Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Government Spokesperson, has revealed he is not aware of any petition for the removal of the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa and her two deputies.
According to Kwakye Ofosu, he has no briefing that there’s any other such petition for the removal of Jean Mensa.
He further added that if there is a petition for the removal of the Electoral Commission Chairperson and deputies, Ghanaians will be told in the same way, the former Chief Justice petition became a public commentary.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Tuesday, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated, “I’m not aware of any other petition. At the very least, I don’t have a briefing that there’s any other such petition. But if such a petition exists, and it comes to the attention of the secretary’s office, the public will know, in the same way that the Chief Justice became a matter of public commentary because we put it out first, of course respecting the constitutional processes, the same thing will be done if indeed such a petition has come.”
He further explained why the Mahama administration is publicly updating Ghanaians on sensitive petitions against public office holders.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu explained, “Because, see, there’s a need for transparency and accountability. We hold this office in trust. Ten months ago, I was not the one doing this job. It was somebody else. So it’s not a position that we own. We pass through that position for a brief moment”.
“Whilst doing that, we use the mandate and resources of the people of Ghana to execute our roles. The same people need to know exactly what we are doing with their mandate and resources. If somebody has slapped in a petition about any public office holder, it’s only fair that we tell the public that this is what we have received. This is the defined process for dealing with this sort of thing, and this is what has been done.”
He added, “People shouldn’t just wake up one day and find that the Chief Justice has been… when nobody knew how that started in the first place.”
“It is purely in the interest of transparency and accountability that we keep the people informed, of course, within the confines of the law, so that we don’t do anything that violates the law, because we are not required, or we are not allowed to do that as a government.”
Meanwhile, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, a former United Nations Senior Governance Adviser, has revealed that Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and her two deputies, Dr Eric Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey, are next in line to be removed from office.
According to Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, the process for the removal of Jean Mensa and her deputies has already been initiated.
He highlighted that a petition has already been sent to President John Dramani Mahama.