Jean Mensa faces new ‘threat’ as two NDC MPs initiate fresh petition for her removal

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Fred Agbenyo and Thomas Tsekpo, two Members of Parliament of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have initiated fresh moves seeking the removal of Jean Mensa as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC).

The MP for Guan, Fred Agbenyo, disclosed he plans to file a petition against the EC Chair for the injustice done to the people of Guan and Hohoe constituencies during the 2020 elections.

According to Fred Agbenyo, Jean Mensa is not fit and competent enough to sit in that office. She must go.

In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, March 17, Fred Agbenyo stated, “Planning and Plotting 🤔

Fresh petitions against the E.C Chair. We have never forgotten the injustice done to the people of the Guan and Hohoe constituencies during the 2020 elections.

She’s not fit and competent enough to sit in that office. She must go.

Thank you for the attention to this matter”.

Also, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Legal Director, Edudzi Tamakloe, has said the party maintains its stand that the Electoral Commission’s leadership must be removed.

According to Edudzi Tamakloe, despite the Chief Justice’s dismissal of petitions seeking their removal, the NDC still maintained its call for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa and deputies to be removed.

He stressed that the Chief Justice’s decision will not alter the NDC’s position.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Thursday, February 19, Edudzi Tamakloe stated, “I want to make the point that the NDC still believes that the current composition of the Electoral Commission and how they have conducted their work over the past five years leaves much to be desired”.

“From what I am reading, it does appear that the Chief Justice has taken the position that the matters raise very serious administrative and constitutional issues, and so possibly the fault is not Article 146 alone. Those matters can be litigated in a different place other than the Supreme Court,” he noted.

Meanwhile, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Government Communications Minister, some weeks ago revealed that the Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, found no prima facie determination on petitions against the Electoral Commissioner Jean Mensa, her deputies, and the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng.

It will be recalled that President Mahama referred seven petitions calling for the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa and her Deputies and Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, to the Chief Justice for a determination on November 25, 2025.

The referral was made in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 15 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), to ascertain whether the petitions disclosed a prima facie case.

However, a statement issued by the Presidency on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, read, “Following the receipt of seven (7) petitions from various individuals and groups for the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and her Deputies, and three (3) petitions for the removal of the Special Prosecutor, President John Dramani Mahama, in accordance with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 15 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), referred same to His Lordship, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Chief Justice, on 25 November 2025, to determine whether the petitions disclosed a prima facie case.

By a letter dated 26 January 2026, the Chief Justice informed His Excellency the President that no prima facie case had been established by the petitions to warrant any further investigations for the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Deputy Commissioners and the Special Prosecutor.”This determination means no committee will be formed, and no further proceedings for removal will take place based on those petitions”.

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