{"id":72584,"date":"2014-12-09T05:29:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T05:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72584"},"modified":"2014-12-09T07:05:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T07:05:22","slug":"chraj-corrupt-institution-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=72584","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t label CHRAJ as corrupt \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Mahama has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from labeling the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/05\/chraj-is-losing-its-credibility-emile-short\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (CHRAJ) as a corrupt institution following the conduct of its Commissioner, Lauretta Vivian Lamptey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe cannot afford to dismiss the entire institution as corrupt because of allegations of abuse of power that have been leveled against a single individual; allegations that are still being investigated,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lauretta_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47121\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lauretta_3.jpg\" alt=\"lauretta_3\" width=\"480\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lauretta_3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lauretta_3-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President explained that CHRAJ is a vital institution which has helped the country in its quest to fight corruption, therefore, it must be regarded as such.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;5oPFBE1CoF08vPaltovkyS5f3gUGl7DA&#8221;]The Chief Justice<span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">is currently<\/span> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/03\/first-impressions-cj-finds-chraj-boss-guilty-of-professional-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>investigating the Commissioner<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of CHRAJ, Ms Lamptey who is alleged to have\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/16\/chraj-boss-accused-of-wasting-180000-on-rent\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>wasted huge sums of taxpayer\u2019s money on rent<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and the renovation of her official apartment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If found guilty, Ms Lamptey \u00a0is likely to be impeached but according to her, she is innocent of all the allegations leveled against her and is certain the investigations will exonerate her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a High Level Conference on the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) held in Accra on Monday, President Mahama affirmed, \u201cI have received three petitions in relation to the Commissioner of CHRAJ which I have forwarded to Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, who I am certain is working hard to deal with the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He however cautioned that the general public must base their perceptions of CHRAJ &#8220;not on gossip and rumors but on the reality of its stellar record of past performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from labeling the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as a corrupt institution following the conduct of its Commissioner, Lauretta Vivian Lamptey. \u201cWe cannot afford to dismiss the entire institution as corrupt because of allegations of abuse of power that have been leveled against 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