{"id":99560,"date":"2025-10-21T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99560"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:34:00","slug":"charlotte-osei-saved-ghana-gh%c2%a215m-yet-she-was-punished-thaddeus-sory-decries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99560","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Osei saved Ghana GH\u00a215m yet she was punished \u2013 Thaddeus Sory decries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyer and law lecturer Thaddeus Sory has questioned Ghana\u2019s moral and constitutional standards after former Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson Charlotte Osei was removed from office despite saving the state millions of cedis.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 PM Express on October 20, he said Mrs. Osei\u2019s removal in June 2018 reflected a troubling disconnect between what society expects and how justice is dispensed.<\/p>\n

He argued that Mrs. Osei\u2019s so-called \u201coffence\u201d was a decision that saved Ghana GH\u00a215 million. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m saying Charlotte Osei, her crime was that she saved Ghana GH\u00a215 million. She came and cancelled the contract because she said, \u2018look, there was no value for money\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe told the contractor to justify \u2018why we are paying this amount when the value that I have assessed is worth this. So GH\u00a215 million less, what we have contracted before, is what we will pay you\u2019,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Sory, Mrs. Osei\u2019s decision was supported by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), which testified that there had been no breach of procurement laws. <\/p>\n

\u201cPPA came and testified that there was no breach of procurement. In the worst case, we can only say best practices may have required her to come back to seek their permission to award it for less than what they had approved. But she was removed,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sory said the episode showed how society often punishes integrity. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf that is what the society wants, so be it,\u201d he said, stressing that accountability must always reflect the expectations of the people.<\/p>\n

He also discussed how \u201cstated misbehaviour\u201d is defined under Ghana\u2019s Constitution. <\/p>\n

He explained that such provisions are not meant to spell out every detail but to guide moral and ethical conduct expected of public officials. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we say stated misbehaviour or we say incompetence, remember that justice emanates from the people. So the people have this particular expectation of you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He noted that misconduct could range from moral failings to actions that undermine public confidence in officeholders. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Chief Justice gets drunk whilst in office, that\u2019s stated misbehaviour. If we find out that she has passed a number of decisions which contradict what she applies to herself, that amounts to misbehaviour,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sory argued that the current system for judging misconduct should be led by ordinary citizens rather than judges, since \u201cjustice emanates from the people.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cLeft to me alone, we those involved in the justice system judge ordinary men from whom justice emanates. If it affects us, let them also judge us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He rejected the idea that standards of misbehaviour should be codified, insisting they should be decided case by case. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be limitless,\u201d he said, explaining that public confidence should guide every decision. \u201cThe public will tell you they don\u2019t like that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to him, even long-standing constitutions elsewhere have imperfections, but what matters is whether public trust remains intact. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are 200-year-old constitutions which have the most atrocious provisions. There\u2019s a constitution of a so-called democracy which has an electoral college that can make a president win an election not with the majority of votes but with a minority. And that one is still sitting there, and they haven\u2019t complained,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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