Disclose petitioners or I sue – Electoral Commission boss to lawyer
The Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei has challenged
the lawyer representing the so-called concerned staff of the electoral
commission who are demanding her removal from office by the President.
In a statement Wednesday, lawyers for Mrs. Osei dared the law firm of
Maxwell Opoku Agyeman, to provide the full details of the petitioners
or face her in court.
A statement signed on the letterhead of Lawyer Opoku Agyeman’s law
firm noted that a petition has been presented to the president to
trigger an impeachment process against Mrs Osei.
Among other things, the petition said the EC chair “single-handedly
renegotiated the contract with the vendor without the involvement of the
members of the Commission, not even the deputies. She then awarded the
contract to the tune of $21,999,592 without going through tender
contrary to the Public Procurement Act. The Chairperson then re-awarded
these contracts without approval from the Commission”.
In response, however, Mrs. Osei said “ Having observed from your
letter by virtue of which the petition to the President conveyed; that
your client is an amorphous group of people described as “concerned
staff of the electoral commission”, our client has instructed us to
demand from you, and we hereby so demand the full list of these
“concerned staff of the electoral commission” to enable us commence
legal action against them for the defamatory statement contained in
their petition failure which our client will be constrained to proceed
against you alone as defendant in the suit our client intends to
commence against them since you are, to all intents and purposes, their
agent.
“Our client’s decision to seek remedy in court for the protection of
her reputation is without prejudice to article 106 proceeding triggered
by you”.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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