The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been challenged to proceed to court to prosecute officials of the previous administration suspected to have embezzled public funds or corrupted themselves. .
Briefing the Press at the NPP party’s headquarters in Accra, the Communications Director of the party, Richard Ahiagba kicked against the red herrings of the of the NDC for pronouncing some former officials as guilty in the court of public opinion via media rather than proceeding to the court of competent jurisdiction.
He argued that the Attorney General either does not have enough provable evidence or they are only bent on denigrating the individuals and the party in question.
Mr Ahiagba asked about the methodology of the Attorney General who is a veteran and experienced lawyer and knows the law but has resorted to rough tactics.
He argued that the AG is only trying to vilify and tarnish people’s image to disgrace them and their families.
“It has never been the practice in the Fourth Republic where an Attorney General will use the media instead of the court.
“Accountability must be proven in court and I support that wholeheartedly but the opposite is not entertainable in matters like these. His predecessors did not do that so why is he charting a different course?” Mr Ahiagba asked yesterday.
Mr Ahiagba bemoaned the behaviour of the AG of proving suspects guilty before trial and indicated that it frowns on our democratic practice as a country.
He condemned the practice of raiding people’s houses overnight to search them as very unlawful and ungodly.
Mr Ahiagba told the Press that the NDC should not try to politicize cases of national interest but look above partisan advantage if indeed they want ensure accountability by public officials.
“How can you free all landmark cases pending in courts before 2025 and zoom in on low profile cases of your political opponents?” he wondered.
He challenged the bases for freeing NDC suspects by the government which is at the same time pursuing its political opponents over less grave corruption cases.
“What is happening is political persecution and not prosecution devoid of any legal legs, aimed at silencing and frightening or intimidating us but we are not going to succumb to this guerrilla tactics as a party,” Ahiagba challenged.
