A group calling itself the Positive Transparency and Accountability Movement-Africa (PTAAM-Africa) has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama, seeking the removal of Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson Mrs. Jean Mensa and her deputies from office.
The group in its petition, which was filed pursuant to Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, identified three key grounds for the removal: financial loss to the state, creation of a constitutional crisis, and misconduct and abuse of public office.
The group claims that the purchase of a new biometric voter device and the creation of a new voter register prior to the 2020 general elections resulted in significant financial losses for the state, amounting to millions of taxpayer dollars.
According to the group, the expenditure was unnecessary, as the 2016 voter register and biometric devices were robust and fit for purpose.
The group further alleged that the current EC leadership, under Madam Jane Mensa, knowingly created a constitutional crisis through actions and inactions leading up to the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections.
To them, the decision to mandate a new voter registration exercise during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic endangered public health and exposed millions of Ghanaians to life-threatening risks.
It also accused the EC Chair Jean Mensa and her deputies of misconduct and abuse of public office.
The allegations include gross incompetence, bias, procurement breaches, and poor corporate governance, all of which undermine the principles of free, fair, and transparent elections.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana