I will take note of Amidu's letter asking me to excuse – Ato Forson

Policy of Friday, August 2, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-08-02

Cbadiel Ato Forson, minority spokeswoman in charge of finance, announced that he would take cognizance of the letter from the special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, in which he asked her to apologize for some remarks that he would have done about a debt.

"I saw it [the letter]. I will go through the document and I can badure you that you will hear from me, "he told Duke Mensah Opoku, parliamentary correspondent for Citi News on Friday.

In a letter to Mr. Forson dated August 1, 2019, Mr. Amidu gave a seven-day apology.

"If I do not hear from you in the next seven days, I would be obliged to advise me on the steps to be taken to defend my hard-earned reputation, which you intentionally, maliciously and seriously hurt and discredited."

Mr. Forson would have questioned the legitimacy of a judgment debt that would have been paid to the special prosecutor and two other persons.

After the Finance Minister revealed that the Akufo-Addo administration had paid more than 280 million Swedish kroner since he took office in 2017, Mr Forson told the press that he had the money. 39; information indicating that the special prosecutor had been paid certain debts.

Mr. Forson was quoted as saying, "We hear with authority that we heard that they paid hundreds of McDan, they paid Bankswitch, they even paid the special attorney an amount of debt in judgment, in order to determine if they meet the required conditions. to receive this amount, we will have to investigate ".

In his letter, Mr. Amidu insisted that "he has never been paid money by a government in the performance of my official duties or because of my position as Special Prosecutor ".

He described the remarks as "malicious" and "defamatory", adding that he thought the observers interpreted them as "that the government illegally acted with me as a special prosecutor to pay me Doubtful money and other benefits resulting from court orders ". . "

Mr. Amidu also recalled that a court case in question, started on January 30, 2013, in which he was suing for the payment of his salary areas, had been engaged in his personal capacity.