooom Power did an impeachable offense, why should she be allowed to stay simply because northerner politicians like her. Kwasssshia fuor. Instead of these politicians from the north to focus on SADA and other aspects of making the north better, they are thinking of bottooooom power. SHe will be dealt with according to the constitution!!!!! IF she has to GO, she will GOOOOO
In light of the revelations coming out of the EC, do you think your comments here make any sense at all, Mr. Adongo? Why is it that some of you in the NDC, including your minority leader Haruna Iddrisu, and your National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy regularly make loose statement, devoid of any common sense??? It is indeed a truism that common sense is not common to all!
DOG EATER !! You cannot resist anything. Free education Peppeni like you !! I don't blame you But Nkrumah for given you free education!! That is the reason you and Harunna don't make sense!! Resist and see what is coming !!!
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO RESIST? THE CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR ON WHAT CONSTITUTES A BREACH WHICH COULD LEAD TO IMPEACHMENT. SO IF SUCH IS EATABLISHED THE PROCESS CAN GO ON AND IMPEACHMENT WILL PROCEED AND NOT DOG EATER CAN RESIST NOTHING. ***barred word***. WE ARE TIRED OF YOU PEOPLE.
These NDC MPs from northern Ghana are gaining notoriety for loose talk. Haruna Iddrisu and this Adongo are terrible characters. As for Adongo's case, it seems to be inspired by "weed" of 'abodam'!
Look at the hypocrisy here! You want to protect constitutional offices and yet do not want to respect the rule of law. This is a petition against a constitutional office holder and instead of allowing the rule of law to take its course, you say you will resist her removal. Is the person who made that statement indeed a parliamentarian? Hmmmmmm !!!!!
My friend gerrout !! Why didn't you resist the flying away of the guinea fowls from northern Ghana to Burkina Faso ??????