{"id":447656,"date":"2017-12-16T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/suhuyini-raises-eyebrow-whos-behind-ec-boss-impeachment-at-presidency\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:30:32","slug":"suhuyini-raises-eyebrow-whos-behind-ec-boss-impeachment-at-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/suhuyini-raises-eyebrow-whos-behind-ec-boss-impeachment-at-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Suhuyini raises eyebrow: Who\u2019s behind EC boss\u2019 impeachment at presidency?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/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>Charlotte Osei is Chairperson of Electoral Commission<\/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\/1513420232_645_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini is giving credence to claims that petition asking for the impeachment of the Electoral Commission boss, was cooked at the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The process to remove the EC boss Mrs Charlotte Osei began with a petition to the president in July that suggested she has abused her office, caused financial loss to the state and breached Ghana\u2019s procurement laws.<\/p>\n<p>However, a prima facie case was established against her by the Chief Justice last week, which paved the way for the impeachment process to begin.<\/p>\n<p>She has since been invited to make herself available for the impeachment hearing, which she has indicated her willingness to submit to the process.<\/p>\n<p>But the MP for Tamale South on TV3\u2019s New Day hosted by Abena Tabi on Saturday, indicated that how the petition was handled at the presidency before it was forwarded to the Chief Justice leaves much to be desired.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled a first petition dropped at the presidency in the absence of President Akufo-Addo, who returned to the country to find the petition asking for the EC boss to be removed not dated and not signed by the petitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, a lawyer emerged with a petition he signed as the counsel for the about 17 petitioners who submitted the unaddressed petition.<\/p>\n<p>This lawyer, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, has himself been accused of championing a\u201cdecades-long vendetta\u201d against the EC boss.<\/p>\n<p>Alhassan Suhuyini hinged his suspicion about a collaboration at the seat of government on how the lawyer got involved with the petition.<\/p>\n<p>He wondered how the presidency was able to trace the petitioners\u2019 lawyer to submit a signed copy when the initial petition was without address, and there has not been any communication from the presidency looking for the petitioners whose identities have not been made public yet.<\/p>\n<p>EC chairperson has yet to also receive a copy of the petition as submitted to the president. Based on this submission, he surmised that someone at the presidency knew about the petition and persons involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody at the presidency knew about this petition\u201d he claimed, stating that when the issue of the unsigned and undated petition came up, the \u201cperson hinted whoever dropped it\u201d which then got the lawyer to be involved. This among other circumstances surrounding the impeachment process, he stated, can \u201ccontrive\u201d the substance of the case.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore admonished the government to \u201chandle this more tactfully and carefully\u201d. 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