Ms Ursula Owusu, Vice President of FIDA International and Immediate Past President of FIDA Ghana says the decision by President Mills to send the Attorney-General to the UK to fish for additional information on the Mabey&Johnson scandal, is a slap in the face of anti-corruption agencies and institutions set-up by the state.
According to her, the Attorney-General was not the right person for President Mills� mission since �the A-G does not have the capacity to conduct investigations.�
�We have the BNI, CHRAJ, SFO and CID, these are the bodies given the power (by the constitution) and who have the knowledge to investigate such issues�the Attorney General only gives directives�makes some additions and subtractions and sends a case to court�the expertise to tackle such issues, everyone has a basic training but we have specialists in every field. The Attorney General�she should have allowed the appropriate body to investigate before she even comes in,� she advised.
She alleged that the President may �want to handle the issue just like the Muntaka Saga� where he instructed the National Security Council (NSC) to investigate instead of the constitutionally mandated Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).
�Already there are several evidence�details of bank accounts have been revealed�The evidence is over here�a court of competent jurisdiction have proven that they (M&J) paid (bribes) as shown in the evidence,� Ursula said.
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