“Mahama should resign over EC appointments if Ghana were a serious country” – Former MP

“President Mahama today, opposition leader yesterday, proposed that Article 43 of Ghana’s Constitution should be amended so that when the President is making appointment to the Electoral Commission, the person being appointed should be vetted by the Parliament of Ghana.

Former Sissala East Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, has accused President John Dramani Mahama of hypocrisy over the recent appointment of new Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC).“But yesterday, you same people, the same NDC opposition was that some people were politically affiliated and they didn’t deserve to be appointed to the Electoral Commission.