Co-chair of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu has said disappointment in the petition filed by former Special Prpsceuro Martin Amidu seeking to remove his successor Kissi Agyebeng.
He says the petition frustrates the fight against corruption.
Speaking on Weekend Central with Grace Hamoah Agyemang, the anti-graft campaigner accused the former Special Prosecutor, who also once served as Attorney- General, of a wrong understanding and interpretation of the law governing the creation of the Office of Special Prosecutor.
“…in this case, unfortunately, it’s not just corruption fighting back. It’s Mr. Martin Amidu, and by the way, it now explains why we were so frustrated with him as Special Prosecutor because his interpretation of the law that was given is clearly being reflected here.
“He is expecting the President to take certain actions. He is expecting that the Special Prosecutor can achieve things without doing any arrest or detention. He’s saying that the Special Prosecutor should not raise issues with our system, our justice, or the delivery system if it is not working. And that is what he would have done.
“Unfortunately, that does not promote the best interest of this nation. And I think that Mr. Martin Amidu has unfortunately turned the tide back and turned the clock back with this particular petition, and it’s a real embarrassment to all of us in the anti-corruption space,” he explained.
He described the grounds given by Martin Amidu for Kissi Agyebeng’s removal as not substantive enough.
“I expect that with the Special Prosecutor’s response to the Chief Justice, she’ll find that there’s no prima facie case, honestly. I mean, Mr. Amidu talks about procurement breaches, and he attaches no evidence. He only attaches a request to the public procurement authority. I mean, how do you do that?
I expect that the Special Prosecutor’s responses to these issues raised should be substantive and sufficient for the Chief Justice to recognize that this is threading on slippery ground. It will set a very dangerous precedent. The evidence and the information provided are not substantive enough for it to merit somebody saying the removal of the Special Prosecutor’s job, especially given the role and the very unique role that that office will achieve for the people of this country,” Mr Senanu elaborated.
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