President John Dramani Mahama has expressed the view that the call for the dissolution of the Office of the Special Prosecutor is premature.
He emphasises the need for Ghanaians to grant the office sufficient time to fulfil its mandate.
Speaking during a meeting with the National Peace Council, President Mahama noted that dissolving the OSP at this juncture would be precipitate and counterproductive.
“I think it is premature to call for the scrapping of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. We should give them a little time, and I urge the office to speed up with its work,” Mahama said.
“The unique thing about that office is that it is the only anti-corruption agency that has prosecutorial powers to prosecute cases itself without going through the Attorney-General.”
The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, has recently reiterated the necessity of abolishing the Office of the Special Prosecutor, citing its failure to fulfil its mandate eight years after its inception.
But the President disagrees, stating that it was too very to do that.
He added that “People believe the Attorney-General will be very reluctant to prosecute his own,” he noted.
“But if there is an independent office like the Office of the Special Prosecutor, it won’t matter who you are, because they have security of tenure and the prosecutorial authority to act.”
Additionally, he urged the OSP to expedite its investigations and enhance its work pace.
“People want to see more prosecutions and more results. I will just urge the OSP to speed up some of these investigations and show that the office is still very relevant,” he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
