Mr Prez, avoid the temptation to sin in appointing EC boss

I have called it a pretty needless fuss and a derogation from the clear terms of the Constitution. Yes, that is just what those calls on President John Mahama to do “broad consultations” in the appointment of a new chairman of the Electoral Commission are. 

It is an avoidable sin against the Constitution he swore to protect - pure and simple. Those political parties and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) advocating and almost demanding any consultations outside of the clear injunction to the President to appoint “on the advice of the Council of State” in Article 70 (2), I say without any equivocation, are ill-advised and must halt the unhealthy unconstitutional crusade. 

The clear unambiguous terms of constitutions are not and ought not to be negotiated in the absence of crisis or potential crisis if complied with. 

Finding a replacement for Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, who retires in June this year ,should not, even remotely, lend itself to a situation that smells