A leading member of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Rev. Dr Fred Degbey has called for immediate resignation of Dr Peter Appiahene and Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani from the Electoral Commission.
Rev. Dr. Degbey called for Dr Appiahene and Hajia Salima Tijani to resign to protect the cross-party trust in the commission.
“We are painfully aware that voluntary and constitutionally grounded revocation of these unfortunate and democratically problematic EC appointments by the President is extremely unlikely. However, nothing stops the affected appointees, namely Dr Peter Appiahene and Hajia Salima Tijani from voluntarily and honourably resigning from the EC,’’ Rev. Dr. Degbey said at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday.
He added that “this will be in the supreme interest of our country’s continued democratic progress, election peace and credibility and indeed overall national interest.”
President Akufo-Addo appointed Dr Appiahene and Ahmed Tijani to the board of the Electoral Commission in March 2023.
Many controversies came out about the board of the EC over their political affiliation with the ruling NPP.
The appointments were in line with Article 43 (1 and 2) of the 1992 constitution which states that “there shall be an Electoral Commission which shall consist of a Chairman, two Deputy Chairmen, and four other members.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Solomon Nartey
