[ 2016-11-12 ]

Charlotte Osei has messed up EC - Franklin Cudjoe
President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana,
Franklin Cudjoe has accused the Chairperson of the
Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei of hurting
the reputation of the commission with some of her
decisions.

According to him, Charlotte Osei performed
creditably well at the National Commission for
Civic Education (NCCE) where she headed till her
new role at the EC.

“At the NCCE she did a stellar job, I’m not
one of those who sit from afar and criticize just
for criticizing, we went closer and we understood
that she did really well at the NCCE but she is
messing up at the EC,” Franklin Cudjoe said on
the Big Issue today [Saturday, November 12,
2016].

Background

The IMANI boss’ comment comes on the back of
accusations by some political parties that the
Electoral Commission under Charlotte Osei’s
leadership has not been fair to them especially
within the nomination period.

The EC has come under pressure for disqualifying
some presidential aspirants from the 2016
presidential race.

The EC had explained that it disqualified the
presidential hopefuls which included the
Progressive People’s Party’s Dr. Papa Kwesi
Nduom and Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings of the
National Democratic Party because of some errors
on their nomination forms.

They however dragged the EC to court over the
decision. The Supreme Court on November 7, 2016
ordered the EC to extend the deadline for the
nomination period, which afforded the parties to
rectify the errors on the nomination forms but
some including Hassan Ayariga of the All
People’s Congress (APC) failed to make it into
the race.

Even though some of the aspirants were able to
correct the errors on their nomination forms and
made it to the ballot, Mrs. Osei actions are still
been questioned.

Lawsuits show EC has lost focus

Financial analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford about a
week ago accused the commission of losing focus.

He argued that the numerous court cases the EC has
had to defend in court shows that the commission
“has lost its focus on who it is representing
and what its job is.”

Source - Citifmonline

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