Special Prosecutor does not have a large list of deputies for possible prosecution – Amidu

General News on Thursday, June 6, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-06-06

Several members of parliament sitting in waiting baskets waiting to be prosecuted by the Special Prosecutor's Office will breathe a sigh of relief after the revelation of these antics.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, revealed earlier that the House had received a long list of names of parliamentarians from both divisions who needed to be prosecuted for various offenses. But a brief rebuttal in the form of a press release from Martin Amidu's organization refuted any claim that a long list of lawmakers could be prosecuted.

"The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader, the Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, in a web-based publication Ghana on June 5, 2019, reportedly said in an interview with Ade Akye Abia, of Okay FM, paraphrased by the report that: "…. Parliament, through the Special Prosecutor, has received a long list of parliamentarians, members of the NDC and the NPP, who could be prosecuted by the SP for various offenses. "

The Office of the Special Prosecutor wishes, for the sake of transparency and accountability, to state unequivocally that the Office has not submitted any list of NDC and NPP parliamentarians to the leadership of Parliament as a list of parliamentarians or "members of parliament". who may face potential prosecution of the PS for various offenses. "

The special prosecutor pointed out that the deputy of Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, remained the only legislator to be summoned, the latter being the first accused in a pending case filed in the High Court and likely to be prosecuted .

"The Special Prosecutor's Office has from time to time addressed written requests to the Rt. Hon. The President must release the appointed members of Parliament to badist in conducting an investigation into allegations of alleged corruption and corruption-related offenses. Outside the Hon. Mahama Ayariga, the first accused in a pending case before the High Court and therefore subject to prosecution, the Bureau has not taken a decision to prosecute or not to accuse another Member of Parliament for corruption offense. face potential lawsuits from this office. If there was to be a bipartisan program for the publication of such falsehoods, the public should be informed from the start and boldly of its intentions and not by a subterfuge. "

He added that "about eight (8) other NDC and NPP deputies, apart from the Hon. Mahama Ayariga, were invited and released by the President for statements to be taken on charges of corruption and corruption-related offenses. The investigators did not submit any list of investigations or recommend to the Special Prosecutor whether they should be charged with corruption. "

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