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Akufo-Addo Sitting On A Petition For Jean Mensah’s Removal But Swiftly Dealt With Charlotte Osei- Kwesi Pratt
Managing editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt has claimed that President Akufo-Addo is dragging his feet with regards to a petition seeking the removal of Jean Mensah as the Chairperson for Electoral Commission.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on Wednesday, he wondered why the President acted swiftly when a similar petition was brought against former EC Chair, Charlotte Osei but has simply refused to act in the case of Jean Mensah.
To him, his not about whether the petition finds Mrs Mensah guilty or not rather the failure of the President to apply the law equally.
“I like to go back to the case of Charlotte Osei, when the petition went to the Head of State, we were told that in those circumstances, the head of state cannot determine whether the petition is frivolous or not. When he receives it, he must pass it on to the next level. That’s what we were told. I do know that there have been a similar petition against the current chairperson of the Electoral Commission. Why haven’t we gone to the next level. Why has the president not acted as a conveyer belt now?” he quizzed.
“I’m not saying the allegations against her are true or she is guilty. She may be an innocent woman doing a legitimate work and working properly but if we say the principle is that the president is merely a conveyer belt and that the moment he receives a petition, he is bound to pass it on to the next level for process to begin, what about this case?” he quizzed.
