UG: New SRC Executives battle Dean of Students Prof Bogpin for unlawful disturbance

Recently elected Executive of the University or college of Ghana Students Consultant Council (SRC) have petitioned the school’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor cost of Academic and College students Affairs (ASA) to as a issue of urgency ensure that the particular Dean of Students Prof. Godfred Alufa Bokpin stops interfering in post-electoral issues from the SRC. Information gathered simply by this website indicates that the Leader of Students has setup a seven-member Committee to check into petitions brought before your pet after the recently held political election; a move which is considered against the tenets of the SRC Constitution. In their petition, the brand new executives including president-elect, Knight in shining armor Asumadu; vice-president-elect, Wisdom Ndukwe; general secretary-elect, Stephanie Naadu Antwi and treasurer-elect, Daniel Obeng Asamoah stated that will post-electoral issues are to be dealt with by the Judicial Board and then the Dean’s seven-member committee contravenes the position of the law. “The Judicial Board is the agreed and legal body to know any election petitions, not really the Dean. The decision from the Dean to set up a panel that sidesteps the University or college of Ghana SRC Judicial Board is, therefore , a good illegal interference of their office in the affairs associated with students. The closest issue to the involvement of the Leader in an electoral dispute is certainly his membership of the SRC appeals board, where he could be the sole management official included, ” their petition read within parts. To them, the shift by the Dean of Learners needs to be declared unconstitutional with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor ASA, Prof. Daniel Frimpong Ofori. Petitions Campus-based Radio station Radio Univers reports that it has sighted the petition brought prior to the Dean of Students with a group that calls by itself Concerned Electoral Commissioners. Based on their report, the group is usually calling for the results of Mensah Sarbah Hall polling train station to be probed the second mouthpiece UGSRC Electoral Commissioner Boaz Asah – Baah Twumasi believes the election comes from the Mensah Sarbah corridor are ‘not credible due to electoral infractions at the polling station’. Also, the representative of the particular losing presidential candidate, Samuel Amos Ofosu at the University or college of Ghana Computing Program (UGCS), Bernard Nana Boahen in his petition said you have the need for the office of the leader of students affairs in order to annul the results of the on the internet election. He argues that the agreement of having all 3 electoral commissioners present during the time of the release of the online political election was breached. SRC Political election Petitions: Position of UG SRC Constitution Article thirty-one clauses (1), (2) plus (3) of the University associated with Ghana SRC constitution stipulates as follow(1) The quality of the election of an Professional Officer may be challenged with a student of this University whom may present a request for that purpose to the Judicial Board within forty-eight hrs after the declaration of the consequence of the position in respect of which the request is presented, ”(2) The particular Judicial Board shall, without having prejudice to any provision in this particular Constitution, decide on the quality of an election within 7 days after the petition has been obtained by the Chairperson of the Judicial Board, (3) The Chairperson of the Appeals Board, Chairperson of the Judicial Board, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission plus two members of the Common Assembly nominated by the Common Assembly shall, within 8 weeks after the coming into force of the Constitution, make rules for your practice and procedure for petitions to the Judicial Board difficult the election of a Leader or Secretary or Treasurer; which rules shall be preceding for such purposes because provided for in this article. Supply: MyNewsGh. com/ 2021
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