{"id":13606,"date":"2018-12-13T12:16:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13606"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:16:26","slug":"charlotte-osei-rubbishes-mischief-posters-says-she-has-no-interest-in-being-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13606","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Osei rubbishes \u2018mischief\u2019 posters; says she has no interest in being MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charlotte-Osei-EC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charlotte-Osei-EC.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charlotte-Osei-EC-410x268.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has rubbished media reports that she may be contesting the vacant Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>Some NDC campaign posters of Charlotte Osei surfaced online, but the former EC chair has condemned them as fake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not and have never been a registered member of any political party in Ghana or anywhere in the world,\u201d she stated in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>She also said she did not reside in Ayawaso West Wuogon and so she does not even qualify to run for MP there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no\u00a0interest whatsoever in running for Parliament and have never had that interest. Please, find better use of your artistic talent than mischief-making,\u201d Charlotte Osei advised.<\/p>\n<p>The Ayawaso West Wuogon seat was left vacant after its MP, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/contextly.com\/redirect\/?id=awQulMLuQa:467006:2934:13:::sidebar:5c11f44cbfd825-48585702\">passed away<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in November after an illness.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death, some constituents rallied around his two wives as worthy successors to the late MP.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters massed up at the NPP\u2019s headquarters on Monday to present a petition demanding that one Lydia Alhassan Agyarko, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko\u2019s second wife, be allowed to stand for the position.<\/p>\n<p>The second group of supporters also rallied for another woman, who was the wife of the late MP, Josephine Nana Baiden Agyarko, to contest the seat.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia Alhassan Agyarko has since come out to say\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/12\/11\/i-havent-expressed-interest-in-my-husbands-seat-agyarkos-2nd-wife\/\">she has never been interested<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in contesting for the seat her husband occupied before his death<\/p>\n<p>She said\u00a0several party members had suggested that she considers contesting, but she has asked for time to mourn her husband first.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko had been the MP for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency since 2012, after he replaced the current Chief of Staff, Frema Opare as MP for the area.<\/p>\n<p>A pharmacist by profession, he was once the Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority, under the Kufuor government.<\/p>\n<p>In Parliament, he served on the Environment, Science and Technology Committee, chaired the Government Assurance Committee, and also served on the Health Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Akufo-Addo removes Charlotte Osei, two deputies from office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo in June 2018,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/28\/akufo-addo-removes-charlotte-osei-two-deputies-from-office\/\">removed<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwaa from office.<\/p>\n<p>This was after a committee set up by the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo, pursuant to Article 146(4) of the Constitution, to investigate separate complaints brought against the three persons by Ghanaian citizens, recommended their removal from office.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee recommended their removal on the basis of stated misbehavior and incompetence, pursuant to Article 146 (1) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has rubbished media reports that she may be contesting the vacant Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). 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