The United States of America wing of the opposition New Patriotic Party is calling on Parliament to remove President Mills from office in accordance with Article 69 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. The group, per a statement issued by its legal committee at the weekend, says it deems the celebration of the 31st December, 1981 coup last Friday at no less a venue than the Flagstaff House, (seat of government and the official residence of the President of Ghana) as a treasonable offence serious enough to warrant the removal from office of the president. However Deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim-Boateng says the call is unfounded and its proposers must come again. According to the NPP, when the Supreme Court outlawed the declaration of 31st December as a statutory public holiday, “It follows that the State and the various Constitutional organs cannot, under the Constitution, engage in any activities designed to commemorate or celebrate this abominable event and high treason. “Nor can the State or the Constitutional organs allow the resources and facilities of the state to be used for any such commemoration or celebration.” The NPP says President Mills, who is the Chief Law enforcement Officer of the country, has failed to obey the order of the Supreme Court on the celebration of 31st December as stipulated under Article 2 (3) of the Constitution. “The President has failed to enforce the orders and directives issued by the Supreme Court in the NPP v. Republic (December 31 case). “The President has intentionally, willfully, purposefully, or negligently allowed the “treason celebrants” access to the Flagstaff House to be used for their illegal celebrations. “The President has willfully violated his oath of office, which requires him to uphold the Constitution at all times.” “Wherefore we call on Parliament to discharge its functions under Article 69”, the group said. Article 69 of the 1992 Constitution deals with grounds upon which the president may be removed from office and states among other things, that “(1) The President shall be removed from office if he is found, in accordance with the provisions of this article - (a) to have acted in willful violation of the oath of allegiance and the presidential oath set out in the Second Schedule to, or in willful violation of any other provision of, this Constitution; or (b) to have conducted himself in a manner -(i) which brings or is likely to bring the high office of President into disrepute, ridicule or contempt; or (ii) prejudicial or inimical to the economy or the security of the State; or (c) to be incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason of infirmity of body or mind.”

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