Former Attorney General (AG), Martin Amidu has described former National Security Coordinator, Lt. Col. Larry Gbevlo Lartey as an “opportunist par excellence.”<\/p>\n
According to Amidu, Gbevlo Lartey\u2019s recent attacks on his person over his revelations on the Woyome judgement debt saga and his dismissal from government, shows that the latter is trying to win the favour of the President and the government.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to carry favour with the President and the government so that they can rehabilitate you, go ahead and do that but don\u2019t use me. This is opportunism par excellence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gbevlo Lartey on his Facebook page last week stated that Amidu\u2019s claims that he was removed as AG because the government opposed his suggestion to make Betty Mould Iddrisu a prosecution witness in the Woyome case are untrue.<\/p>\n
He said:\u00a0\u201c\u2026that is not a statement of fact for those who witnessed the episode that led to the firing of Martin\u2026 Dissemination of a fact accessed by such privilege of office is not for me a task at own volition\u2026 Truth stands – suffice it to say that the statement amounts to stating falsehood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Responding to Gbevlo Lartey on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Monday, Martin Amidu said he has not broken any law by making a public disclosure on the true reasons he was dismissed from government.<\/p>\n \u201cThe letter I copied to Gbevlo Lartey is not classified. I am only being circumspect in asking them to publish it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He explained saying, \u201cbetween the government of the day and the constitution of the Republic of Ghana, when the government is committing crime, the cabinet is making decisions which are inconsistent with the constitution; every Minister has the responsibility first and foremost to the constitution of Ghana and not to the President.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe moment you are acting unconstitutionally, Article 2 gives every citizen the right to challenge it and Article 3 mandates me as a citizen of Ghana to prevent the cabinet of which I am a member from contradicting the constitution and acting inconsistently with it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He argued that he is an experienced lawyer who has been practicing law since 1978 and \u201ceven served as Deputy Attorney General for more than 12 and a half years and I was Attorney General\u201d therefore, he knows the law.<\/p>\n He thus challenged any individual who wants to prosecute him for defending the constitution to go ahead \u201cand we will see the results.\u201d<\/p>\n On his alleged dismissal<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Amidu explained that the court has ruled that he was wrongfully dismissed he had reached an agreement with the government that all parties involved will not discuss the issue; an agreement he has adhered to until Gbevlo comments.<\/p>\n Here are experts from his interview on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe went to court, we reached summons for direction, admissions had been made, the government decided that they would want to settle with me. It took almost a year for the settlement for be reached and entered as a consent judgment. The settlement takes what the government has admitted and what has been filed which is a consent judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn that settlement, it clearly shows that my dismissal was wrongful\u2026but for Gbevlo and others saying that I was dismissed, we had agreed that I would keep my mouth over this matter so I have kept quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt is six months since the High Court entered the judgment and I have been quiet but they are continuing. That is why I don\u2019t want to reveal what it is but if you go to the consent judgment, I did nothing wrong. It is not for me to release it. Those who are talking, the Attorney General should release the settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n Click below to listen to the full interview:<\/strong>
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