“There Must Be A Total Reset At The EC; Entire Leadership Must Go, They’re Unfit For Purpose ”- Asiedu Nketiah

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Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, is calling for the immediate removal of the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her top officials, accusing them of mismanaging the Commission and undermining Ghana’s democratic processes.

Speaking on Joy News on Wednesday, June 25, Asiedu Nketia declared that the EC leadership has failed to conduct credible elections, citing the unresolved parliamentary election in Ablekuma North as a glaring example of institutional dysfunction.

“There has to be a change… The three top leadership must all go. They have managed the commission so badly,” he said.

The NDC chairman described the Ablekuma North electoral impasse, which remains unsettled six months after the general elections, as unacceptable and indicative of deeper administrative failures within the Commission.

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“You cannot still be having an election that will go into a stalemate. There is no anticipation of any stalemate in our laws unless people don’t want to do their work well… It’s a clear case of negligence or inability to perform its functions,” he stated.

He further criticized the EC for its role in the disenfranchisement of the SALL constituency in the 2020 general elections, arguing that this marked the beginning of a troubling pattern under Jean Mensa’s leadership.

“This commission, as presently constituted, took over the reins of the Electoral Commission, and they have never done a satisfactory election,” he said. “First was SALL. A whole constituency went unrepresented for four years. Now, Ablekuma North. And the Ayawaso West by-election? Everything has been messed up.”

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Asiedu Nketia called for a fundamental restructuring of the Electoral Commission to restore public confidence and ensure it functions in accordance with its constitutional mandate.

“Resetting the EC means bringing it back to an institution that is fit for purpose. The way it is existing now, it is not fit for purpose,” he said.

He concluded with a sharp rebuke of the ruling administration’s continued support for the current EC leadership:
“If in any serious country we want to maintain this type of Electoral Commission, then I don’t know what the country is about.”

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