The Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, along with her deputies Dr. Eric Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey, may soon face removal from office if emerging reports and political signals are anything to go by.
This development was hinted at by Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, a former United Nations Senior Governance Adviser, during an interview on JoyNews on Wednesday, September 3. According to him, a petition for their removal has already been submitted to the President, suggesting that the process is not only speculative but potentially already underway.
“we were told that the NDC has not finished yet in terms of the people they intend to remove, and I guess it will be the Electoral Commissioners,” Prof. Agyeman-Duah disclosed. “I think a petition has already been sent to the President.”
His comments come on the heels of President John Mahama’s abrupt dismissal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, citing stated misconduct and acting on recommendations from a constitutional committee convened under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.
Political observers say this event will mirror the controversial removal of former EC Chairperson Charlotte Osei under the previous administration, a precedent that, according to Prof. Agyeman-Duah, may have normalized political targeting of heads of independent institutions.
“You don’t have to politicise certain key institutions of governance so the people can continuously have trust and believe in the role that they play in a democracy,” he cautioned.
The governance expert warned that such actions if politically motivated could erode public confidence in institutions designed to be impartial arbiters of democratic processes.
