Amidu provides new details on why Domelovo was ordered to proceed with the license.

General news for Friday, November 27, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-11-27

Former special counsel Martin ABK Amidu has given Ghanaians a different explanation and perspective to a directive from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in July asking the Auditor General to proceed with his accumulated license.

Contrary to widespread perceptions that the Auditor General was removed from office due to the Osafo Maafo $ 1m Kroll scandal, Martin Amidu has put another spin on Domelovo’s “licensing crisis”.

According to him, a separate corruption scandal involving the MCE for the Bawku Municipal Assembly is partially to blame for the president’s directive to the Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelovo.

While presenting a pale explanation on the matter, the former special counsel challenged Akufo-Addo to tell the Ghanaians why he had refused to intercept the MCE for his act, but forced Domelovo to proceed with the license.

He added that despite his numerous attempts, both formal and informal, to have the president rescind his decision on the Auditor General, he went ahead to ask him to proceed with his accumulated leave.

In a 27-page rebuttal, Martin Amidu wrote; “Anti-corruption Moses, please tell Ghanaians your reason for refusing to intercept or order the Chief Executive Officer of the Bawku Municipal Assembly to vacate her post, even with voluntary or compulsory leave as she did unconstitutionally with Mr. Daniel Domelevo , the constitutionally appointed Auditor General of Ghana, after my various pleas with you … “

This to him, added to his disappointment with the president and subsequent decision to resign as Special Prosecutor.

“My dear former anti-corruption Moses, Mr. President, this is just one example to remind you, Mr. President, that you should not have unleashed your attack dogs against my integrity as responsible for the failure of the Special Prosecutor in the fight against corruption under your presidency. ”He added.

Background

Domelevo was forced by a letter from the Presidency to take his cumulative 167-day leave, which spans about three years of continuous service.

Although the action has been justified by the Presidency as appropriate and based on the law that governs the Public Service Commission, the decision has been criticized by some legal experts.

Critics say the licensing directive is inappropriate because the nature of the law that creates the Auditor General’s office is similar to those that created the office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Commissioner and Chairman of the Supreme Court. and therefore should not be under the control of the Executive.

Others were sure it had something to do with the constant search for the Chief Minister’s Auditor General, Osafo Maafo.

Read Martin Amidu’s rebuttal below (from item 11);