President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that 21 appointees of the Mahama Administration are to face prosecution soon.
According to the President, the delay in prosecuting the former appointees of the Mahama government was because of his respect for due process and also efforts by the appointees to delay the process.
Nana Akufo-Addo made the revelations in Canada Sunday, June 2, when he met with members of the Ghanaian community living in that country.
“The Attorney-General in the meantime has not been idle [even though] people are saying there are no prosecutions. Twenty-one (21) people are on trial in Ghana today for corruption…” he said.
He stated that: “One of the things that I am not prepared to do is to do away with due process.”
“I fought for it all my life in Ghana, that we would have a state which recognises and accepts and acknowledges due process as a fundamental instrument of state policy,” he said to cheers from the audience.
Nana Addo asked those calling on his government to FastTrack the prosecution of corrupt former appointees of the Mahama government to be patient and allow the judicial system in the country to run it course.
“So if you put somebody before court and the person is making application after applications whether to delay the process or whether the applications are genuine, you’ll have to recognise their right to do it and it is when those are exhausted that the trials can begin.
“Some of the trials have started. Those that have started, efforts were made to stymie them by going to the Supreme Court; the Supreme Court dismisses those efforts and the process gets going…,” he explained.
The President commenting on the competence of the Special Prosecutor, noted he strongly believes Mr AMIDU is up to the task but needsre time.
“The person I chose is a very responsible Ghanaian, I’ve no doubt about his determination in this matter,” he indicated.
Source: Ghanawish.com | Ghwatchdog.com
