President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has thrown his weight behind calls for the removal of Electoral Commission Chairperson Jean Mensa and her deputies, Dr. Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey. This development comes on the heels of National Democratic Congress Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah’s demand for their resignation, citing gross mismanagement and incompetence.
Mr. Cudjoe criticised the EC’s handling of recent elections, highlighting issues with transparency and accountability. He specifically pointed out the disenfranchisement of residents in the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi, and Likpe (SALL) areas during the 2020 parliamentary elections. According to Cudjoe, these issues transcend partisan politics and threaten the integrity of Ghana’s democratic institutions.
Although Mr. Cudjoe won’t personally file a petition seeking their removal, IMANI Africa has already petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over the EC’s conduct. “Everybody knows my position on this. I am not talking about the high-handedness of SALL, as for that one, if I add it, their sins will be worse. I will not cry for them, but I hope that it is done properly and that there are no faceless petitioners,” Cudjoe said.
“We have petitioned the CHRAJ already on this matter, and I think they are working on it to see what they can do concerning some of these things, not necessarily their removal but to just prove that they were high-handed, evasive and somehow complicit in our financial woes,” he added. Cudjoe’s stance echoes Nketiah’s concerns about the EC’s performance and its potential impact on Ghana’s electoral credibility and political stability.
