{"id":245633,"date":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245633"},"modified":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T16:30:13","slug":"i-wont-name-my-bribers-prof-martey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/i-wont-name-my-bribers-prof-martey\/","title":{"rendered":"I won’t name my ‘bribers’ – Prof Martey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, \u00a0Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey, has rejected calls on him\u00a0to name the people who allegedly offered him bribes to ‘silence’ him.<\/p>\n

According to Professor Martey, he had consistently stayed away from personalising his comments on issues and did not intend to change that trend despite the pressure on him to do so.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”8EEjoAdV3ZxXYX1tEFeDI1Ar1BeddkDk”]”They also say those who attempted to bribe professor Martey, if we give the names, we\u2019ll all be happy. But you go back, I\u2019ve been consistent. Never before have I mentioned any name, even those who mention my name and insult me,” he said while addressing a gathering at the Presbyterian College of Education at Abetifi in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t discuss personalities, I discuss issues. Issues of corruption, issues of bribery, issues of malfeasance, issues of reckless dissipation of public funds, issues of incompetence. I have never mentioned personalities because I don\u2019t discuss personalities.”<\/p>\n

The outspoken Moderator revealed last Tuesday, that he turned down several attempts by politicians to buy his conscience\u00a0with money and keep him from criticizing the government.<\/p>\n

He claimed that he had been offered gifts by politicians including 100,000 dollars and a Trasacco House, all of which he rejected<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoliticians had tried all means to muzzle me, to get me but they can\u2019t, they come with bribes, fat envelopes, $100,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that, some of these politicians also come with \u201cthe promises that if you keep quiet we will give you a house at Trasacco with swimming pool\u2026 We will give you Four Wheel drive [vehicle] but you know what; these people were lucky that I do not have big dogs in my house else I would have released the dogs for them to bite them,\u201d Professor Martey added.<\/p>\n

However, a former Public Relations Officer of the church, Emmanuel Osei Akyeampong, has said that Professor Martey accepted the bribe of $100,000, a claim which has\u00a0since been denied<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by the Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n

\"Sydney<\/a>
Sydney Casely-Hayford is Convenor for Occupy Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Waste of Ghanaians’ time’<\/strong><\/p>\n

An anti-corruption campaigner, Sydney Casely-Hayford, described described the claims made by Professor Martey as a waste of the Ghanaian public’s time.<\/p>\n

According to him, it was needless for Professor Martey to make the revelations if he did not accept the bribes that were allegedly offered him.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”HRa5Hc94ViwoUidRatwxuMumFW0eZ8Q0″]\u201cI don\u2019t see the purpose of what Rev. Martey has done. If he didn\u2019t take the money then there\u2019s no point talking about it. If he did take the money, then he should tell us who he took it from so that we can make our own decisions as to whether it\u2019s a good thing or bad thing in society,\u201d Casely-Hayford said on Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s news analysis programme, The Big Issue <\/em><\/strong>on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the revelation that somebody came to bribe me to keep my mouth quiet is a waste of the public\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added however that, if the Presby Moderator felt strongly about the issue he should name the people who tried to induce him so that the public can get a better understanding of the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the moderator is serious and feels passionately about what happened and that somebody is trying to influence him to keep quiet and he feels aggrieved about it, he should tell us who the person was. He should give us a name or names. It doesn\u2019t matter if he can prosecute or not; at least he would bring up the matter and the public would be aware of what happened,\u201d Sydney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it turns out that he\u2019s not telling the truth and he puts someone\u2019s name out in the public domain, then the person can sue him, we\u2019ll know where we stand and the truth will come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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