The National President of the Association of State Attorneys has responded to the Attorney General (AG), saying she has no right to withhold their salaries.<\/p>\n
The Association declared a strike in protest of government\u2019s failure to meet their demands for improved conditions of services last week.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”gAhNiSvjH8pupig3rw4HZqvsvwhQiUWg”]But the Attorney-General ordered the Association<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to resume work on Friday October 21, or lose their salaries.<\/p>\n However in an interview with Citi News<\/strong> the National President of the Association, Francisca Tete Mensah defied the AG\u2019s orders, threatening a lawsuit against her.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are on strike because the 7 days notice we gave is due. We are not moved\u2026In any case the Attorney General does not have the capacity in this case because the Attorney General is the first respondent, she has not done what she has to do and she does not have the capacity because we are exercising our right.<\/p>\n \u201cIf she touches our salary,we will apply the law the against her because it is a criminal offence not to pay workers their pension. People have gone to prison for not paying pension but since we cannot send her to court or apply sub sanctions against her, we are only exercising our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n State Attorneys call off strike<\/strong><\/p>\n State attorneys embarked on a similar strike about three months ago over the same issues but it\u00a0later called off the strike<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to enable them go through the arbitration process.<\/p>\n State attorneys ditching gov\u2019t for better paying jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n The Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne Attakora Obuobisa had earlier complained that experienced state lawyers had abandoned<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>the service for better paying jobs.<\/p>\n She noted that currently, Accra has only 36 prosecuting attorneys, adding that the situation is \u201cworse in the regional offices.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPeople will come, gain the experience and go to better paying jobs, that affects the numbers that we have and the volume of work. We have so much work to do\u2026sometimes you could have a docket sent to us which could be with a particular attorney for about three weeks or a month, not because that Attorney does not want to pay attention to the docket but that attorney has for instance 60 other dockets to work on,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Reliefs being sought<\/strong><\/p>\n The reliefs being sought by State Attorneys are:<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana\n
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