Hassan Tampuli, the Member of Parliament for Gushegu and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, has alleged that a coordinated effort is underway to dismantle the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, he asserted that this campaign was triggered by the office’s decision to pursue high-profile prosecutions.
Mr Tampuli argued that the various petitions, parliamentary motions, and judicial challenges directed at the OSP are not coincidental but rather represent “political weapons” in a broader scheme to undermine an institution fulfilling its legal mandate.
These claims come in the wake of an April 15, 2026, ruling by the Accra High Court, which declared all OSP prosecutions null and void on constitutional grounds.
Mr Tampuli dismissed the petitions previously submitted to President John Mahama seeking the Special Prosecutor’s removal, describing them as strategically timed to manufacture an illusion of public discontent.
He noted that while three of these petitions were formally referred to the Chief Justice, not a single one resulted in an established prima facie case.
“The petitions were not serious legal instruments. They were political weapons designed to harass, delegitimise, and remove from office a public servant whose crime was that he was doing his job,” he said.
The lawmaker further explained that once the petition process failed, the strategy shifted toward the legislature.
He claimed that attempts were made within Parliament to restrict the OSP’s powers, though these efforts ultimately collapsed in the public eye.
According to Mr Tampuli, the current “third phase” involves a Supreme Court suit filed by a private legal practitioner that challenges the constitutionality of the OSP’s prosecutorial authority.
He characterised this as a final, desperate attempt to weaken the institution through legal technicalities.
“Three referred formally to the chief justice. Zero prima facie case established,” he stated.
“When you cannot kill an institution by statute, you attempt to do so through constitutional litigation,” he argued.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana