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A group of Ghanaian citizens say they have gathered a dossier of evidence that detail how the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensah, is unfit to occupy her position.
They have therefore sent her notice of their intent to petition for her to be removed from office.
Through their lawyer, Chris Ackumey, this group of Ghanaians who have started their actions as anonymous whistleblowers have demanded that Mrs Mensah provide written responses for some of the issues that will be raised against her.
In 4th June letter to Jean Mensah, Lawyer Chris Ackumey, on behalf of his anonymous clients accused Jean Mensah of incompetence and corruption, highlighting her decision to compile a new voters’ register without first having a national census conducted as an example of crass ineptitude on her part.
Chris Ackumey’s letter listed eight thematic accusations that Jean Mensah must answer to, comprising gross incompetence, procurement breaches, conflict of interest, collusion, display of falsehood and insincerity, endangering millions of Ghanaian lives, perjury before Parliament and the defiance of Presidential restrictions over Covid-19.
Under gross incompetence, Jean Mensah, her two deputies and the director of IT are accused of collective ineptitude in their move to compile a new voters register for the 2020 election.
Under procurement breaches, the group point out that IMANI Ghana and other civil society organizations have pointed out corruption in the EC’s contracting of Thales to procure electoral equipment for it.
Under conflict of interest, Jean Mensah is accused of being a card bearing member of the ruling NPP who attends party functions, some of which she had been captured in photos dressed in full NPP regalia.
For the allegation of collusion, Jean Mensah is accused of being in bed with the NPP to the extent that the EC’s planned activities are communicated to the public by the NPP’s General Secretary, John Boadu.
Lastly, for the allegation bothering on perjury before Parliament, Jean Mensah is alleged to have lied to Parliament’s Special Budget Committee that the Commission’s decision to compile a new register was on the advice of Superlock Technologies Limited (STL) the company that used to be in charge of the EC’s voter management system.
Believing that she lied, the whistle blowers who say they are exercising their rights under the Right to Information Law demanded that she provide a copy of that advice from STL.