{"id":107384,"date":"2025-12-18T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=107384"},"modified":"2025-12-18T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:55:00","slug":"jean-mensa-and-deputies-must-go-fifi-kwetey-says-ec-leadership-has-lost-public-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=107384","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jean Mensa and deputies must go\u2019 \u2013 Fifi Kwetey says EC leadership has lost public trust"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NDC General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, says the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and her deputies have no justification to remain in office following petitions challenging their conduct.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Joy News\u2019 PM Express on Wednesday, Mr Kwetey said while due process must be allowed to take its course, the allegations raised strike at the heart of Ghana\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to jump the gun. I want to say that if the petitions have been submitted, let the due process be followed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, he argued that the substance of the accusations against the leadership of the Electoral Commission goes beyond partisan interest and touches on a fundamental breach of democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said it on the back of that, for me, that says that\u2019s the biggest crime that can ever be committed,\u201d he stated. \u201cAny group that supervises that has clearly no reason to remain in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Kwetey described the alleged wrongdoing as a direct assault on citizens\u2019 right to be represented.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the biggest crime you can commit in any democracy, to take away what you call the right of people from being represented,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s not so much about what I want. It\u2019s about what I think is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments come amid mounting pressure on the Electoral Commission following petitions seeking the removal of its Chairperson and deputies. <\/p>\n

This development has reignited public debate about the credibility and independence of the electoral management body.<\/p>\n

Pressed on whether the calls for removal were being driven by NDC leadership, Mr Kwetey rejected the suggestion, insisting the sentiment extends far beyond party lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that if you could commission an independent survey to gain the consent of the people of Ghana, I believe that a vast majority of Ghanaians would want them gone too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything to do with a general secretary or the national chairman,\u201d he added. \u201cI think the people of Ghana would want them gone, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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