The Agona West Municipality office of the Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed Yaa Esiwa Forson, the Returning officer of the Swedru Wawase/Nyamedam/ Amponsah Electoral Area for gross misconduct.
The officer was said to have ignored the procedures, rules and regulations governing the mounting of platforms for Aspiring Assembly members as stipulated in EC’s guidelines on District Level Elections (DLE).
Anobil Forson, Agona West Municipal Director of the EC, confirmed the dismissal of the returning officer to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in a telephone interview on Sunday.
He said a petition was received from a registered voter Eric Sekyi Darisu in the Wawase/Nyamedam/ Amponsah Electoral Area, over the conduct of the returning Officer.
The petitioner said on Sunday, December 8, the Electoral Commission through the returning officer of the Electoral Area mounted a platform for the four aspiring members contesting the Assembly election.
The Candidates vying for Assembly Elections are Madam Facilatu Raji, incumbent; Francis Ishmael Arthur, Samuel Ametepe Assipounu and Desmond Oppong Ofori.
The EC officer said the Petitioner declared that the DLE is not partisan, but the returning Officer allowed the immediate past Gomoa Central Member of Parliament (MP) for National Democratic Congress (NDC), Raphael Adwoa Appoh and other NDC officials to mount the platform with a candidate.
The others were Agona West Women’s Organizer, Haji Fati Sulley, Charles Abarvitor, Agona West Constituency Organizer of NDC and Nana Yaw Duodu, Constituency Youth Organizer.
The Agona West EC Director said the petitioner indicated that the former NDC MP was given platform to speak on behalf of Mr. Assipounu with an open applause by the said Constituency Executives of the NDC.
He said in view of the rules governing the DLE, there was a clear violation of the rules of the DLE for which sanctions were well spelt out.
The appropriate sanction will be applied against the candidature of the said Samuel Ametepe Assipounu, he said.
Anobil Forson said based on the petition, EC conducted its investigation on the issue and it turned out that Madam Forson failed to apply the rules and therefore dismissed the Returning officer to avoid confusion.
Tags: Politics
Source: Daily Guide
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Why will the Ndc kick against referendum but turned around and campaigned at the district level elections? The current leadership of Ndc is total disgrace. There is no direction but they still want to govern Ghana.
The same people kicked against district assembly elections so does the ndc really care about Ghanaians at all if I may ask???? Hypocrisy at large
Please sack yourself and deputy first before you sack anyone. Which law are you implementing, the law of kama will catch you, you can't escape.
Ec sacked the returning officer, but bossman still at post after campaign for yes vote.
You have never made "ONE SENSE" on this platform. Every comment of yours is baseless. If what you said was true, it belongs to the very distant past in this context. Now that the EC is trying to implement their laws regarding conduct of their officers with regards to DLE, you say waiten? Warped mind!
Systems are not working in Ghana.The systems must work.This person must be sacked.Whethern NDC or NPP
ndc and hypocrisy you kicked against district level elections being partisan not knowing you are sponsoring people for the same purpose, God should punish ndc for their untruthful behavior
Aluta you are a liaaaaaar, bring the proof. No one campaigned on 6th Dec
ON 6TH DECEMBER 2008 A DAY TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 7TH DECEMBER 2008 THE THEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE NEW PPATRIOTIC PARTY (NPP), NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFFO ADDO CAMPAIGNED AT KASOA IN THE CENTRAL REGION IN COMPLETE VOILATION OF GHANA'S CONSTITUTION THAT STATES THAT NO POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR RALLIES TO BE HELD ON SUCH A DAY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEAD OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN THAT REGION OR WAS NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFFO ADDO DISQUALIFIED FROM CONTESTING THAT ELECTION IN 2008? EMPHATICALLY NO. WHY THEN THIS SUDDEN U-TURN BY THE EC NOW AT DISTRICT LEVEL ELECTIONS? WE ARE BEGINNING TO SMELL A RAT COMING FROM THE KITCHEN OF THE HEAD OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN THE PROCESS LEADING UP TO THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS. EC DON'T TAKE STANCE!