{"id":54396,"date":"2014-10-07T19:27:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T19:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=54396"},"modified":"2014-10-07T19:27:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T19:27:31","slug":"new-ec-chair-must-appeal-to-all-gba-to-mahama-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/new-ec-chair-must-appeal-to-all-gba-to-mahama-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New EC chair must appeal to all \u2013 GBA to Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) wants President John Mahama to initiate the process to select the successor to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan.<\/p>\n
The GBA in its demands is also asking that the\u00a0appointment of a new chairman should enhance the credibility of the Commission.<\/p>\n
They are also demanding that the new EC boss should be \u201cjust and of high integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n
These demands were contained in a resolution of the association\u2019s annual conference held in Cape Coast, in the Central Region.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”q2PAXrsNjcaIe5atdhfV9off0YKIKje2″]The current EC chairman, Dr. Afari Gyan is due for retirement in 2015, after serving in that position since the Commission was set up in 1992.<\/p>\n
Prior to his retirement, a number of\u00a0suggestions on how the next EC chair should be appointed<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>, the tenure of the appointment and who to appoint have come up for discussion.<\/p>\n