Committee on GJA electoral dispute to present findings

Accra, Aug. 26, GNA - The Ad-hoc Elections Dispute Committee set up by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to investigate the electoral dispute between Mr Yaw Owusu-Addo, a presidential contestant and Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo, President-elect will present its findings and verdict on Wednesday, August 27.

A statement signed by the out-going GJA President, Mrs Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie, in Accra said this follows the conclusion of the committee's hearing.

The statement invited all Editors, Chapter Executives and interested members of the Association to attend.

The Committee had Mr K. Arhin of the Electoral Commission and Mrs Bernadette Chinery-Hesse, a Legal Practitioner, Journalists and Administrative Manager of Ghana News Agency, as members with Mr Yonny Kulendi, also a Legal Practitioner, as Chairman.

The term of reference of the Committee was to investigate all issues at the centre of the electoral dispute between Mr Owusu-Addo, Director of Radio; Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, who lost the contest for the Presidency to Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Editor of the Daily Graphic. It was to determine the legibility or otherwise of Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh to stand for the elections, which is the centre of the controversy. Mr Owusu-Addo lodged a complaint to the GJA Electoral Officer, Mr Mawusi Afele alleging that Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh was not a paid up member of the Association at the time he filed his nomination papers and should not have, therefore, held himself for election.