Adei declares the most competent CE chair in the history of Jean Mensa Ghana

-Jean Mensa has been described as the most competent President of the EC in Ghanaian history

– According to Professor Adei, Mensa’s calm demeanor in the face of false allegations is incomparable

– But, John Dramani Mahama disagreed

Former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, says Jean Mensa’s competence as Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) is second to none.

According to him, Mensa is the best president of the EC that Ghana has ever had “in terms of competence”.

To justify his request, Professor Adei, who is also chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), cited Mensa’s calm demeanor in the face of “false” claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

“From day one, they’ve always stacked up to paint his negative,” he told Accra-based Joy FM on Monday, Jan.4, 2021.

But, John Dramani Mahama disagreed with Professor Adei. According to the former president, Mensa would be the worst the country has seen following the declarations of the 2020 general election.

Haruna Iddrisu, 19 other NDC deputies accused

Akufo-Addo beat Mahama in the polls, garnering 51.302% of the vote while the latter had 47.359%.

Mahama, however, rejected the result, filing a petition with the Supreme Court to challenge it.

Meanwhile, there is no evidence Mahama won the presidential race, National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team member Dr Dominic Ayine has revealed.

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Speak in an interview with GHone TV on Thursday, December 31, 2020, the former deputy justice minister of the former Mahama government said: “We never said we won the [presidential] election.”

Separately, An Accra Circuit Court accused the leader of the minority in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, of illegal assembly for marching towards the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC).

Iddrisu was indicted alongside 19 other deputies from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

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Iddrisu, Tuesday December 22, 2020, led his colleagues to petition the President of the EC, Jean Mensa, about the parliamentary results of the Techimman Sud headquarters which was called for the new patriotic party (NPP) in power.

Forbidden to go past a barricade around the Ridge roundabout, Iddrisu led opposition MPs to cross the barricade in contempt, which led to a serious brawl with security guards occupying the premises. of the EC.

The deputies were said to have been physically abused by the police for their “stubbornness”.

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