Election petition: Jean Mensa allowed himself to be biased – Statement by witness Asiedu Nketiah | Politics

National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia told the Supreme Court that the Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) was biased in favor of John Mahama.

The kingpin of the NDC, chosen as one of the witnesses by former President John Mahama in the ongoing election petition, said: “Neither are the president of the first respondent and the first respondent required under Article 296 of the Constitution to be “ biased by resentment, prejudice or personal aversion ” in the exercise. discretion, but they are required to exercise those powers ‘in accordance with legal process’.

“The president of the 1st respondent, Ms. Jean Adukwei Mensa, was biased by her prejudice in favor of the 2nd respondent, who appointed her in August 2018 and with whose wife Ms. Jean Adukwie Mensa has a close family relationship . Ms Mensa was therefore, at all relevant times in the exercise of her responsibilities, biased by prejudices in favor of the 2nd defendant and against the applicant ”.

According to the man known as General Mosquito, “by announcing the various so-called” corrections “and” corrections “of the” Corrections “, no officer of the 1st Respondent engaged in a consultation process involving the petitioner …” add “it is clear that in seeking to justify the new figures put forward in the press release (of the EC) of December 10, 2020, one or more officials of the 1st respondent themselves made various adjustments to the figures of the votes cast for various candidates, in the absence of representatives of the petitioner “.

Asiedu Nketiah’s witness statement was filed on Wednesday January 27.

Read the full statement below