The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said it plans to demonstrate against the removal of the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei.
Though it is unlikely the party has given the police a formal notice in line with the Public Order Act, it has announced that its supporters will converge on the Obra Spot, near the Kwame Nkrumah interchange this [Friday] morning.
“[Today] the anger of the people will be shown on the streets,” the NDC National Organiser, Kofi Adams, told the press Thursday night.
“We must all rise and speak [and say] that enough is enough. They have done enough destruction. We will not allow them to continue with this destruction,” Kofi Adams said.
He described the shake-up at the EC the latest “bastardization” of institutions by the government.
“That destruction must not be extended to the Electoral Commission. This is an institution that we will religiously guard and protect,” he stressed.
The removal of Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah from office followed a recommendation from a Committee set up by the Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice set up the committee to probe multiple complaints against the EC officials.
Allegations of fraud and malfeasance were brought against them, following which the Chief Justice established a prima facie case against them.
The committee cited misbehaviour and incompetence as reasons for the dismissal, pursuant to Article 146(4) of the Constitution.
The Committee concluded that Charlotte Osei blatantly breached procurement laws in the award of several contracts in her three-year period at the helm of affairs, prior to the 2016 elections.
Source: citi
