{"id":322634,"date":"2025-04-07T12:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/07\/cds-petitions-president-mahama-against-removal-of-ec-chair-and-deputies\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:56:12","slug":"cds-petitions-president-mahama-against-removal-of-ec-chair-and-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/07\/cds-petitions-president-mahama-against-removal-of-ec-chair-and-deputies\/","title":{"rendered":"CDS petitions President Mahama against removal of EC Chair and Deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By: Barbara Kumah<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Democracy and Socio-Economic Development (CDS) has petitioned the President not to initiate any processes to remove the EC chairperson and other commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>This is in response to two petitions filed by a group known as the Positive Transparency and Accountability Movement Ghana and one Daniel Ofosu-Appiah requesting the removal of the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, and her two deputies, Dr. Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey as well as one other member of the Commission, Dr. Peter Atuahene.<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Barbara Kumah The Centre for Democracy and Socio-Economic Development (CDS) has petitioned the President not to initiate any processes to remove the EC chairperson and other commissioners. 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