Most Ghanaians support Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s rulings halting removal proceedings against the Electoral Commission leadership and the Special Prosecutor, a new poll shows — including a surprising number of voters who back the NDC, despite some party leaders advocating otherwise.
The Global InfoAnalytics survey, conducted between February 21 and 24, 2026, found that 47% of voters agreed with the Chief Justice’s decision that EC Chairperson Jean Mensa and her deputies, Dr Bossman Eric Asare and Mr Samuel Tettey, had no case to answer.
Thirty per cent disagreed, while 23% were neutral.
The matter traces back to November 25, 2025, when President John Dramani Mahama referred seven petitions targeting the EC leadership and three petitions against Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng to the Chief Justice.
The petitions cited allegations of cronyism, abuse of office, and gross incompetence.
One petition, from EC staff member Joseph Blankson Adumadzie, contained twelve counts alleging that the officials’ actions had eroded public confidence in the Commission and threatened Ghana’s electoral credibility.
In a letter to the Presidency dated January 26, 2026, Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie ruled that none of the petitions met the constitutional threshold required to trigger formal proceedings. The decision was publicly disclosed on February 18.
Explaining his reasoning, the Chief Justice wrote, “Even if the Commission’s actions or inactions are assumed to be erroneous, controversial, or suboptimal, such shortcomings do not automatically translate into stated misbehaviour or incompetence within the constitutional sense.”
He added that the allegations reflected disputes over “constitutional interpretation, administrative judgment, and institutional response to complex transitional arrangements,” rather than conduct severe enough to warrant removal.
The poll revealed an interesting partisan split.
Among NDC supporters — whose party had most vocally called for the removal of the EC leadership — 59% agreed with the Chief Justice’s ruling, while 25% disagreed.
NPP voters were more divided, with 39% agreeing and 31% disagreeing. Floating voters registered 48% in agreement.
On the Special Prosecutor, 48% of all respondents backed the Chief Justice’s conclusion that Kissi Agyebeng had no case to answer.
Support among NDC voters was highest at 61%, followed by floating voters (47%), NPP voters (43%), and other party supporters (49%).
The EC and Special Prosecutor poll sampled 3,191 respondents across 83 constituencies in all 16 regions, with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of ±2.24%.
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