President Akufo-Addo has formally requested that Chief Justice Kwesi Anim Yeboah investigate a petition brought to his office by leaders of the pressure group #FIXTHECOUNTRY regarding the conduct of EC Chair, Madam Jean Mensa.
Following the inability of the residents of SALL to vote in the 2020 parliamentary election, the pressure group petitioned the President to remove the EC Chair from office.
The petitioners claim that Madam Jean Mensa’s acts and omissions have resulted in the loss of fundamental human rights.
According to Jubilee House sources, the President accepted the petition and referred it to the Chief Justice to start the process of establishing a prima facie case against the EC Chair.
The #FixTheCountry Movement petitioned the President to remove Jean Mensa and her two deputies because inhabitants of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi, and Likpe (SALL) were unable to vote for a representative in Parliament.
It said that the EC officials’ conduct in the incident “meets the threshold of stated misbehavior and/or incompetence as required under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution for the removal of these officials.”
The movement expressed confidence that Ghana’s laws will work in their favor in a statement dated January 10, 2022.
“The Petitioners believe that the normal constitutional processes contemplated by the Constitution to avenge infractions against it and our democracy will be upheld without fear or favor; and that their status as mere citizens of this Republic does not preclude them from obtaining justice in the preserve of our Constitution.”
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SOURCE: CITINEWS
