The United States is pleased with the on-going political situation in Ghana with regards to the current petition challenging the outcome of the Dec 2012 presidential polls in court. Mr Michael Pelletier, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, African Affairs of the U.S Department of State, said “it shows that the institutions are working in Ghana and people have confidence in the institutions.” Mr Pelletier said this when speaking with the Ghana News Agency at the US Department of State building in Washington DC on Friday after meeting with 2013 Spring Professional Fellows to address U.S-Africa foreign policy issues. Mr Pelletier said the election petition case did not affect U.S-Ghana relations in anyway adding it also did not undermine or cast a slur on Ghana’s integrity amongst the investment community in the U.S. He said “you have the laws and the rules and you are just following the laws to address your grievances and that is right.”