Mrs Charlotte Osei sacked to pave way for new voters register – US intelligence

Way back 2018, the US embassy said the government of Ghana sacked Charlotte Osei in other to do a new voters register and suppress opposition parties in the 2020 elections. It looks like it now, doesn’t it?

This was reported in a U.S. human rights report. The report states unequivocally: “The June ouster of the electoral commission chairperson and the president’s subsequent stacking of the Electoral Commission with persons considered to be biased in favour of the ruling party raised questions about whether the body might be used to stifle voter registration among the opposition’s base.”

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Clearly, it ought to now dawn on President Akufo-Addo and the new EC Commissioners that the United States and the international community is watching them keenly and that indeed they know what they may be up to.

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It is also obvious that the world has taken note of the unfair treatment meted out to Charlotte Osei in satisfying pre-election open threats by some leading members of the NPP and therefore in the process setting a bad precedent.

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It is no surprise today that it is only the EC and the ruling NPP who see the need for new voters to register in the midst of coronavirus and 6 months into an election.

Source: Kenneth Asante