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General News of Monday, March 18, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-03-18
Abdul Kweku Baako, journalist
Journalist Abdul Kweku Baako said the presidency must resist the temptation to protect members of the government against allegedly corrupt behavior documented by the private investigation company TigerEye PI.
"I tell the president that they have to wake up," he said while drawing attention to what he had observed to be attempts within the government to protect the secretary of the Interministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCM) involved in corruption investigations.
The secretary, Charles Cromwell Bissue, was captured in a video taking money from a Tiger Eye agent pretending to be a businessman.
Charles Bissiu reportedly took 35,000 cedis during three meetings to circumvent measures to combat illegal mining.
Anas accused Mr. Bissiu of abuse of authority, breach of fiduciary, bribery and bribery, which, in his view, was discovered in the light of hard facts, recorded in an audio-visual recording and by correspondence electronic.
Since the broadcast of the investigation video of February 27, 2019, Bissiu, who is mainly a member of the presidential staff, has announced his resignation, as secretary of the IMCM. He denied the allegations and subjected to police investigations.
Tiger Eye PI, the investigative vehicle created and used by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas seized the Special Prosecutor's Office for information on allegations of corruption.
He also provided raw footage of surveys to the OSP. Despite ongoing investigations at the OSP, the IMCM has asked the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to investigate the allegations of corruption and the perpetrators involved in the video.
The involved secretary also turned to social media to ask Tiger Eye PI and Anas Aremeyaw Anas to provide the CID with 'unedited raw footage'.
Some sections of the NPP-related social networks have also shared publications suggesting that Anas Aremeyaw Anas did not provide raw tapes to the government, even though the information minister said the government was not going Had not formulated this request.
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, after the documentary broadcast, said the government would launch an investigation into the revelations of the documentary. But his press conference on the latest investigations was poorly reported.
Kweku Baako, annoyed by the events, described the IMCM's request to conduct IDC investigations as "absolute absurdity".
"Why do we want to duplicate?", He said Monday to Ekosii Sen newspaper of Asempa FM.
"Why do not they know where the complainant went? Is there a mobile? ", He said, pointing out that the tactics of the IMCM consisted of" choosing the territory to lead the battle ".
"Why do they all consciously ignore this option? Why do you ignore the OSP and choose the CID "? he asked and said that he expected the committee to deal with illegal mining primarily with the OSP.
"What has prevented the IMMC from writing about SP?" "Why not copy the SP?", He repeated, expressing his disappointment with the IMCM.
He accused the committee of being part of the problem he is supposed to solve and referred the committee for playing games that "do not help the government".
Baako called the CID investigations of "wasted time" and the invitation of the IMCM to the CID to investigate the case "a lack of respect for the process engaged".
"I advise this government, it is sometimes not necessary to unnecessarily attract unnecessary collateral damage when people you name misbehave. Let them fight themselves. "
Kweku Baako expressed regret that some members of the government's social media team are trying to undermine Anas's efforts to punish the officials involved.
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