Nana Addo refers petitions against 2 deputy EC chairs to Chief Justice

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has referred two petitions for the removal of the Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission, Georgina Opoku Amankwaa and Amadu Sulley from office to the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo.

This was made known in a statement from the presidency signed by the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin on Friday.

The petition is asking that the president invokes the provisions of Article 146(3) of the Constitution to impeach the two.

The petition, according to the presidency, was by Emmanuel Korsi Senyo, a concerned citizen of Ghana and delivered on 25th July, 2017.

“President Akufo-Addo, pursuant to the terms of Article 146(3), has, thus, referred both petitions to the Chief Justice for resolution, in accordance with the provisions of Article 146(3),” the statement said.

This comes two days after the president referred a petition by some staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) calling for the impeachment of the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei to the Chief Justice.