Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has criticized the Mahama administration’s decision to discontinue court cases against officials and associates of the previous government, warning that it sets a dangerous precedent for accountability and the fight against corruption.
In a Facebook post, he questioned the basis for the mass withdrawal of cases, particularly those involving corruption and financial losses to the state.
“For a president vowing to reset Ghana and prosecute government officials who have stolen or caused money to be stolen from the public purse, the mass clearance is a wrong start. It’s a dangerous precedent,” he wrote.
Manasseh argued that the move undermines Mahama’s own anti-corruption stance. “What President Mahama is telling the NPP officials his administration will charge is very simple: if you are charged, drag the case as long as you can, and if your party comes into office, the court process will be truncated, and you will be set free,” he stated.
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He insisted that the Attorney-General should not abuse his power by halting prosecutions. “That power belongs to Ghanaians and must be exercised in our interest. The courts should be allowed to deal with the evidence and decide on the guilt or innocence of the persons charged,” he asserted.
Citing the controversial ambulance case, he emphasized that even though the accused were acquitted, the state had still lost money. “Had the procurement not been a scandal, the Mahama administration would not have moved the ambulances from the forecourt of the State House and hidden them at the Air Force Base in Burma Camp,” he pointed out.
Manasseh, who had previously called former President Akufo-Addo the “Chief Clearing Agent” for allegedly shielding corrupt officials, suggested Mahama was following the same path. “I nicknamed Akufo-Addo the Chief Clearing Agent, and Mahama seems to relish that title,” he remarked.
He concluded with a strong warning: “Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) cannot succeed when its implementers are engaged in Operation Clear All Looters (OCAL).”
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