{"id":447110,"date":"2017-12-14T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ec-bosses-pose-threat-to-2020-polls-pnc\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:44:34","slug":"ec-bosses-pose-threat-to-2020-polls-pnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ec-bosses-pose-threat-to-2020-polls-pnc\/","title":{"rendered":"EC bosses pose threat to 2020 polls \u2013 PNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/22184807.295.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Deputies Eowpe\" title=\"Charlotte Deputies Eowpe\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>EC Boss, Charlotte Osei and two deputies<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513262674_963_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) says the 2020 general elections will be jeopardized if the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson and her two deputies do not abdicate their positions.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Thursday, the PNC said the country\u2019s electoral body will have the peace of mind to discharge its duties if the three Commissioners are replaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Electoral Commission is the only key and sensitive institution of the state, mandated by law to conduct free, fair, peaceful and transparent elections [but] we are not safe if the EC commissioners are not working in harmony,\u201d PNC Treasurer Akane Adam said.<\/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.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMrs 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>The three EC chairpersons are being investigated by a Committee set up by Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo following the establishment of a prima facie case in the matter.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBut the PNC said Mrs Osei and his deputies do not deserve to be at the Commission because of their past behaviour and their failure to manage the workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The public acrimony, fights, accusations and insults against one another by the EC commissioners just after the 2016 polls should be enough for an impeachment,&#8221; 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