The Director of Communication at the presidency, Mr. Eugene Arhin has directed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission to contact the chief Justice for any document relating to her impeachment.
According to Mr. Arhin President Akufo Addo has presented everything to the CJ as required by law.
Speaking to Accra based Joy FM, he noted that : “It is a straightforward issue…if she wants a copy she should get it from the Chief Justice [because] all the documents we have, we forwarded them,”
‘’President Akufo-Addo sent everything to the CJ in pursuant to Article 146(3) of the 1992 Constitution. “If she is looking for a copy…I think the best place is the CJ office.”
Mr. Arhin’s comments come in the wake a formal request written by the EC boss madam Charlotte Osei to the president demanding an official copy of a petition seeking her removal.
She has also written to the Judicial Council acknowledging the invitation to appear before the Committee to preside over her possible impeachment proceedings. She was quick to demand, however, a copy of the petition, as well as the composition of the of the committee, constituted.
In both letters, Charlotte Osei said she needs the document in order to seek the requisite legal advice on the matter.
“I would respectfully like to make you aware of the following:
(a) I have to this day, not been furnished with a copy of the alleged petition.
(b) I was provided with a statement of the allegations made against me in a letter from Her Ladyship, the Chief Justice in which she also asked me to respond to the allegations.” She indicated.
The chairman of the Electoral Commission madam Charlotte Osei has been fighting her impeachment after some unnamed staff of the Electoral Commission through their lawyer Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang petitioned the president to impeach the EC boss on grounds of corruption.
Later, another petition was again filed against Charlotte Osei by Lawyer Douglas Seidu on grounds of breach of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 633) as amended, gross financial mismanagement as well as conflict of interest.
Lawyer Seidu alleged that Charlotte Osei put herself in a conflict of interest situation when she awarded a contract to Aerovote Security Printing (Ghana) Limited to print the pink sheets used for the 2016 general elections.
Lawyer Seidu argued that Charlotte Osei has strong business links with the Director of Aerovote and that the EC Chairperson had long arranged the deal even before the procurement process opened.
But the EC boss through her lawyer, Thaddeus Sory hit back, insisting that she had not been corrupt or abused her office.
Source: ghanacrusader.com
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Is @Sly aware of the legal processes? That is why we people in Ghana need FRE SHS to we do not talk 'by-heart'!
Shame to NPP about EC case, we all leave to see.If NPP sack the EC boss, there will be no peace and everybody will know and see how NPP are.
@Sly, you've shown maturity. and i think it's better this way unlike the one who was just raging an insult on those who were trying to educate Sly. i dnt really know the kindda school ndc ball boys attended. reading koraaa k3k3 turns to be a problem for them. trying to understand a simple logic too becomes a disease to them. nnipa b3n koraa na y3de ommo aba Ama Ghana ha yi! i wish i know where these ppl originates from like................
@@ghanaman and the rest. Please if you know the interpretation of the said article, I think it will be prudent to educate us on that. I accord comments devoid of insults, please.
Ignorance is a bliss, i bet you all dont know what it is in article 146(3), if you did you will not ague with sly. You just rad and you will realize what Arhin is saying is rubbish. And where did Arhin study Law to be quoting articles...mmmoasem... go get interpretation of article 146 and stop spewing garbage. Arhin is the one and only person who will bring our government down
Spot on Nana, @sly, Ghanaman for educating Sly. This is the "class" of people Dr. Bawumia refers as the non-readers. They just look at the topic, and draw conclusions. The Presidency (President for that matter) has no case with the EC Chair, so if the latter demands the petition, the constitution has rightly provided where that can be found.
It will extremely be irresponsible on the part of anyone (SLY included) who responds to a 'query' without knowing the content. Article 146 (3) and (4)is explicit. Just read and do not on the basis of words spoken by an ***barred word*** person sway your judgement. Unless you just want to be CYNICAL.....
Sly, if i were you, the first thing i would do is to google what the Article 146(3) of the 1992 Constitution stipulates rather than displaying my ignorance and hasten to comment.
Due to ignorance, we hasten to write comments. Have you asked yourself what the law states? The E.C chair is not in the court of trial of the presidency. There are laws, we need to have that in mind before we write comments. Where in the constitution does it say that a copy cannot be maintained by the presidency? And where does it state that a copy of the petition should be given to the accused by the presidency?
that will be an extremely irresponsible presidency if you forward a document to the CJ and you do not keep a copy. Just the lady the document. be fair to her and let the truth prevail.