Charlotte’s Query

Charlotte Osei last week responded to the many queries heaped upon her by both the media and politicians who find her performance not up to a scratch.

She took a subtle swipe at the media, following in the path of politicians who love hating the media when they are on the back foot and blaming them for all their self-induced predicaments.

We do not begrudge the EC Chairman for her effort at repulsing the media queries; after all, this appears to be her mode of reacting to questions, her offensive “we saw it, we like it, we are happy” remark still fresh in our memories when she crudely defended her pet logo for the Commission.

We wish her well as the test of her efficiency is getting clearer and nearer by the day. Suffice it to point out that ours is not a killjoy obsession but an attempt at relaying the sentiments of the people and presenting the picture of events as they unfold with a view to triggering positive changes.

Would she rather the media glossed over the dangerous shortcomings being unearthed with the so-called deleted NHIS-powered details on the voter register? The accompanying challenges these would exact on the political plane would be enormous as we commence a new week and expose the underbelly of the Commission for further attacks.

We would be shirking our responsibilities to the citizenry, were we to turn our attention from these grey areas which should be remedied before the Election Day.

Last Saturday at the eighth anniversary of the outdooring of Gifty Anti's Standpoint feminine initiative, one of the Commissioners did a yeoman's job about the image of the EC Chairman and the Commission in general. She virtually told her mainly Muslim women audience that Charlotte is a good woman with Ghana's interest at heart and ready to make a point that our female colleagues can be trusted to be efficient in their assignments. We can only hope that Hajia Sa'Adat's testimony about her boss is a reflection of the truth and that Charlotte is after all not the image we are seeing in the picture.

Her assurance that whoever would be declared winner should be the person deserving of the announcement is particularly heartwarming.

Fortunately, time will soon tell whether most Ghanaians are right regarding their impression about Charlotte. Until they are proven wrong, most of them think she is anything but humble.

Whatever she is, should not affect the delivery of   credible general election for the people of Ghana who as political animals at the crossroads of their democracy, would not forgive anybody who would make this dream unattainable.

Hajia Halima Mahama one-time Gender Minister pointed out at the function that they as women yearn for the success of Charlotte, she being the maiden woman Chairman of the EC.

If this does not dispel the notion that she is hated by her colleague women what else does? Charlotte has the opportunity to change the impression about herself even as the clock ticks towards November 7 or so, and especially enhancing the integrity of her gender colleagues manning critical positions.