Akufo-Addo has bastardized Ghana’s constitutional bodies — Dr. Tony Aidoo

Former Ghanaian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr Tony Aidoo, has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of undermining Ghana’s constitutional bodies, particularly the Electoral Commission (EC) and the judiciary.

Speaking on Accra-based Joy News’ AM Show on Monday, December 2, Dr Aidoo alleged that the independence of these institutions has been compromised under the Akufo-Addo administration.

He noted that the president’s influence has eroded public trust in key state institutions.

“Look at the way he has bastardized all our constitutional bodies,” Dr Aidoo stated. “Where is the independence of the Electoral Commission? And the entire judiciary has been bastardized.”

Dr Aidoo further claimed that the EC’s leadership is partisan, asserting that the commission is populated by individuals with affiliations to the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

“The Chairperson of the EC and her staff come from the NPP side. The president has placed his activists into the organization, and right now nobody trusts the Electoral Commissioner,” he alleged.

The former ambassador, who served under the Rawlings administration, also recalled a conversation with the former president about Nana Akufo-Addo’s political stance.

“In the year 2000, when the NPP held its last rally at Mantse Agbona in Accra, Akufo-Addo was one of the speakers. After the rally, Rawlings asked me, ‘What do you think of him?’ and I said he is a fascist,” Dr Aidoo recounted.