PNC disqualification case: EC fined GHC 500 for being absent in court

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• DR TRUTH 10 years ago

  THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD USE THE CASE BROUGHT BY EC TO BRING THEM TO ORDER AND WARN THEM STERNLY THEY FACE CONTEMPT OF COURT IF THEY KEEP DISOBEYING COURT ORDERS. NO WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE CONVICTED JAILED CRIMINALS SET FREE ...
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  THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD USE THE CASE BROUGHT BY EC TO BRING THEM TO ORDER AND WARN THEM STERNLY THEY FACE CONTEMPT OF COURT IF THEY KEEP DISOBEYING COURT ORDERS. NO WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE CONVICTED JAILED CRIMINALS SET FREE FROM PRISON JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE FILED AN APPEAL. THE EC MUST CARRY OUT THE NDUOM HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ORDER REGARDLESS OF THE CASE THEY HAVE TAKEN TO SC TILL SC RULES ORDERWISE

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• ROSEMARY 10 years ago

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  Charlotte Osei EC Boss
  It is exactly one month to the crucial Presidential and Parliamentary elections, but everything is in a limbo. Instead of the count-down, we are now counting the number of court suits against the Electoral Commission.
  
  When an Accra High Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Kyei Baffour, ruled on Friday in favour of a petition before it, and ordered the Electoral Commission to allow Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, founder and flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party, to correct the details in his nomination forms and re-submit same for consideration, as part of an elaborate process to put his name on the national presidential ballot paper, it opened the floodgates for more suits against the commission.
  
  Today, lawyers for Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings are expected to move to an Accra High Court, in a case in which the former First Lady is seeking the re-instatement of her name on the 2016 presidential ballot box. Tomorrow, another court in Accra is expected to give a directive on a similar case involving Dr. Edward Nasiri Mahama, the disqualified flagbearer of the People’s National Convention.
  
  There is every indication that the commission would be very busy in court in the preceding days. With the presidential and presidential elections at the home stretch, the Electoral Commission should be more concerned about the election processes, and not petitions.
  
  For me, as a social commentator, the problem should be laid squarely at the doorsteps of President John Dramani Mahama, who thrust the heavy burden of supervision over this nation’s elections on the tiny shoulders of largely, untried and less than clear nationality identity of Mrs. Charlotte Osei.
  
  There two major reasons why I have always believed Mrs. Osei has no business leading the Electoral Commission. If you Google Charlotte Osei to Wikipedia, you would be told that Charlotte’s mother was a Nigerian. The old lady visited her ancestors about six months ago.
  
  Charlotte herself was born in Nigeria. We have a Constitution, which states clearly in Article 44 (1) thus: “A person is not qualified to be appointed a member of the Electoral Commissioner unless he (or she) is qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament.
  
  Article 94 (1) on qualification and eligibility of a Member of Parliament states: “Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament, unless he (or she) is a citizen of Ghana, has attained the age of 21 years, and a registered voter.
  
  Among many others, “a person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament if he (or she) owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana.”
  
  Constitutional experts argue that Mrs. Osei could have acquired Ghanaian citizenship through the father, listed as Kesson-Smith, or through marriage to the person known as Mr. Osei, definitely a Ghanaian name. Be it as it may, Kesson-Smith is one name that could resonate in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria.
  
  What is never in dispute is that while a student at the University of Ghana, Charlotte refused to be identified with Ghana. She was known and called ‘Ama Alata.’ I do not believe any true Ghanaian would want to be identified as ‘Alata.’
  
  Mrs. Charlotte Osei obtained her Masters in Law at the Queens University in Canada. A number of her mates were Ghanaians. Charlotte decided, out of her own volition, to join the Nigerian International Students Association at the university. By then, her room-mate was Lady Julia, now wife of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene. I am told that there was a vibrant Ghana International Students Association, but our current Chairperson of the Electoral Commission turned her back on the Ghanaian association.
  
  For her, she was a Nigeri

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• ROSEMARY 10 years ago

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  It is exactly one month to the crucial Presidential and Parliamentary elections, but everything is in a limbo. Instead of the count-down, we are now counting the number of court suits against the Electoral Commission.
  
  When an Accra High Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Kyei Baffour, ruled on Friday in favour of a petition before it, and ordered the Electoral Commission to allow Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, founder and flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party, to correct the details in his nomination forms and re-submit same for consideration, as part of an elaborate process to put his name on the national presidential ballot paper, it opened the floodgates for more suits against the commission.
  
  Today, lawyers for Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings are expected to move to an Accra High Court, in a case in which the former First Lady is seeking the re-instatement of her name on the 2016 presidential ballot box. Tomorrow, another court in Accra is expected to give a directive on a similar case involving Dr. Edward Nasiri Mahama, the disqualified flagbearer of the People’s National Convention.
  
  There is every indication that the commission would be very busy in court in the preceding days. With the presidential and presidential elections at the home stretch, the Electoral Commission should be more concerned about the election processes, and not petitions.
  
  For me, as a social commentator, the problem should be laid squarely at the doorsteps of President John Dramani Mahama, who thrust the heavy burden of supervision over this nation’s elections on the tiny shoulders of largely, untried and less than clear nationality identity of Mrs. Charlotte Osei.
  
  There two major reasons why I have always believed Mrs. Osei has no business leading the Electoral Commission. If you Google Charlotte Osei to Wikipedia, you would be told that Charlotte’s mother was a Nigerian. The old lady visited her ancestors about six months ago.
  
  Charlotte herself was born in Nigeria. We have a Constitution, which states clearly in Article 44 (1) thus: “A person is not qualified to be appointed a member of the Electoral Commissioner unless he (or she) is qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament.
  
  Article 94 (1) on qualification and eligibility of a Member of Parliament states: “Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament, unless he (or she) is a citizen of Ghana, has attained the age of 21 years, and a registered voter.
  
  Among many others, “a person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament if he (or she) owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana.”
  
  Constitutional experts argue that Mrs. Osei could have acquired Ghanaian citizenship through the father, listed as Kesson-Smith, or through marriage to the person known as Mr. Osei, definitely a Ghanaian name. Be it as it may, Kesson-Smith is one name that could resonate in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria.
  
  What is never in dispute is that while a student at the University of Ghana, Charlotte refused to be identified with Ghana. She was known and called ‘Ama Alata.’ I do not believe any true Ghanaian would want to be identified as ‘Alata.’
  
  Mrs. Charlotte Osei obtained her Masters in Law at the Queens University in Canada. A number of her mates were Ghanaians. Charlotte decided, out of her own volition, to join the Nigerian International Students Association at the university. By then, her room-mate was Lady Julia, now wife of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene. I am told that there was a vibrant Ghana International Students Association, but our current Chairperson of the Electoral Commission turned her back on the Ghanaian association.
  
  For her, she was a Nigeri

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• Abraham 10 years ago

  Anybody with balls please stand up for Ghana against Charlotte Osei.
  THE woman is not a Ghanaian. SHE is treating Ghana like a stepchild.

  Anybody with balls please stand up for Ghana against Charlotte Osei.
  THE woman is not a Ghanaian. SHE is treating Ghana like a stepchild.

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• Paa Nii 10 years ago

  Waa look - We blame all this on incompetent Mahama for employing this Ashawo Nigerian woman. The people of Ghana shall hold you both accountable!

  Waa look - We blame all this on incompetent Mahama for employing this Ashawo Nigerian woman. The people of Ghana shall hold you both accountable!

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• Youli 10 years ago

  Hey Charlotte Ghana is not your step child.
  So treat us with respect.

  Hey Charlotte Ghana is not your step child.
  So treat us with respect.

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• James Bawa Tamale 10 years ago

  WE SHOULD WAKE UP AS THIS PRESENT EC CAN BRING TROUBLES INTO THIS COUNTRY.

  WE SHOULD WAKE UP AS THIS PRESENT EC CAN BRING TROUBLES INTO THIS COUNTRY.

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• Paa Nii 10 years ago

  Useless Nigerian woman will through the whole nation into chaos if not stopped. Mahama what do you have to say? Fool.

  Useless Nigerian woman will through the whole nation into chaos if not stopped. Mahama what do you have to say? Fool.

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• Ali, Toronto 10 years ago

  When you failed to show up in court, the awards costs to other party for their appearance -- the value of their time.

  When you failed to show up in court, the awards costs to other party for their appearance -- the value of their time.

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• ZACH 10 years ago

  The disqualification maybe an an NDC's agenda to delay what is inevitable.

  The disqualification maybe an an NDC's agenda to delay what is inevitable.

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• Bbb 10 years ago

  Disrespectful woman.

  Disrespectful woman.

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