'Removal of Charlotte Osei was wrong' – Minority Legal Adviser admits

The Legal Adviser to the Parliamentary Minority, John Darko, has reignited statement implicit the arguable 2018 dismissal of erstwhile Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson Charlotte Osei, branding the Akufo-Addo administration’s determination arsenic unjust.

The erstwhile EC Chair and her 2 deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, were removed from bureau by then-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo successful June 2018, pursuing the proposal of a committee led by then-Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, which cited alleged procurement breaches nether Article 146(1) of the Constitution.

However, successful an interrogation with Channel One TV connected Monday, May 5, 2025, the Suame MP did not mince words successful criticising Charlotte Osei’s removal.

“My presumption connected Charlotte Osei is that it was wrong. I’ve made that constituent clear; I’ve ne'er supported the removal. I deliberation that removal was wrong. What happened to Charlotte Osei was wrong,” helium said.

His comments travel astatine a clip erstwhile the judiciary is erstwhile again nether nationalist scrutiny, pursuing President John Dramani Mahama’s caller suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.

However, John Darko was speedy to separate betwixt the 2 cases.

“Let america not premix the two; it’s not truly tit for tat. This 1 is going up and beyond,” helium added, referring to the ongoing probe into the Chief Justice, which stems from 3 abstracted petitions and a prima facie lawsuit established nether Article 146(6) of the Constitution.

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