{"id":446182,"date":"2017-12-12T09:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T09:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/12\/step-down-ppp-to-ec-boss\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T09:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T09:21:33","slug":"step-down-ppp-to-ec-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/12\/step-down-ppp-to-ec-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Step down! \u2013 PPP to EC Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 12 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>todaygh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-12<\/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\/12865667.295.jpg\" alt=\"CHARLOTTE OSEI EC BOSS\" title=\"CHARLOTTE OSEI EC BOSS\" width=\"295\" height=\"202\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chairperson of Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei<\/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\/1513070493_966_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A leading member of the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu, has called on the Chairperson of Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, to step down.<\/p>\n<p>The EC boss and her two deputies were yesterday grilled by a five-member committee set up by the Chief Justice to answer questions of corruption levelled against them by some unknown staff of the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that the EC Commissioners came under intense criticisms after the infighting between them in the corruption scandal against them.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the issue on Peace FM\u2019s Kokrokoo yesterday, the PPP aspiring national chairman believed that though the summoning of the commissioners was in the right direction, it \u201cbehoves them to step aside for investigations into the allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the commissioners had brought the image of the EC into disrepute and so their stay in office will only worsen the situation.<\/p>\n<p>He said all the Commissioners should be made to vacate their office to \u201chelp cleanse the institution of the Electoral Commission because they\u2019re the referees. 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