Chairman of Parliaments Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Bernard Abdallah Banda has said that his government is not in a hurry to prosecute officials of the previous government who in one way or the other misused state funds.
According to him, the committee is currently working on the office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, which will mainly centre on public sector corruption cases.
In an interview with Citi FM news, the Chairman for the committee who is also the Offinso South Member of Parliament [MP] assured the Bill will soon be pushed through before the budget reading, later this month.
Mr. Abdallah Banda advised that citizens wait patiently for what the office of the Special Prosecutor settles on.
“For calls of prosecution, let’s wait and hear what the Attorney General may come up with because it is within the remit of the Attorney General (AG) aided by the police or law enforcement agency or Police Service to carry out investigations. It is within the remits of the AG to decide which cases to prosecute and which cases not to prosecute,” he said.
He continued with requirements needed to bring somebody before the law.
“Before you take any matter to court, you need to weigh the facts, you need to carry out thorough and comprehensive investigations and you need to come up with certain facts that are of probating value before you proceed to court.”
He said his government will make sure it goes through the right and appropriate means to call victims to order.
“If you hurriedly proceed to court because you want Mr. A or Mr. B to be prosecuted in order to satisfy political A or political B, your facts may not be adequate enough to prosecute the matter, and this government is not in hurry to rush any matter to court for the sake of prosecution. This government is taking its time to do what is legitimately and legally expected of it,” he added.
Source: Elizabeth Semiheva Bedi/Peacefmonline.com
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
This is not a kangaroo court. A competent court of jurisprudence. So laws are applied not emotions.
Sit down and say legally legally. ndc is gradually changing minds of Ghanaians making as if nothing happened during their tenure and soon Ghanaians will believe what they are saying and vote against you
yeah i agree that the govt shd not rush in prosecuting anyone even though that is what I want. i dont want to see anyone jailed and then pardon or whatever. but that doesnt mean we have to wait forever. remember we have barely 3 more years to another election. if you fail to jail them they will use it to campaign against u and i will believe them that you are cowards or probably partners in crime. i will even campaign and vote against you. we need to bring some sanity into our politics. we are still watching and waiting.
The mischievous way they took TSATSU TSIKATA through the court with trumped up charges and got him jailed and then decided to Pardon which was refused and the case went to court again and he was exonerated . That is putting in some jittery position and they have to prepare well.