{"id":263220,"date":"2016-10-30T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=263220"},"modified":"2016-10-30T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T11:06:47","slug":"lawsuits-show-ec-has-lost-focus-under-charlotte-osei-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/lawsuits-show-ec-has-lost-focus-under-charlotte-osei-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuits show EC has lost focus under Charlotte Osei – Casely-Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Electoral Commission has already been dragged to court twelve times under the leadership of its current chairperson, Charlotte Osei.<\/p>\n
According to financial analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford, Charlotte Osei\u2019s predecessor, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan who headed the commission for over two decades was sued only five times.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”QeqcIGwymkeISpbFZWrEtP5rn4hQ1ydI”]\u201c\u2026the EC has had to be in court already 12 times since she [Charlotte Osei] took over. Afari Gyan was in court five times for the whole of his period,\u201d Casely-Hayford said on Citi FM\u2019s news analysis programme, The Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n He argued that the numerous court cases the EC has had to defend in court shows that the commission \u201chas lost its focus on who it is representing and what its job is.\u201d<\/p>\n