General News on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-06-04

President Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed not to abuse her power to prosecute corrupt people.

He says he remains committed to due process as his administrations seek to meet expectations in the fight against corruption.

"One of the things I'm not willing to do, whatever the conditions, is to remove the safeguards of due process," said President Akufo-Addo during his meeting with officials. Ghanaians in Canada.

We will not have a situation where, for political reasons, due process is denied to some people but applied to others. I will never preside over that. "

President Akufo-Addo once boasted his appointment to the appointment of a special prosecutor as evidence of his commitment to due process.

He added that the work of the special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, would alleviate the fears and accusations of political witch hunting.

According to him, "we have a particular problem in Ghana: whenever a lawsuit is brought against a senior official, you hear the witch hunt cry. It has become a means of protest for senior political figures. "

"If he [Martin Amidu] and then puts you in his look for a wrongdoing, this witch hunt charge will no longer be available. We think this is a very important step, which will ensure that the principle of equality before the law will make sense. "