#Fixthecountry group withdraws petition for removal of EC Chair and deputies
The group submitted the 24-page petition on January 10, 2022, invoking the constitutional processes per Article 146 for the removal of the Chair and Deputies of the Electoral Commission
46 individuals from the #Fixthecountry group who petitioned the President and the Chief Justice for the removal of the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her deputies have withdrawn their petition.
In a statement, the petitioners said their decision to withdraw the petition is due to a lack of “interest or urgency” from actors.
"The refusal to act on the petition was due to a deliberate and collaborationist decision by the then Chief Justice to hide behind contrived proceduralism in order to allow room for the frivolous filibustering devices of Madam Jean Mensa.
We feel compelled to exercise our democratic right to withdraw this petition, in order that the Constitution will no further be mocked by the indolence of actors who have been assigned the task of its protection," parts of the petition read.
Background
The individuals submitted the 24-page petition on January 10, 2022, invoking the constitutional processes per Article 146 for the removal of the Chair and Deputies of the Electoral Commission.
According to the group, their petition is in connection with the international denial of the right to vote of the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi, and Likpe(SALL) in the 2020 General parliamentary election.
The petitioners had noted that the actions of the EC Chair and her Deputies in the above matter per the context and the light of their proceeding and subsequent conduct meets the threshold of stated misbehavior and, or incompetence as required under Article 146 for the 1992 Constitution for the removal of same from office.
