{"id":446036,"date":"2017-12-11T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/ec-boss-demands-petition-from-akufo-addo-jc-as-impeachment-committee-starts-probe\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T22:11:10","slug":"ec-boss-demands-petition-from-akufo-addo-jc-as-impeachment-committee-starts-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/ec-boss-demands-petition-from-akufo-addo-jc-as-impeachment-committee-starts-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"EC boss demands petition from Akufo-Addo, JC, as \u2018impeachment\u2019 Committee starts probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53291155.295.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Osei33\" title=\"Charlotte Osei33\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513030270_22_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson has written to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo demanding an official copy of a petition seeking her removal.<\/p>\n<p>She has also written to the Judicial Council acknowledging the invitation to appear before the Committee to preside over her possible impeachment proceedings. She was quick to demand, however, a copy of the petition, as well as the composition of the of the committee, constituted.<\/p>\n<p>In both letters, copies of which have been intercepted by Joy News Monday, Charlotte Osei said she needs the document in order to seek the requisite legal advice on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Tension has been mounting at the Commission after some workers sent a petition to the president accusing the Electoral Commissioner of some alleged impeachable offences.<\/p>\n<p>The concerned staff claimed Mrs Osei fraudulently cancelled a contract awarded to Superlock Technologies Limited (STL), a company contracted to supply and manage Biometric Voter Registration machines (BVRs) and Biometric Voter Devices (BVDs).<\/p>\n<p>They also alleged she single-handedly renegotiated the same contract with the vendor without the involvement of key members of the Commission, leading to the award of $21,999,592 contract.<\/p>\n<p>Her action contradicted the Public Procurement Act (PPA), they said.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Osei has maintained the claims are \u201cunfounded accusations,\u201d blaming her two deputies, Mrs Georgina Opoku-Amankwaah and Amadu Sulley for the petition.<\/p>\n<p>But her denial did not stop the presidency from forwarding a copy of the petition to the Chief Justice as required by law and for possible impeachment proceedings to begin if a prima facie case is established. <\/p>\n<p>On receiving the petition, the Chief Justice wrote to the EC Chair to respond to the allegations contained in the petition, which she did after a prima facie case was established against her.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, after her official response to the allegations, she has neither heard from the Chief Justice nor officially been communicated to, only to receive a summon to appear before a committee that is likely to trigger her impeachment. <\/p>\n<p>That is the basis of her letters to the president and to the Judicial Council<\/p>\n<p>In the letter to the Judicial Service dated December 11, 2017, Mrs Osei complained she had not been given a copy of the alleged petition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would respectfully like to make you aware of the following:<\/p>\n<p>(a) I have to this day, not been furnished with a copy of the alleged petition.<\/p>\n<p>(b) I was provided with a statement of the allegations made against me in a letter from Her Ladyship, the Chief Justice in which she also asked me to respond to the allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter to the president also demanded a copy of the petition against her. <\/p>\n<p>But the Director of Communication at the Office of the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has asked the EC boss to write to the Chief Justice for a copy of the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a straightforward issue\u2026if she wants a copy she should get it from the Chief Justice [because] all the documents we have, we forwarded them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Arhin said president Akufo-Addo sent everything to the CJ in pursuant to Article 146(3) of the 1992 Constitution. &#8220;If she is looking for a copy&#8230;I think the best place is the CJ office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini who led the impeachment process of the former Commissioner of CHRAJ said there is very little the presidency could do in such a situation.<\/p>\n<p>He told Evans Mensah the presidency is only a &#8220;conveyor belt&#8221; which forwards such petitions to the Chief Justice as was done in his case against Lauretta Lamptey.<\/p>\n<p>He was therefore not surprised that the presidency has asked the EC boss to ask the Chief Justice for a copy of the petition.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 2 updated by: 2 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-11 Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson has written to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo demanding an official copy of a petition seeking her removal. 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