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Chair of the Public Interest and Liability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw insists that lawsuits be brought against mines and ministers of nature who have signed mining leases without the required parliamentary ratification.
It is after the discovery by about 35 mining companies in the country without the required parliamentary ratification.
Background and lawsuit
Already two members of parliament, NDC deputy Alhbadan Suhuyini and Ernest Henry Norgbey, have sued 35 mining companies, the Attorney General and the Minerals Commission, for violating Ghana's constitution.
Deputies, in their demands, claimed that 35 companies had violated Article 268 of the 1992 Constitution by pursuing mining activities at a time when Parliament had not ratified their mining leases in accordance with the law. 39, Article 268 of the Constitution.
Dr. Manteaw responds
According to Mr. Manteaw, "we must find the minister whose signature appears under each contract and hold him personally liable."
He also said that measures should be taken to deter public officials from deliberately or unintentionally failing to do their job. "For me, when you have shortcomings in your laws, there is a high risk that lawsuits will be initiated, with these companies they can not get away with them. "
Chamber of Mines on this issue
The Chamber of Mining disputes the information that most of its members operate without parliamentary ratification for their mining leases.
According to its Chamber of Mines President Eric Asubonteng, most members of the House have secured Parliament's ratification for their operations in 2015.
"I know a lot of work has been done during this period and I would be so shocked by any publication now that most of our members are not ratified by Parliament for their mining leases."
He told JoyBusiness that they would urge the various regulators to publish the list of mining companies that had secured parliamentary ratification of their activities.
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