A petition that was filed for the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC) and her Deputies has been withdrawn by the petitioners due to inaction. Withdrawal of the SALL Petition for the Removal of the Chair and Deputies of the Electoral Commission of Ghana ( EC).

According to the petitioners, who served notice to the President and the Chief Justice of their resolve to withdraw, the petition, their action is as a result of the refusal of the parties involved to take action.

“As you may be aware, as far back as 10th January 2022, 46 petitioners convened by #FixTheCountry petitioned the President regarding the egregious misconduct of the Chairperson and Deputies of the Electoral Commission through which the citizens of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobu and Likpe were denied the right to vote in the 2020 parliamentary elections.

Since the petition was forwarded to the Chief Justice, we have witnessed contrived gestures that for us signal a clear intention to undermine or extinguish the constitutional mechanisms for accountability and judicious conduct.

The refusal to act on the petition was due to a deliberate and collaborationist decision by the then Chief Justice to hide behind contrived proceduralism in order allow room for the frivolous filibustering devices of Madam Jean Mensa,” the petitioners said in a press release.

They contend that after waiting for two years, they have decided to withdraw due to the lack of interest and urgency to act on the matter which smacks of a mockery of the constitution.

“We the petitioners, after 2 years of seeing various constitutional officers fail to live up to their constitutional responsibilities in this matter, have become convinced of a lack of interest or urgency in pursuing the justice of our complaint and have as such lost faith in the integrity of the process.

We feel compelled to exercise our democratic right to withdraw this petition, in order that the Constitution will no further be mocked by the indolence of actors who have been assigned the task of its protection. In reaching this decision, we have considered the best interest of our democracy, and taken further account of our refusal to lend ourselves to any process that will ultimately be used to whitewash clear evidence of egregious misconduct. In addition, we see no reason why we should participate in the persistence of what has so clearly become a charade,” the petitioners added.

 

Source: mynewsgh.com