{"id":2711,"date":"2024-12-13T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:20:12","slug":"mahamas-spokesperson-questions-jean-mensahs-electoral-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/mahamas-spokesperson-questions-jean-mensahs-electoral-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama\u2019s Spokesperson Questions Jean Mensah\u2019s Electoral Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joyce Bawah Mogtari, spokesperson for President-elect John Dramani Mahama, has called for the resignation of Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa. In a recent interview with Channel 1 TV, Mogtari expressed her expectation that Mensa would step down following the 2024 general election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7306.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2715 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 633px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 633\/408;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mogtari criticized Mensa&#8217;s governance of the commission, citing ideological bias, dishonesty, and low legitimacy. &#8220;I expected the Electoral Commission chairperson to resign yesterday,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They lack the expertise to say the minimum.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7307.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2716 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/460;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mogtari attributed the recent violence to the delayed election results and the Electoral Commission&#8217;s mishandling of the process. She pointed out the damaged and burnt ballot papers, which she attributed to elementary mistakes. &#8220;Thankfully, our technical team did a great job in keeping the Electoral Commission in check,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahama\u2019s Spokesperson Questions Jean Mensah\u2019s Electoral Office <\/p>\n<p>Joyce Bawah Mogtari, spokesperson for President-elect John Dramani Mahama, has called for the resignation of Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa. In a recent interview with Channel 1 TV, Mogtari expressed her expectation that Mensa would step down following the 2024 general election results.<\/p>\n<p>Mogtari criticized Mensa&#8217;s governance of the commission, citing ideological bias, dishonesty, and low legitimacy. &#8220;I expected the Electoral Commission chairperson to resign yesterday,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They lack the expertise to say the minimum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mogtari attributed the recent violence to the delayed election results and the Electoral Commission&#8217;s mishandling of the process. She pointed out the damaged and burnt ballot papers, which she attributed to elementary mistakes. &#8220;Thankfully, our technical team did a great job in keeping the Electoral Commission in check,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2717,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions\/2717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}