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General news for Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-09-23
President Akufo-Addo with Martin Amidu
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Abura / Asebu / Kwamankese (AAK), has said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor only to upset the NDC.
According to him, Amidu “has long shown that he is intemperate with a wrong superiority complex.”
Kwakye Ofosu, in his Facebook post Tuesday, added that he was “frankly surprised that anyone thought Martin Amidu would score significant advancements as Special Prosecutor.”
His comments followed media reports that Martin Amidu, alias “Citizen Vigilante”, had described a request by STRANEK-AFRICA for the Special Prosecutor’s Office (OSP) to investigate the Agyapa royalty deal as “opportunist and populist.” … “aimed at taking credit for the processes that have already started independently.”
Martin Amidu in a letter to the group on Tuesday, September 22, stated: “It is a well-known matter of public knowledge and notice that this office on September 10, 2020, invoked its mandate pursuant to Section 2 (1), 29 and 73 of Law 959 and Regulation 31 (1) and (2) of LI 2374 to examine any problem that may arise from it ”.
The letter continued: “Furthermore, it is in the public domain that Parliament and other public institutions have already responded to the request for information and documents from this office.”
He added: “Your letter, therefore, appears to this office as an opportunist and populist undertaking on your part to take credit for the processes that have already been initiated independently by this office. In any case, your letter containing mere speculations does not present any legal basis for this office to commit more resources to your request from the public purse.
In November 2007, the Parliament of Ghana passed a law establishing the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
Martin Amidu took over as Special Prosecutor in February 2018 from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
His appointment was to ensure independent and non-partisan investigations into corruption cases, as well as to prosecute offenders.
The Office is mandated to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption and crimes related to corruption under the Public Procurement Law of 2003 (Law 663).
The OSP is also supposed to investigate allegations of corruption and corruption-related offenses under the Criminal Offenses Act 1960 (Law 29) that could implicate public officials, politically exposed persons, and individuals from the private sector implicated in the commission of alleged crimes.
Yet since his appointment, Martin Amidu has been legendary for complaints about why he has not yet prosecuted anyone or recovered or stolen money, despite palpable evidence of corruption.
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