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General News of Thursday, July 25, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-07-25
Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu
The special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has denied allegations that he was warned against accepting the post at the head of the anti-corruption bureau.
Mr. Amidu read articles attributed to National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who states that Martin Amidu has been cautioned not to accept the post of Special Prosecutor because have created will hinder his work.
"They are just deceiving you. All this will be nothing; they just want to destroy your name. We told him he was not listening, "said Asiedu Nketia in an interview with ABC News.
However, in an article dated July 24, 2019, Mr. Amidu stated that he had never consulted a person or a political party before meeting with the President on January 10, 2018 and agreeing to Be presented to the approval of the Special Prosecutor.
"When I was invited to see the president, I did not know why he had me come in until I answered his call and that he announced his intentions. I finally agreed to his proposal under agreed conditions that I would have my hands free to operate without any political interference.
"I now have no choice but to be convinced that Mr. Nketia could have had hallucinations when he granted his interview which was later published online. Mr. Nketia, though he was not hallucinating, knew that he was deliberately fabricating false information and lying between his teeth just to satisfy his constituents. How was he able to advise and advise a lawyer over 38 years old with extensive public service experience at the time, the effectiveness of the law when I had already accepted the "Offer," said Amidu.
Read Mr. Amidu's full article below
STOP THE HALLUCINATIONS AND POLITICAL DISPUTES ASIEDU NKETIA AND THE CRANA CRUSADER: BY MARTIN B. B. K. AMIDU
I read about Ghana, on July 17, 2019, a publication attributed to Mr. Asiedu Nketia, in which it was alleged that he "personally warned me," Martin Amidu, "against the possibility of becoming a special attorney because the law that the established office does not give him the necessary powers to work effectively." As a student and professional practitioner in conflict resolution, I decided to Ignoring the allegations attributed to his fulminations as false news, because what would have been attributed to him never happened between us or the party before my appointment, approval and appointment by the president as special prosecutor.
But when I read a printed copy of the same 17 July 2019 Ghana Web publication at my home a few days later in detail, I realized that the source of the story was abcnewsgh.com and, behold, Mr. Nketia was quoted as saying:
"We told him, we warned him. I told him that Martin you are a brother and a comrade, the laws that created this office can not make you work effectively. They are just deceiving you. All this will be nothing; they just want to destroy your name. We told him he was not listening, "Asiedu Nketia said in an interview with ABC News.
I had to find on the forum of the interview that I finally found on peacefmonline on July 17, 2019, another version of the story that also contained the audio recording of the movie. interview on Okay FM in Akan. Neat FM also broadcast the same interview to Akan. I could only believe in my ears that a secretary general of a political party that, under the 1992 Constitution, is an official, would hallucinate and lie before the public that he serves, history of discredit my name and reputation in front of well-meaning MPs. of the society.
Before meeting with the President on January 10, 2018, I had never consulted any person or political party and agreed to submit my candidacy for the approval of the Special Prosecutor. When I was invited to see the president, I did not know why he had me come before answering his call and he announced his intentions. I finally agreed to his proposal under agreed conditions that I would have my hands free to operate without any political interference.
I now have no choice but to be satisfied that Mr. Nketia could have had hallucinations when he granted his interview which was later published online. Mr. Nketia, though he was not hallucinating, knew that he was deliberately fabricating false information and lying between his teeth just to satisfy his constituents. How was he able to advise and advise a lawyer over 38 years old with extensive public service experience at the time, the effectiveness of the law when I had already accepted the # 39; offer.
But common sense will entice any reasonable person who has witnessed the political events taking place in this country before and immediately after the year 2016 to see them again to refresh their memory. We will then remember as a secret, when we do it as a reasonable person, that there was no way that Mr. Asiedu Nketia or the NDC could have talked to me or warned me do not accept the offer to be special attorney of the president because did not speak with him or with them during this period. Just visit my website and establish the facts for yourself: martinamidu.com.
At that time, some members of the party's functional executive committee tried to suspend me and dismiss me from the NDC by claiming disciplinary action against me for alleged misconduct. I raised preliminary objections to the charges in a letter to the Secretary General of EMS when I read them in the media on the grounds that I was not a member in good standing of the NDC since my leaving the position in January 2012 and that I could not according to their constitution, be a member subject to the discipline. Mr. Nketia never responded to my objections and they could not find me to sign their so-called disciplinary charges. I've insisted that, whether they like it or not, I was a founding member of the original NDC, that the new 2016 NDC could not take me.
Anyone wishing to obtain additional evidence and evidence that Mr. Asiedu Nketia may have hallucinated or could be an irredeemable liar should consult Google or refer to the web sites mentioned in the following information about what he and the NDC have stated on 6 February 2018 or around this one about my appointment. this proves his hallucinations and / or lies and false news: (1) Do not use a special attorney to track down his own – NDC at Amidu – ghheadlines.com – Ultimate-FM would also have done a voice interview; (2) Vetting Amidu: NDC warns Parliament – ghananewsonline.com.gh; (3) Amidu is a hypocrite for accepting a post of special prosecutor – Asiedu Nketia; (4) Tainted Amidu is an excellent advocate but has campaigned for the NPP – Ayine (Myjoyonline.com) and for (5) the Akuffo-Addo Special Prosecutor will chase the witch members of the NDC – Ayine. Common sense will tell any reasonable person that Asiedu Nketia or the NDC would never have been able to talk to me or warn me, as I was not in such terms with her or them.
Nevertheless, I was surprised that after my appointment and before, during, after my approval and my appointment, some members of the executive have boldly sent me congratulatory text messages and support to silence.
I'm not surprised that the political elite on both sides of the political divide wish my resignation to allow them to either spend their purse plundered in peace, or to be able to plunder their share now that they have gone behind the backs from the president in power.
Is it any wonder that Ghana Web of July 20, 2019 republished a false report written by a so-called ghanacrusader.com, stating that I engaged in a meeting or series of meetings with a member of their elders council in which I will soon resign to join the NDC? "Martin Amidu en route to join the NDC", headlined the banner of the Crusader of Ghana. There is a concerted bipartisan effort by the political elite that does not agree with the president's anticorruption agenda to pressure me to resign so that they may be free to keep their loot or loot the public funds that I have been responsible for protecting by recovering, preventing, investigating and prosecuting when needed.
Those who know my background in the public service over the decades know that no member of the Seniors Council would dare to tell me about my resignation from my position as special attorney. Anyone who approaches me to persuade me to resign from my office will be considered a hindrance to performing my duties of fighting corruption as a special prosecutor. This time, the Special Prosecutor's Office will handle the case on its own and will not forward it to another law enforcement agency, so the case will again fallow as the previous widely publicized complaint and the complaint. for obstruction I had filed for investigation.
The concerted efforts of the political elite to distract me from the functions of my office with calls for my resignation will not push me to abandon the electorate that made the creation of this office possible. I also know that many people, both at the NDC and at the NPP, would be too happy to learn that I resigned or that I was removed from my position. I also know that when the president submitted my candidacy, he met with serious opposition, just as Asiedu Nketias on the other side, but he insisted that He wanted an unbiased person like me for the job. Watch the TV news on the various channels on June 4, 2019 and you will see the number of NPP MPs who have opposed any legal action against a Member of Parliament for corruption. I have already written about the bipartisan position of the leadership of a parliament with a parliamentary majority chaired by a pastor.
My duty is not primarily to prosecute corruption, but especially to prevent it. I am convinced that my collaboration with the Auditor General and the Minister of Finance has produced and produced preventative actions and results even before the Office took off. As for those who have already looted or are plundering or intend to do so, I will catch up with them soon. That is why the Special Prosecutor's Office issued the last warning, indicating its enforcement powers but unfortunately untrained lawyers and other lawyers who did not read the statement carefully, refused or did not not understand the real importance of this statement, which led to their fruitless work. to remind me, by my vast experience and my years as a lawyer, the powers that I had already clearly mentioned in the declaration.
Any sincere, rationally-acting anti-corruption crusader can independently badess the evidence and the strengths that oppose the appointment and maintenance of the special prosecutor, as they only lend a finger to the fight against chancre. ubiquitous corruption in Ghana. The anti-corruption crusaders can easily see the political elite that put Ghana last instead of Ghana first as they had sworn to do under the Constitution. Knowing that I can not be compromised in this war against corruption is what causes fear among opponents who denounce corruption, people who want me to return by resignation or dismissal.
I will continue to defend the Constitution and not remain silent. I will talk about those who protect practitioners from corruption so that the public is sufficiently informed to support the Bureau when it catches up with it. I will continue to perform the duties of my office in accordance with the Constitution and the law, without fear or preference for affection or ill will, no matter who is suspected of having committed the crime of bribery under my supervision.
No one is going to push me or blow me the challenges of corruption in the public service unless the Supreme Court declares the provisions of the law under which I was appointed unconstitutionally, if I am dismissed or if I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the mutual promises and commitments made with me during my appointment to fight against the chancre of corruption were not intended to be materialized.
July 24, 2019
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