President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has thrown his weight behind growing calls for the removal of Electoral Commission Chairperson Jean Mensa and her deputies, Dr. Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey, stating unequivocally that such demands are “justified.”
His remarks follow a renewed push by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, who recently called on the EC leadership to step down over their handling of past elections and perceived failure to uphold public trust.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s current affairs programme The Big Issue on Saturday, June 28, Cudjoe criticised the EC for what he described as a troubling pattern of opacity, financial mismanagement, and disregard for voter rights.
Citing multiple concerns, he pointed to the disenfranchisement of voters in the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi, and Likpe (SALL) areas during the 2020 parliamentary elections as a glaring example of the Commission’s failure to protect Ghana’s democratic rights.
“Everybody knows my position on this. I am not talking about the high-handedness of SALL, as for that one, if I add it, their sins will be worse. I will not cry for them, but I hope that it is done properly and that there are no faceless petitioners.”
While Cudjoe made it clear he would not personally initiate a petition for their removal, he disclosed that IMANI Africa had already taken formal steps to hold the EC accountable.
“I will never petition because everybody knows my position. We have petitioned the CHRAJ already on this matter, and I think they are working on it to see what they can do concerning some of these things, not necessarily their removal but to just prove that they were high-handed, evasive and somehow complicit in our financial woes,” he said.
He stressed that the issues surrounding the EC’s conduct go beyond political rivalry and strike at the heart of institutional credibility and the rule of law.
Cudjoe’s remarks add a powerful civil society voice to mounting public criticism of the Electoral Commission’s leadership, raising fresh questions about transparency, accountability, and the integrity of Ghana’s electoral processes ahead of the 2028 polls.
