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The applicants in the case of the dismissal of Mrs. Charlotte Osei as President of the Electoral Commission celebrated the result.
The petitioners petitioned the president in July 2017 to dismiss Ms. Osei, citing misconduct. The President, acting on the recommendation of the Chief Justice's Judicial Inquiry Committee on Thursday, June 28, dismissed Ms. Osei and his two deputies – Alhaji Amadu Sulley and Mrs. Georgina Opoku Amankwaa.
million. Forson Ampofo, a senior EC election supervisor in the Ashanti region, who also serves as the petitioners' chief, said Monday his joy at a press conference dubbed "In the afternoon". petition case for the dismissal of Ms. Osei the EC. "
He said:" We, the EC, would like to say that we have seen the withdrawal of Ms. Osei, we like her withdrawal and that makes us happy. "
"We are sure that these words are very familiar to her and to other Ghanaians, and in the same vein, we wish to state that we will use all the legal means at our disposal to ensure that her dismissal be permanent and irrevocable. "
M. Ampofo and his fellow petitioners, dressed in all white clothing, said that they were welcoming people who, in the exercise of their constitutional rights, were seeking to attack the process; adding: "We will also do all we can to maintain his dismissal."
In July 2017, concerned EC workers asked President Akufo-Addo and Chief Justice Justice Akuffo to provoke investigations into allegations of financial malpractice and abuse of power against the President of the EC
The workers concerned alleging violations of certain provisions of the 1992 Constitution by the President of the EC concerning her function, conduct and functions in a six-page petition; Mr Ampofo recalled that the petition was presented by 17 concerned EC workers, with the names and signatures of all petitioners duly presented to the President, as part of the indictment proceedings. their petition, which also presented the same to the Chief Justice to determine whether a prima facie case had been made against Ms. Osei.
On the question that a deceased, George Adjavukewe, wa s in the list of petitioners, Mr. Ampofo explained that Adjavukewe was indeed, one of the petitioners, which was filed in July 2017 but died later in November 2017.
He said the struggle for probity and responsibility in Ms. Osei's activities at the EC was far from over.
He first stated that all the reasons for which she had been found liable were also grounds for which she could be prosecuted; declaring that the Law on Public Procurement, 2003, Law 663, was very clear on this
"In this regard, we are preparing to submit these complaints to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for the investigation and possible prosecution of Ms. Osei, He said, "We will not neglect any effort to ensure that she copes with all the effects of the law, that she happily raped with carelessness," he added.
M Ampofo expressed gratitude to the petitioners' legal team for their dedication to their cause – Mr. Kwame Boateng, Mr. Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, Mr. Eric Okyere Darko, Mr. Julius Opoku-Agyei and Mr. Raphael Kwaku Owusu-Agyemang
Source: GNA
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