Drama at the CE and Mahama meeting

General News of Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-07-10

A meeting with former President John Mahama, organized by representatives of the Electoral Commission (EC), has ended without incident.

While EC officials and leaders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were coming out of an in camera meeting, NDC Secretary General Johnson Asiedu Nketia was heard telling Jean Mensa, President of the EC that "you" she has stopped being right, "she asked," How can one be unjust there (EC)? "

Mr. Asiedu Nketia's comment that you have ceased to be fair suggested suggesting that Ms. Mensa was fair to all parties when she was Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA ) but in his opinion has ceased to be fair with all parties as Chairman of the Commission.

Ms. Mensa tried to energetically defend her integrity, but could not continue because she had to pose alongside former President Mahama, Mr. Asiedu Nketia, of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the l '. former Minister of Communications, Omane Boamah, among others, for a group photo. .

The start of the actual meeting, which took place on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the former office of the president of East Cantonments, was dramatic. Former presidential staff member Stan Dogbe forced reporters to hand in their phones before entering the meeting room.

Journalists who covered the event were not comfortable with the order and begged Mr. Dogbe to allow them to take their phone to help take some of the news. pictures and record the voice of their stories.

Mr. Dogbe has denied journalists the opportunity to pick up their phone, with some journalists describing his action as a "seizure" of their phone.

In the meeting room, after brief remarks by the President of the European Commission, Jean Mensa, Mr. Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National President, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the former President personally asked the reporters leave the meeting room for a heart visit. -Heart had an in camera meeting with EC officials, unlike the two previous meetings with former Presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and Jerry John Rawlings, where reporters attended the meeting from the beginning to the end of the meeting. meeting.

Mahama badured the media that at the end of the in camera meeting everything that happened would be summarized to the journalists.

Surprisingly, after waiting several minutes, a staff member from Mr. Mahama's office, George Azirigo, came out announcing that the journalists would no longer be informed by the end of the meeting.