[ 2017-02-11 ]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended Akuffo-Addo special prosecutor appointment

Mahama endorses Special Prosecutor initiative
Former President John Dramani Mahama has described
the new government’s decision to appoint a
Special Prosecutor as “another step forward.”
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as part of
his campaign promises served notice he will set up
an office of a Special or Independent Prosecutor
to deal with corruption.

However, Mahama believes the independent
prosecutor can only be effective if he or she is
truly “independent enough” to deal with all
manner of cases.
“The new administration in Ghana has decided to
introduce an independent prosecutor. That’s
another step forward after NACAP [National
Anti-Corruption Action Plan] and other
interventions in the quest to fight corruption.

“But the independent prosecutor must be
independent enough and prosecute cases even if
from within this administration,” Mahama said at
the #MindSpeak event hosted by Aly Khan in Kenya.

Meanwhile, Starrfmonline.com has picked signals
that President Akufo-Addo has settled on lawyer
Akoto Ampaw as the Special Prosecutor.
The respected lawyer has defended media freedom
over the years and is said to have “accepted the
post” pending the processes in setting up the
office.
“His knowledge in law is deep and has defended
many people in court over human rights abuses,”
a source within the corridors of power told
Starrfmonline.com.

President Akufo-Addo had told the BBC that
“…hopefully that person is going to be
somebody who commands respect of the society and
at the same time has an independent mind to make
the decisions.”

“She-She” as Ampaw is warmly referred to by
his close circles was part of the New Patriotic
Party’s legal team during the 2012 election
petition at the Supreme Court.

He is a partner of Akufo-Addo’s law firm,
Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co.
Mr. Ampaw’s latest case got the Supreme Court to
order the EC to release collation sheets to the
political parties prior to the December
elections.
The government has promised to set up the Special
Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute public
officials by the end of 2017

Source - Starrfmonline.com

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