Nolle Prosequi filed by A.G undermines Mahama’s fight against corruption
A group of Parliamentarians from the Ashanti region called the Kumasi Members of Parliament Bloc has said the nolle prosequi filed by the Attorney General, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, to free people who were standing trial in court undermines President John Dramani Mahama’s fight against corruption.
They have raised questions about the nolle prosequi filed by the Attorney General freeing the Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiama, who was accused in the collapse of banks , arguing that the decision by the A.G undermines President Mahama’s fight against corruption.
“The various nolle prosequi that have been filed by the Attorney General, raises serious issues about the government’s fight against corruption. It raises issues about its sincerity , it raises issues about its good faith, it raises issues about whether or not the Attorney General we have is not going to be a partisan Attorney General ,who is going to pursue just members who are not members of the NDC”, they said.
According to the MPs, Dr. Asiama was involved in the supervision of banks that collapsed hence he does not merit the position as Governor of the Central Bank-BoG.
“We all know when the banking sector collapsed ,he was involved ,to the extent that following investigation , he was accused in two different cases of complicity and culpability in those cases. One of them was the trail in the UT Bank cases. He was an accused there . The other one is a trial of the unibank cases-he was also an accused there.” the Secretary of the Kumasi MPs bloc, Nana Agyei Baffour Awauh , made these assertions at the Suame Magazine Hub in the Suame Municipality , when Kumasi MPs bloc paid a visit to the Suame Auto Mechanic Hub to commensurate with artisans, who were affected in the recent fire outbreak which gutted the area and destroyed properties ,running into millions of cedis.
Chaired by Mr. Francis Assenso Boakye , the MP for Bantama Constituency, the bloc is made of ten MPs from different constituencies in Kumasi.
Speaking to the media, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the MP for Manhyia South Constituency ,who is the secretary to the group, challenged the nolle prosequi filed by the A.G recently to discharge people standing trails in court, asking : “Are we saying that now, being a card bearing member of the NDC is going to make you immune to criminal prosecution in this country? Is that what the Attorney General is saying?
Baffour Awuah further argued that for the A.G to have made a major decision-the most significant decision he has made upon assuming office was to file the nolle prosequi and withdrawals, adding that the decision by the A.G indicates how important it was to him.
“It indicates how important it meant to the government,right? To the extent that one of them has even been made the Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
“What message are we sending to Ghanaians ,that the whole resetting agenda was making sure we are going to launder our people and then pursue others” The Manhyia South MP asked.
“And more importantly, it raises another question: Is president Mahama more sincere about his fight against corruption afterall?
He asked : “Is it the case that he is taking his people and he is not going to pursue anybody?It raises fundamental questions and he has to take a second look at what he has done because it is a major political risk for all of us as elite politicians.
