Sacked Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei has said she will allow a period of mourning the late Vice-President Amissah-Arthur before responding to the President's decision to sack her after three years.
In a terse statement released a day after she was removed from office together with her two deputies Mrs Charlotte Osei said her singular objective has been to build a truly independent unbiased, free and fair Electoral Commission that can withstand political pressure and influence.
She was, however, unable to execute her objective following her impeachment from office on the basis of misbehavior and incompetence.
PRESS RELEASE
[29th June, 2018]
I have been truly overwhelmed by the hundreds of calls, prayers and messages from all over the country and the international community, expressing shock and disappointment at the recommendation by the Committee (set up by the Chief Justice) to the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove me from office as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission.
I wish to acknowledge all the concerns and to express my deep appreciation to all of you for the show of support. With the heartbreaking news of the sudden demise of our former Vice-President, H.E. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, I will at this time, withhold my response to the President’s decision, while we commiserate with his family and pray for the peaceful repose of his soul.
At this sad time as a country, we are unified in our grief, respect and appreciation for this great man of our land and someone I had deep respect and admiration for.
Despite all the attacks, the character assassinations, the falsehoods, the curses,and the relentless plots and threats against my family and I over the past three years of my service as the Chair of the Electoral Commission, I chose to remain silent and focused on delivering on my constitutional mandate to the best of my ability.
Indeed, the records show that I presided over the 2015 district assembly election and the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections to the best of my ability. I prefer to leave the standard and quality of those elections for Ghanaians, history and posterity to judge.
I still consider it a great honour and privilege to have been given the opportunity to serve my nation at very high levels during my period in public service.
I still hold the view and belief that our country deserves an Electoral Commission that is truly independent, unbiased, free, fair and firm, and can fight-off all attempts to politically capture, manipulate, influence and control it.
This was always my cardinal objective and my approach to my work. In due time there will be ample opportunity to fully address these matters once and for all.
Thank you.
God bless us all.
Signed
Charlotte Osei
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This is Ghana for you madam charlotte, a nation of ungrateful and forgetful people. This npp people, just watch them. The elections is around the corner you will have the last laugh as they will be shamefully gotten rid off.
U really deserve to be sacked. U can’t eat the national cake alone. U are indeed a shame to mother Ghana
Please please whoever takes over the EC should please bring back the old logo cos the current one looks too occultic
So you have a response but failed to give the committee? Gob bless Ghana
CHARLOTTE DO NOT THING THAT ALL THE SO CALLED CONSOLATIONS TO YOU ARE GENUINE. CERTAINLY, MANY WILL SYMPATHISE WITH YOU. YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND THEY SHOULD SHOW CONCERN TO CONSOLE YOU. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE SYMPATHIES ARE JUST CROCODILE TEARS. IT IS JUST TO SATISFY FORMALITIES. E.G IT WILL BE VERY STRANGE AND UNETHICAL IF MAHAMA OR AFARI GYAN DOES NOT CALL YOU, YET IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE FACTS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELVES TO RELY ON SUCH CALLS AND COMMENTS. SOME JUST MEAN NOTHING. aND THE MORE YOU ATTEMPT TO SPEAK THE MORE YOU MAKE PUBLIC THE FINDINGS AGAINST YOU WHICH WAS HANDLED IN CAMERA.
They should be put on trial to face the music including the companies involved.
I prefer the old logo to the voodoo one you commissioned for the EC. The new EC boss must restore the old beautiful logo. You were too arrogant and controvesial. No statement from you will bring you and your corrupt deputies back to the EC.
Arrogance has brought u this far. change ur attitude.
Madam do not worry. You would be better outside this institution. The falsehood has been too much on you. The politicians have forgotten that they are operating on a timeline. Their time will soon be up like how the day passes into the night and night into the day. Good luck madam.
How do you respond to a dismissal? Are you going to the appeal court or what? Any response you have should have been given at the committee during investigations, submissions, examination and cross examination. Your termination is not a subjected to q&a, so what are you really going to respond to? That there is a cartel or a pack of wolves baying for your blood. Even me as a lay person knows a "sackment is a sackment" and brooks no response. So Auntie Charlotte "we saw it and we love it", what response paaa are you going to give? Anyway, we are waiting patiently. Who knows, we may"love it like you did that logo . ok. Bye!!!