President John Dramani Mahama has requested the two National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) seeking the abolition of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
On Wednesday, December 10, the Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, and the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, initiated parliamentary proceedings through a Private Member’s Bill to repeal the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, Act 959.
This comes days after a heated debate in the House with the Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, also supporting calls for the scrapping of the Office.
However, in an interaction with the Peace Council at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, President Mahama assured that resources are being pooled to ensure that anti-corruption institutions like the OSP are empowered.
Following that assurance is a statement signed by the Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, indicating President Mahama’s request to the two leaders of the Majority.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu, who is also the MP for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese Constituency, noted that the request by the President “follows his public expression of support for the strengthening of the Office of the Special Prosecutor as a vital cog in the fight against corruption in a meeting with the Peace Council yesterday”.
The statement reiterated the President’s call on the OSP “to do more to boost public confidence in its work and frontally tackle corruption in line with the objectives informing the establishment of the office”.