{"id":342618,"date":"2017-08-06T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T12:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=342618"},"modified":"2017-08-06T12:18:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T12:18:22","slug":"tackle-ec-crisis-comprehensively-cdd-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/tackle-ec-crisis-comprehensively-cdd-to-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackle EC crisis comprehensively – CDD to gov’t"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development(CDD-Ghana) wants government to adopt a more comprehensive approach in dealing with the crisis at the Electoral Commission (EC).<\/p>\n
The call comes despite the President\u2019s referral of the petitions for the removal of the EC Chairperson and her deputies to the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”TDewjLn12PI8lKRQoWcjwKJQDIkeogC0″]Senior Research Fellow at the CDD, Dr Kojo Asante told Citi News, government must expand the ongoing process to deal with allegations of financial malfeasance at the Commission.<\/p>\n
“Currently we have two tracks, one is a petition so the petition under Article 146 (3) which has been forwarded to the Chief Justice and the Chief Justice has to establish whether there is a prima facie case for proceeding to a panel but if you read from Article 146 there are really two actions that will happen. Either they commence a suspension or a removal.<\/p>\n
“If you remember the CHRAJ case that led to a suspension and subsequently a removal. We think that that track is appropriate and should be followed but we also think other cases of criminality should be pursued. Other state institutions have to be involved. We know EOCO started one regarding the provident fund but it does not include the more recent allegations of criminality that has been made into the investigation so we feel that once that has come into the public domain, that process could easily be expanded to also deal with the other criminality issues that have been raised,” Dr. Asante said.<\/p>\n