Founder and President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said an Executive Order asking the Auditor-General to proceed on leave represents the destruction of a stronghold of public sector accountability.
According to him, Daniel Domelevo executes his mandate to the fullest and does not care about how that threatens his position as Auditor-General.
“Domelevo saw it coming and he didn't care. The only last bastion of accountability has been decapitated,” Franklin Cudjoe told GhanaWeb on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, June 29, 2020, ordered Mr Domelevo to take his 123 days of accumulated leave in accordance with sections 20 (1) and 31 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651).
The law applies to workers in both the public and private sector, however, there is a disagreement that it also applies to heads of anti-graft institutions like the Auditor-General and Commissioner for the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).
Mr Domelevo, regarded as an astute anti-corruption campaigner, has in the last couple of months, clashed with some high placed government officials while carrying out his mandate.
While some view the directive from the Presidency as consistent with the law, others say it is part of a grand scheme to remove him from office.
Reacting to the President’s directive to the Mr Domelovo, Mr Cudjoe stated that “political power is awesome when it is expressed to hunt hunters. It just has a way of repeating itself. Perhaps in 2021.”
Meanwhile, two outspoken governance experts have kicked against the Executive Order.
Professor Stephen Kweku Asare and Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh have suggested that the directive issued to Mr Domelevo, while it may appear appropriate, may in fact be flouting the Constitution.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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When u elect a corrupt president this is wat you get because this Oldman who is not growing younger is stealing everything including spoons this clearing agent of a president is the most unfortunate thing that happened to us after 2016 what a wasted government but his end is near and he will soon see it
I am surprised this didn't happen sooner. Dormelevo has been nothing but torn in the flesh. Nana ado should have fired him along with Charlotte Osei. They allowed him too long. The the government is Safe.
So you want to test it at this Supreme Court. You will get a unanimous verdict but you will not like it.
I am very surprised that people work in Ghana without taking holidays due to them. How can this be? Holidays are very essential and I am surprised people who have lived in USA or are living in developed countries and should know better are questioning this. Auditor-General, obey the terms of your employment and take holidays. Holidays help you to re-charge your batteries and work efficiently. Holidays reduce work-related stress and enhance your health. Don't wait to be told by the President and respect yourself. Do the right thing. Don't behave as if you don't trust any of your colleagues at Audit Service and hence your absence will lead to the collapse of A-G office. Thank you Mr President
The least said about this thwartt the better because he’s lost credibility with his stomach just noko fioooo he won
Franklin please do not display your hollowness and ignorance,a public officer taking his leave (holiday) cannot generate arguments.How on earth should an employee or an officer be working over years without holiday.
Masa franklin, you talk tooo much. How I wish you were the wisest dude in Ghana. You even know domelevo's daily feelings and expectations, wooooooooooow. Can you please tell us the airbus government official 1 personality ? Can you please give us the gp address for the exact location for the missing guinea fowels and how come roads were only real in books? Please answer all questions , you can even include tables and diagrams. Start work, if not then know that I now know who you truly are ; I nearly took you serious in time past !
Someone like you, Franklin Cudjoe, cannot talk about accountability. I dare you to publish your annual report, including statement of account, like all self-respecting CSOs. We want to know your sources of funding and those funds are spent.