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NDC Fights EC Over Limited Registration
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NDC Fights EC Over Limited Registration

Jean Adukwei Mensa – EC Chairperson Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has strongly indicated that the opposition party may challenge in court the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to limit the new voter registration exercise to the commission’s 268 district offices. Chairperson of the EC, Jean Adukwei Mensa, recently announced a new voter registration exercise as part of its preparations for the 2023 District Level Elections, which will begin on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 and end on Monday, October 2, 2023. The new registration exercise is to allow Ghanaians who have reached the voting age of 18 years since the last registration in 2020, as well as others who are older but were unable to register during the ...
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EC Rubbishes NDC’s Spiritualists At IPAC Meeting Claim
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EC Rubbishes NDC’s Spiritualists At IPAC Meeting Claim

Jean Mensa – EC Boss The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is false, claims by the General Secretary for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah that the Commissioner, Jean Mensa at a point brought some spiritualists to cast demons out during Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting. Recently, the Senior Administrator of the NDC, shockingly said that the Jean Mensa led EC during a meeting with some political parties engaged in some mysterious moves including spiritual prayers to tame suspected demons at the meeting. Speaking with the media, on Friday August 19, 2022, the chief scribe for the NDC Mr. Asiedu Nkatiah who has represented the party on a number of IPAC meetings said the party subsequently opted to boycott the meetings after se...
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Nana Konadu Scores Jean Mensa High
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Nana Konadu Scores Jean Mensa High

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (middle) flanked by other officials of NDP NANA KONADU Agyeman-Rawlings, former First Lady, founder and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party (NDP), yesterday rated the performance of the Electoral Commission (EC) under its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, as outstanding. Speaking during a press conference at the headquarters of the NDP at Kokomlemle in Accra, she charged Ghanaians to respect institutions of state established to perform specific roles such as managing elections. She recalled the scathing attacks on the Chairperson of the EC and demands on her to step down by some opposition political parties. Ghanaians are in a good position to compare the performance of the two ladies to head the EC, she said, adding, “Jean Mensa’s comp...
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Remove EC boss over SALL disenfranchisement – FIXTHECOUNTRY petitions Akufo-Addo
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Remove EC boss over SALL disenfranchisement – FIXTHECOUNTRY petitions Akufo-Addo

FixTheCountry Movement has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to remove the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa  and her deputies from office over the disenfranchisement of the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe (SALL) in the 2020 polls. In the petition, the group noted the conduct of the EC chair and her deputies “meets the threshold of stated misbehaviour and, or incompetence as required under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution for the removal of these officials”. The petition said: “they have faith that the normal constitutional process contemplated by the Constitutions to avenge infractions against it and our democracy will be upheld without fear nor favour and that their standing as mere citizens of this Republic does not disable them from obtainin...
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NDC shoots down all EC’s proposed reforms
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NDC shoots down all EC’s proposed reforms

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has punched holes into all the proposed electoral reforms by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), calling them a “sham”. At a press conference addressed by the party’s Director of Elections Elvis Afriyie Ankrah on Thursday, May 20, the party subjected all the four reforms to scrutiny and called for wider consultations. The Commission on Tuesday, May 18 after a two-day workshop of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) announced reforms agreed upon by stakeholders. The first is to close polls at 3:00pm instead of the usual 5:00pm. The Commission, secondly, wants an all-round system where citizens who turn 18, or persons who have not previously registered, may visit any district office with their Ghana Card or passport and register ...
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Tsatsu Tsikata withdraws harsh words about Jean Mensa in court
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Tsatsu Tsikata withdraws harsh words about Jean Mensa in court

Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead counsel for the petitioner in the ongoing petition against the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, was forced on Monday to apologise to Jean Mensa, chairperson of the Election Commission. Making a case as to why the court should grant his application to reopen his Election 2020 petition case to subpoena Jean Mensa, Tsikata said: “To talk about grievances of being served tea, respectfully, that is such a lack of truthfulness in terms of how the evidence came in. “Rojo Mettle-Nunoo did not express a grievance here that they served tea and not biscuits. It was out of the question and he answered truthfully. “For the chairperson [of the EC] to descend into such triviality which was brought on by cross-examination of her own counsel, ...
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Pastor granted GHC 100,000 bail for threatening Jean Mensah
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Pastor granted GHC 100,000 bail for threatening Jean Mensah

Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei of Hezekiah Prayer Ministry who allegedlythreatened to cause the death of Jean Mensah, the Chairman of the ElectoralCommission has been granted GHC 100,000 bail by an Accra Circuit court. Adjei, as part of his bail conditions was to provide three sureties two of whom are to be public servants earning not less than GHC 2,000 a month. The accused was ordered to report to the Police twice a week. The court further directed Adjei to deposit his passport to the Court’s Registry. He is to reappear on July 21. Adjei charged with threat of death, unlawful possession of narcotic plants,assault on public officer, has pleaded not guilty. He has denied the charges. Appearing before the court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Essandoh for the second time, Ad...
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