{"id":150189,"date":"2015-09-09T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T13:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=150189"},"modified":"2015-09-09T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T16:19:29","slug":"judicial-scandal-anas-video-must-be-aired-gii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/judicial-scandal-anas-video-must-be-aired-gii\/","title":{"rendered":"Judicial scandal: Anas\u2019 video must be aired \u2013 GII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The local arm of Transparency International, the\u00a0Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), is asking investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, not to yield to pressure but go ahead and release his latest <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/09\/anas-bombshell-two-exposed-judges-tender-their-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\">corruption expos\u00e9 <\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anas Aremeyaw Anas in a yet-to-be released video, filmed more than 30 judges and about 100 court officials taking bribes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;EnNIHjNoqPWEnMmZGZa2BqYfqrscopvd&#8221;]Some of the indicted judges have tendered in their resignation letters and also handed over official vehicles in a bid to avoid the imminent embarrassment, but the judicial council has reportedly rejected their letters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others are also reported to making attempts to secure an injunction to stop the documentary from being aired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The journalist\u00a0has come under intense pressure, since the news broke, from high-profile personalities to convince him to abandon the move to expose the rot in the country\u2019s judiciary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14810\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/azeem_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14810 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/azeem_0.jpg\" alt=\"Vitus Azeem, Executive Secretary of GII\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/azeem_0.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/azeem_0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitus Azeem, Executive Secretary of GII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However the Executive Director of the GII\u00a0in an interview with <strong>Citi News,<\/strong> urged Anas to go ahead with the public showing of the video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnas did the investigations with a purpose and he spent money doing it. He does not need to ask us whether he should release it or not. If it is not released, will he achieve the aims of the investigation? So Anas should be able to take a decision to release it. In any case, one of the tools of fighting corruption is naming and shaming so there should be nothing wrong with releasing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Azeem said attempts by influential persons in society to cover up their ills hamper the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf it is released it will put pressure on the authorities to act promptly on it. In any case, part of the information is already out there and some names have already been mentioned out there so why don\u2019t we put them in the public domain so that the people can defend themselves?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disciplinary action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile reports in some quarters of the media say the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, is initiating disciplinary action against the judges implicated in the scandal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Judicial Council will be investigating the judges at the lower courts, while those in the High Courts will require the President to instruct the Chief Justice to set up a committee to look into the conduct of the judges.<\/p>\n<p>The two-year investigative piece, titled \u2018Ghana in the Eyes of God \u2013 Epic of Injustice,\u2019 is set to premiere at the Accra International Conference Centre on September 22.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local arm of Transparency International, the\u00a0Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), is asking investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, not to yield to pressure but go ahead and release his latest corruption expos\u00e9 . 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